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Talie Meza is the new teen librarian.
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The freedom to read
There are about 1.8 million people in the U.S. in correctional facilities, including state and federal prisons, local jails, juvenile detention centers and immigration detention facilities, according to the Prison Policy Initiative. That’s why Freedom Reads has made it a mission to put hand-crafted bookcases called Freedom Libraries into the hands of inmates across the…
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The freedom to read
There are about 1.8 million people in the U.S. in correctional facilities, including state and federal prisons, local jails, juvenile detention centers and immigration detention facilities, according to the Prison Policy Initiative. That’s why Freedom Reads has made it a mission to put hand-crafted bookcases called Freedom Libraries into the hands of inmates across the…
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‘An opportunity to engage’
Philadelphia was a hotbed of rebel activity during the autumn of 1775, as the Second Continental Congress gave birth to the Continental Navy and the Marines after heated debates by state representatives in Independence Hall. Spearheaded by John Adams, legislators voted on Oct. 13 to form the Navy in an effort to protect Colonial ports…
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‘An opportunity to engage’
Philadelphia was a hotbed of rebel activity during the autumn of 1775, as the Second Continental Congress gave birth to the Continental Navy and the Marines after heated debates by state representatives in Independence Hall. Spearheaded by John Adams, legislators voted on Oct. 13 to form the Navy in an effort to protect Colonial ports…
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Courtesy of Cherry Hill Public Library. Sharon Clarke reads a story to 2025’s graduates from the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Challenge.
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Abigail Twiford/ The Sun The current progress board for the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Challenge.
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District cuts ribbon on all-purpose rooms
Among major construction work at township school buildings this summer was the building of new all-purpose rooms in six of the district’s 12 elementary schools: Clara Barton, James Johnson, Kingston, A. Russell Knight, Horace Mann and Joseph D. Sharp. The rooms were among projects paid for with a $363-million bond referendum passed by Cherry Hill…
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District cuts ribbon on all-purpose rooms
Among major construction work at township school buildings this summer was the building of new all-purpose rooms in six of the district’s 12 elementary schools: Clara Barton, James Johnson, Kingston, A. Russell Knight, Horace Mann and Joseph D. Sharp. The rooms were among projects paid for with a $363-million bond referendum passed by Cherry Hill…