Community Corner
Upper St. Clair Library Touted
With National Library Week coming up, commissioners formally recognize the asset that provides so much to the community.
UPPER ST. CLAIR, PA - With National Library Week occurring next week, township officials have acknowledged the important role the Upper St. Clair Library plays in the community.
Commissioners have declared April 8 through April 14 as Library Week in Upper St. Clair and are encouraging people to visit the facility - even though people to need prodded to go there.
According to library board member Robert Ontolchik, 325,000 items were checked out from the library last year. The facility also hosted 700 programs that attracted more than 14,000 people.
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“What a great operation we have here at the library,” Ontolchik said at Monday’s commissioners’ meeting, where he received the library week proclamation from commissioner Elise Logan.
The library also provides STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) programming, makerspaces (spaces where people can gather to create, invent, and learn), and access and training for new technologies.
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Pictured from left: Walker Evans, Beck Reitmeyer, Lisa DeLucia, Robert Ontolchik, Barbara Zimmt, Commissioner Elise Logan. Photo via Upper St. Clair Township.
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