Benton Library Reopens Its Doors Sunday
Opening culminates rescue of historic building into an all-volunteer run community library.
Elizabeth Gibson, president of The Friends of the Benton Library, wants all Belmont residents to know one thing about Sunday's event at the historic building. “We want everyone to feel welcome,” she said. After years of work by the Friends, a neighborhood group and the Benton Library Reuse Committee, the grand reopening is finally taking place on Sunday, May 22 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the building on the corner of Oakley Road and Old Middlesex Street. The celebration will feature speakers at 3 p.m., light refreshments and the opportunity to sign up for library cards. “So much has been accomplished by this group, much of it just in the past three weeks,” said Friends Secretary Virginia Jordan. “The building was cleaned. The furnace was …
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Susan Danseyar
10:35 am on Saturday, May 21, 2011
Correction: The Friends of the Benton Library formed in September 2006. more ›