The new Niles-Maine District Library Board of Trustees is seated after trustees elected in the Tuesday, April 4 Municipal General Election were sworn into office on Wednesday, May 17. (From left, in their new roles) Trustee Umair Qadeer, Board President Becky Keane, Vice President Jason Trunco, Board Secretary Patti Rozanski, trustees Carolyn Drblik, and Suzanne
Newly elected Niles-Maine District Library Board President Becky Keane holds the gavel for the first time at the Wednesday, May 17 library board of trustees meeting. (Tom Robb/Journal photo) The seating of new Niles-Maine Library District trustees is expected to end an era of bitter division and deadlock among library trustees that began after the
Winning Niles-Maine District Library Board candidates Roberto Botello (left) and Becky Keane (Right) with State Sen. Laura Murphy (D-28th) center at an election night party in Niles. (Tom Robb/Journal photo) A law requiring libraries to adopt the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights, or to develop a written statement prohibiting the banning of books,
Niles-Maine District Library. The Journal & Topics endorses Niles-Maine District Library Board candidates Becky Keane, Umair Qadeer, Roberto Botello and Mike Movido in the Tuesday, April 4 election. The race has been heated with nine candidates running for four seats after unprecedented changes were made by the board to library operations over the last two