Vernon Area Public Library, which serves portions of Buffalo Grove in the Journal & Topics coverage area, was named among America’s Star Libraries for 2022, as announced by Library Journal. The distinction places the Lincolnshire library among the top 20 public libraries in the U.S. in its budget category. America’s Star Libraries is an annual
Vernon Area Public Library is named among America s Star Libraries for 2022, as announced by Library Journal this month. The distinction places the library in Lincolnshire among the top 20 public libraries in the U.S. in its budget category.
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Final counts don t change results of close Fox Valley races
Updated 4/21/2021 4:22 PM
Just two votes were the final margin of victory in a pair of Fox Valley-area races that were too close to call until Tuesday s deadline for counting the final ballots in the April 6 election.
In Burlington, Mary Kay Wlezen defeated two-term incumbent village president Bob Walsh by a margin of 47 votes to 45.
Walsh said he was disappointed, but accepted the final outcome. When there s that low a count, there s really not much chance for an error, he said.
In St. Charles Unit District 303, Ed McNally, Heidi Fairgrieve and Carolyn Waibel were the top three finishers, with Kate Bell edging out Jim Stombres by two votes, 3,278 to 3,276, for the last board seat.
Vernon Area earns 4-star rating among U.S. public libraries Lincolnshire-based Vernon Area Public Library has been recognized as a star library in Library Journal s national index.Vernon Area Public Library (file photo)
Updated 1/15/2021 2:49 PM
Vernon Area Public Library has been recognized as one of the nation s Star Libraries for 2020, as announced in the most recent edition of Library Journal. The magazine s 13th annual Index of Public Library Service evaluates the per capita measurements of 5,608 libraries nationwide and awards star status to 262. This top 5 percent represents the public libraries with the highest level of community engagement around the country.
The 2020 index was based on the most recently reported data from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for fiscal year 2018, which ended in June 2019. The index rates libraries by volume of public use as measured by per capita circulation of both physical and electronic materials, library