Waxahachie Daily Light
National Library Week began on April 4 and librarians from Waxahachie and Red Oak shared their love for their jobs and reading when they celebrated National Librarian Day on April 6.
According to the America Library Association, the theme for National Library Week was “Welcome to Your Library,” which promotes the idea that libraries extend far beyond the four walls of a building – and that everyone is welcome to use their services.
National Library Day honors library workers that keep the libraries in order and contribute to the enrichment of the communities every day.
School librarians
Lead librarian from Waxahachie High School, Megan Mills, has been serving the WISD school district for 25 years of the 34 years she has been in education. She has been a librarian for 32 years.
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The store opened on Black Friday, this past Thanksgiving, and features products from candles, clothing, glassware to chocolates. The shop prides itself on New Bedford being the “city that lit the world” and is located only a block and a half away from the historic Rodman Candleworks Building.
In response, the store offers candles made in Massachusetts all hand-dipped, poured and dripless. “When I went to the Cape as a kid, and we got saltwater taffy on Cape Cod, I just feel the same connection between the New Bedford Candle Company and coming to New Bedford,” Lanagan said.
A COUNTY Durham bus lane which saw an average of 263 people being caught per day has seen thousands of fines cancelled following appeal, we can reveal. A Freedom of Information request, submitted by The Northern Echo, revealed around three in every four appeals relating to the Quarryheads Lane bus gate were successful. Durham County Council has said it has installed nine additional signs to warn motorists while saying it took every effort in warning drivers ahead of operation. The bus lane, which became operational in September last year, quickly gained notoriety after more than 8,000 Penalty Charge Notices were originally issued in its first several weeks.
A New Albany, Indiana, man was indicted by a Hardin County grand jury on numerous charges related to a June high-speed chase that started in Hardin County and ended in
It’s a new year and American River College’s new president, Melanie Dixon says exciting things are ahead for the local campus. (Photo by Russell Stiger, Jr.)
The way education is delivered may look different these days, but American River College remains committed to preparing students for a more certain future, its new president says.
Melanie Dixon officially assumed the helm at ARC last month, after being named to the position late last year. Ms. Dixon previously served as Los Rios Community College District’s Associate Vice Chancellor of Educational Services and Student Success. She joined the district in 2014 as Dean of Student Services at Folsom Lake College.