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In another shift away from the practices of the past two years, the Niles-Maine District Library Board of Trustees severed its relationship with a lawyer whose work for the library sparked intense discord among members of the previously divided board. Attorney Yvette Heintzelman had worked for the library as a labor attorney and on other matters since October 2021, according to library ...

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

The Niles Library welcomed two new board members and elected new leaders in what could be a turning point away from a contentious last two years on the board of trustees.

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,

Two complaints to the state board of elections argue that a quartet of victorious library board candidates have violated campaign finance law.

Niles-Maine District Library Board candidates Becky Keane, Umair Qadeer, Roberto Botello and Jason Trunco declared victory in the April 4 election.

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

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A Niles man has objected to the candidacy of Jason Trunco in the April 4 election for the Niles-Maine District Library board, based on past convictions in North Carolina, records show.