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Sara was one of the very first volunteers to join the mentor program in the library’s teen space and has been a weekly volunteer mentor for teens in The Ground Floor at the Monroe County Public Library for the past four years. Her volunteer position is to teach different crafts to the teens who hang out there. Her ACTUAL role …

The Monroe County Public Library’s podcast series Girls Sound it Out! launched a new episode this summer. WFHB’s Macy Evans sat down with Jeannette Lehr, the library’s digital creativity specialist, to talk about how the library supports young podcasters. We’ll also hear a segment from Girls Sound it Out! For more information on the library’s digital creativity center, visit mcpl.org/levelup.

On September 13, Building a Thriving Compassionate Community held a community conversation about Indiana’s high maternal mortality rate. The United States has the highest maternal death rate in the developed world. Indiana is among five worst U.S. states, to be a mother. Panelists included psychiatrist Camila Arnaudo, nurse Kelly Norris, and maternity and child-health advocate Georg’ann Cattelona. The community conversation …

Newly filed court documents are shedding more light on Marsh Supermarkets’ financial troubles; An Indiana official is questioning the Veterans Administration’s plans to shutter 1,000 facilities and leave 4,000 jobs unfilled; Habitat for Humanity helps local family find affordable housing in high-priced Bloomington market; The Board of Directors of the Monroe County Solid Waste Management District has approved a final contract with …

The American Library Association is awarding its Excellence in Library Programming Award to the Monroe County Public Library’s “Power of Words” program. Reporter Sarah Vaughan spoke with Library Director Marilyn Wood about the Power of Words program for today’s WFHB Community Report.

There’s a saying that goes “it’s never too late to be what you could have been.” What if you want to be an avid reader, but you have poor literacy skills? Or, say, you want to be a teacher, but life took a different turn? Sometimes when you’re brave enough to try, someone really great steps up to help. WFHB …

Last week the Monroe County Public Library’s Board of Trustees discussed the negative effect parking meters are having on library patrons. Board member Stephen Moberly referred to the library’s circulation numbers, which have declined since the downtown meters were installed in August. “Looking at the chart, we had a slight decrease last year of half of one percent. This year, …