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A town budget freeze is limiting the library to necessary purchases through the end of the fiscal year, putting pressure on programs and activities. The board urged members to contact the Town Council about maintaining library funding and discussed a proposed 20% state funding cut to BorrowIT CT.
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The budget freeze affects program and activity spending, but book purchases funded through trusts are not affected. The planned bookbinding workshop is expected to continue, while the impact of the proposed BorrowIT CT cut on interlibrary lending remains unclear. The Friends of the Library offered help filling funding gaps and pursuing fundraising.
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