The Chinese Community in Cranbury invites you to their Chinese New Year Party!

[fyi]

The Chinese Community in Cranbury invites you to their Chinese New Year Party, a fundraiser for the new Cranbury Public Library!

The event is on Saturday, Feb. 28th from 12 to 3 p.m. at St. David's Episcopal Church, 90 South Main Street in Cranbury. Enjoy delicious homemade, Chinese food, fun activities and entertainment all while supporting a central part of the community!

Tickets are on sale now at the library. Adults - $20, Children - $10, Children 5 and under are free.

Click here for more details...
http://www.cranburypubliclibrary.org/blog/celebrate/

[anon-p565]

Sounds like fun!

I wish they had picked a more universal cause, or something more specific to the Chinese American community.

[Susan Goetz]

I for one am thrilled that this group of Cranbury residents have joined together to share a part of their unique culture with us and to to do so in a way that gives something back to this community that is their home. In my discussions with organizers of this event, their intent is to show appreciation to all of Cranbury for the wonderful community we have here. I am sure the food will be terrific, all hand made by residents and the entertainment will be a joy. I hope we all show up and celebrate the New Year together.

[anon-npo2]

Public libraries reflect their communities. Having a group of interested citizens of our town volunteer to provide an informative program that highlights their heritage is wonderful. This supports the mission of Cranbury Public Library now and supports the future library.

[anon-052s]

[anon-ppq2]

Cranbury values reading. We value education.
The school library does not meet NJ School Library standards.
The public library in the school does not meet safety standards.
This is a post 9/11 world and everything has changed. Cranbury is not a museum.

[anon-sp0n]

[anon-9407]

[let's be responsibl-53s8]

As Margaret Thatcher said the problem with socialism is you run out of others peoples money. This library is no exception. Have you people ever heard of the internet? Well of course you have, or you wouldn't be communicating on this forum.

The cranbury school continues to lose students each year due to falling enrollment. State aid is declining especially to "j" and "I" school districts. This library/senior center/meeting room (whatever you wish to call it) is both unnecessary and irresponsible to consider in these harsh economic times.

This is the time to make responsible cuts to frivolous spending projects that will burden this town for decades to come. This will truly become the big OWE!

Let's celebrate our new year by acting like adults and not children with no fiscal discipline or emotional restraint. Let's put the library fund to help people who are homeless, hungry, and poor. 10% of our states residents are on food stamps.

Let's spend the money where it is needed. Stop the selfishness!!!

[ilovethelibrary-0o99]

http://www.courant.com/hartford-magazine/cover-stories/hc-hm-nh-libraries-community-centers-20150220-story.html#page=1

[Guest]

[anon-ppq2]

Progressive model it is not. Placing a public library in this Connecticut city high school was due to dire fiscal restraints and the lack of a school library.

Placing a public library in our elementary school does not match the safety standards of the rest of the building. It does not allow either library - the school library or the public library to function fully. The school library does not match NJ standards for school libraries for either the elementary or middle schools.

[anon-052s]

[anon-ppq2]

If security in the library were not an issue, then why cannot the school students enter their library without being escorted by a teacher?
Why cannot an adult, perhaps with her young preschooler, enter the children's area when students are there?
Why is the school installing security cameras in the library if were not a concern?

I read the article.
"Several are embedded at city schools, a crucial need since 73 percent of public school libraries in the city have been closed, Poland said."
i.e. desperate situation.

"'When you see libraries in the public education continuum, for the reasons are there....that's an important part of the democratic aspect of who we are,' Poland said."

Yes, public libraries are part of the continuum, but for each to function fully, they need the space to do so. They don't need to be in the same space. Security concerns are on top of that.

[anon-052s]

[Pew Research-052s]