Library board ends 'Freedom to read' policies from American Library Association The audience members in purple T-shirts held signs with various messages, such as 'Book Bans are un-American" and ...

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Jennifer Maffett is a ...

Vermont is better when we’re all informed. Join 30,000+ neighbors who start their day with local news that matters. The copper-clad cupola of the 124-year-old Kimball Public Library, seen in Randolph ...

The family of a California lab tech who was stabbed by a homeless career criminal and left to die after another homeless man stole the ambulance on site to save him is suing the city for $40 million.

EASLEY — Trustees of the Pickens County Library System named who it hopes to hire as interim library director, paused a new policy that led to a sweeping review of the children’s and teen sections and ...

CHICAGO -- A 9-year-old boy in Illinois is on the mend two weeks after putting a simple toy in the microwave. In a matter of seconds, it exploded, causing burns to his face. "He was crying and just ...

Ernest L. Kurth, Jr. Charitable Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee has provided $100,000 in funding to the Kurth Memorial Library Board of Trustees to retrofit the building’s lighting. The ...

Christmas came early on Monday for an Alabama library whose state funding was cut earlier this year over a dispute about placing books in youth sections that some state officials deemed “sexually ...

STEPHENTOWN — More people claim they voted for a Stephentown Memorial Library budget proposal than what was reported in unofficial election results on Nov. 4. Though the amount of “yes” votes claimed ...

The Rubik’s Cube has been reinvented with more games and many more screens for much more money. What has long been cherished as a simple toy yet complex puzzle requiring nothing but a healthy amount ...

The cafeteria at Ballard High School during lunch is a loud place. Students are talking and laughing, playing card games and going out to the courtyard for an informal recess. On Fridays, students ...

For residents like Ruben Gonzalez, who lives at a recovery center in Portland’s Centennial neighborhood, gun violence continues to affect daily life. 800-acre wildfire burns south of Clarno, northwest ...