USA TODAY

"Borowed time? Libraries stung as funding shrinks" is a front page article on Feb. 2nd. It opens "Dwindling tax dollars are forcing libraries to close branches, cut hours and end programs just as more people are turning to them for services."

It continues "...more adults are using free Internet services to search for jobs or apply for unemployment benefits, and more people are economizing by borrowing books, DVDs and CDs."

WATCHDOG: How well Lancastrians know! Despite continued growth in library trafafic, municipalities have not been willing to pay their fair share and the county has been stingy.