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The Dayton Metro Library will be reducing food distributions at its main branch downtown from two to one a month, and closing its Vandalia, Trotwood and Southeast branch pantries.
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The Dayton Metro Library added rules for quiet hours in an effort to curb youth fighting at its downtown branch.
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The Dayton Metro Library will now only display the U.S. and Ohio flags year round as the standard in all branches, with cultural flags up just during related months.
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The Dayton Metro Library's main branch is now deemed a “quiet space” during weekday afternoons. It will have this designation Monday through Friday between 2 - 6 p.m.
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Local musicians can apply to perform at Dayton Metro Library branches in 2025.
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Dayton Metro Library wants the community to weigh in on how it can be safe and welcoming. This effort is connected to a recent fight at its Southeast Branch on Watervliet Avenue.
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Dayton Metro Library will host a community meeting Tuesday, October 22, on how to reduce incidents of teen fighting at one of its branches.
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Once a week at the Opportunity Center in the downtown library, interested students can increase their English proficiency and pursue coursework to earn a high school diploma.
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The Dayton Metro Library recognized Orange Shirt Day with a story time on American Indian children’s experiences in boarding schools. The library will hold a series of programs for Native American Heritage Month.
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Dayton Metro Library is planning a summit celebrating the past, present, and future of the transgender community. This includes an intergenerational panel of trans elders and youth.
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It’s been ten years since the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson. In Dayton, local activists talked this week about police reform and racial discrimination.
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The Dayton Metro Library has a 1 mill levy on Nov. 5, 2024, ballot. If approved, it would generate about $10.5 million a year.