Family quarters were built in dozens of New York City branches for custodians with the grueling job of stoking the coal-fired furnaces.

The city’s plan to pave over part of a Brooklyn park to build a skateboarding complex could lead to injuries from falling acorns and twigs — not to mention “organ-level impalement” on a nearby fence, ...

A Ramadan story hour to start the Islamic holy month drew 65 people to the Palos Heights Public Library, up for 30 last year.

"Sky Above Brooklyn" at the Brooklyn Public Library offers discussions, performances, and more, reminding us that our reality ...

By Shane O'Brien  The Queens Public Library (QPL) is set to return to Court Square after signing a lease at the 5PointzLIC ...

Berlin Heights Public Library will present “Before They Were Famous: Celebrity Veterans of World War II” from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 in the Berlin Heights Library Hinman Room, 4 E. Main St ...

A series of public candidate forums are planned in the coming weeks in the contested elections for Arlington Heights mayor, trustee and other local races. The free events will give voters a chance to ...

The New York Public Library is opening up its archives of Joan Didion and her husband Gregory Dunne to the public beginning March 26. The Library acquired the late writers' archives in 2023 ...

The Sterling Heights Public Library has rolled out a new way to check out its digs from the comfort of your screen. A fresh interactive 3D virtual tour now lives on their website, shpl.net ...

About 30 girls and children from about ages 5 to 15 came to party at the Harker Heights library Saturday, as they danced the afternoon away to their favorite Taylor Swift songs at the Enchanted ...