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We’ve written a few times about fight the Friends of the Library have put on to hold the line on budget cuts. The budget has been completed, and the results are in. Jenny writes:

Thought you might be interested in this followup to the library cuts. In the end, the Friends of the Library campaign did have an impact on the City Council Budget Committee, and $860,000 was put back in the budget for the library. Only 15 libraries are going down to a five-day-a-week schedule instead of the originally planned 21. Unfortunately and predictably, ours is one of them. The new schedule is supposed to start in February. The week-long, system-wide furlough is still going to happen too. Summary on the SPL budget web site.

Wah.

Wah, indeed.

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I started Wallyhood back in 2008, right when my son was born, because I realized I had lived in the neighborhood since 1993 and didn't really know my neighbors. I figured writing a blog about what was going on around me would be a good way to meet people and help other people do the same. As the years progressed, those neighbors have picked up the torch and it is now a group effort, which I adore. I moved out of Wallingford for a few years (2020 - 2025), but I'm back, now living with my wife, son and dog (Dillinger) up in Tangletown.