Library trustees approve higher budget request and hire new Kmit librarian.
Board of Library Trustees · Meeting of March 16, 2026
Williamsburg Library Trustees unanimously approve fiscal year 2027 budget request of $263,515. Director Beverly Bullock will present a Memorandum of Understanding to the Select Board on March 31 regarding her contract. The board has identified candidate Tom Bodo for the open trustee seat, requiring a write-in vote at the May 4 election.
MK Despres Smith, a children's book author and teen librarian from Gardner, joins as the new Kmit librarian beginning March 16. The library is pursuing a Municipal Vulnerability Planning grant for a rain garden installation at Meekins Library to address flood mitigation.
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Source: the Board of Library Trustees meeting of March 16, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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