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12.22.2025 Community

County libraries hit record 4M digital book checkouts

A record-breaking 4 million digital book checkouts on Livebrary.com were completed across Suffolk County in 2025, according to The Suffolk Cooperative Library System. This milestone indicates of the popularity of ebooks, audiobooks and...

09.15.2025 News

Libraries still matter in the age of distraction

According to a recent paper released by the Journal iScience, daily reading for pleasure in the United States has declined by 40% in the last 20 years. Despite this...

04.27.2025 Editorials

Editorial: Lend a hand to support our libraries

With so much attention focused on the noisier disruptions happening at the federal level — from tariff turmoil to teetering T-bills — it’s easy to overlook some of the...

03.17.2023 Editorials

Editorial: Censorship won’t create the America that lives on hope

So far, thankfully, schools and libraries on the East End have not been targeted by self-appointed watchdogs who take it upon themselves to tell librarians to remove “objectionable” books...

10.26.2022 Featured Story

Fishing poles and vinyl records are among the unusual items you can borrow from local libraries

While local libraries continue to provide books, classes, music and movies, many have responded to the changing needs of their patrons by providing a wider variety of items and...

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