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Author Message   Laur Citizen Username: Laur Post Number: 28 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Sunday, October 19, 2003 - 7:10 pm:        Just wanted to pass this on to people who are interested in the Hilton branch of the Maplewood library: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Maplewood Township Committee will conduct Community Information Meetings for the purpose of sharing information with the community and to gain public input regarding the proposed Maplewood Police Department and Court Facilities in the Township of Maplewood. These are not official meetings of the governing body, but are strictly Community Information Meetings. No action will be taken. Meeting dates are: Monday, October 20, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. at the Maplewood Memorial Library on Baker Street Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. at the Maplewood Community Center on Burnet Avenue (NOTE that this date was originally scheduled for October 28th but was changed due to scheduling conflicts) These are open public meetings.   C Bataille Citizen Username: Nakaille Post Number: 1581 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Monday, October 20, 2003 - 12:45 pm:        The plan under consideration is NOT to close the Hilton Branch library but to MOVE it and utilize that land for the new police headquarters. Here's an excert from the News-Record article on the subject: Committeeman Gerard Ryan said, "We're talking about putting the police building where the Hilton Library is now and having a conversation about where the library might be moved to." Some details of this proposal will be offered at Tuesday night's Township Committee meeting. With the library site, Ryan said, "You probably wouldn't take away any of the park and you wouldn't have to reroute utility lines. But then, what are you going to do with the library?" "I think whatever we do with this, it needs to have a distinct plan to keep the library on Springfield Avenue. I think it would be a mistake to abandon having the library's presence on the avenue," Ryan said. DeLuca agreed. "I do not want to see the site used without a comparable library being relocated."   ajc Citizen Username: Ajc Post Number: 2009 Registered: 9-2001 Posted on Monday, October 20, 2003 - 1:10 pm:        Tonight is the right time for everyone to come out and voice their opinions....