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Jerry Clark: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Candidate information for Jerry Clark, running for Carol Stream Library Board (4-year Terms)
New library director begins work in Carol Stream Jan 28, 2013 12:00 AM
The Carol Stream Public Library recently turned 50, but it's likely the past six months have been among its most tumultuous. In that time, the sharply divided library board of trustees fired its director, put a 7.5-acre vacant piece of land once intended for a new library on the market, and censured a longtime trustee. It's quite a time for Susan Westgate to start her new job.
Carol Stream library board censures trusteeJan 16, 2013 12:00 AM
With a hotly contested election just months away, the fractured Carol Stream Public Library board censured one of its members Wednesday — perhaps triggered by statements he made in a Daily Herald article. In the Jan. 9 article, Trustee Jim Bailey called former library employee Elaine Wierdak — the longtime girlfriend of Trustee Dominick Jeffrey -- “a patsy.”
Carol Stream nominates top volunteers Jan 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Eleven Carol Stream residents have been nominated by local service organizations as potential recipients of the village's Citizen of the Year awards to honor their volunteerism in 2012.
5 Carol Stream library candidates stay on ballot Jan 8, 2013 12:00 AM
Five candidates slated by the Support the Library group will stay on the April 9 ballot in a contentious Carol Stream library board race, despite objections to their nominating petitions. The objections were filed by Elaine Wierdak, a former circulation desk clerk and coordinator at the library, who argued in a lawsuit that her employment was wrongfully terminated in April 2009.
Carol Stream library picks new director Dec 27, 2012 12:00 AM
A Glenbard North High School graduate who grew up near Carol Stream will become the new director of the Carol Stream Public Library, officials announced Thursday. Susan Westgate, 52, the current assistant director of the Bartlett Public Library, will begin her new role in Carol Stream Jan. 28, 2013. In job interviews with the library board and management, she says both groups expressed their desire for her to help change the negative perception some in the community may have of the library. "They just want to kind of change when people say, Carol Stream Public Library' — they're gonna have a good feeling about it and not be thinking about the things they read in the paper."
Carol Stream pedestrian bridge to reopen soon Dec 21, 2012 12:00 AM
A 34-year-old pedestrian bridge connecting the Carol Stream Public Library with Armstrong Park is undergoing repairs and should be open after the new year, officials said. The bridge has been closed since March when a concrete slab fell off and into Klein Creek, which passes about five feet below.
Carol Stream library has two finalists for director’s jobDec 19, 2012 12:00 AM
Six months after the controversial firing of Ann Kennedy as Carol Stream library director, there are now two finalists for the job to be her successor, library officials said Wednesday. Both candidates were interviewed by the library’s management team on Saturday, said Interim Library Director Marilyn Boria. The library board met in closed session Saturday to discuss the director search, but Boria and Board President Mike Wade wouldn’t confirm if an offer had been made to either candidate.
Carol Stream Library puts Kuhn Road site on market Dec 13, 2012 12:00 AM
If you're looking to purchase vacant land in Carol Stream and have $1.8 million, make your offer to the Carol Stream Public Library. The 7½-acre property at 2N540 Kuhn Road — once earmarked for a new library — is now officially on the market, following the library board's 6-1 decision last month to sell the property.
Carol Stream library board votes to sell land Nov 19, 2012 12:00 AM
A For Sale sign could soon be going up at 480 N. Kuhn Road — a controversial 7 1/2-acre vacant piece of land owned by the Carol Stream Public Library. The library board voted 6-1 Monday to list the property with Wheaton-based Realty Executives, whose Realtors have previously estimated the land to be worth $1,897,000. The land was purchased by the library in 2003 with intentions of building a new library facility there, but voters rejected those plans in three separate referendums.
Realtors: Carol Stream library land worth more than appraisers say it isNov 12, 2012 12:00 AM
The Carol Stream Public Library's 7.5-acre vacant piece of land on Kuhn Road may be worth more than double or triple the amount an appraiser determined last year, according to three Realtors who addressed the library board Monday. Last month the board directed Interim Library Director Marilyn Boria to contact Realtors to obtain the fair market value of the property at 480 N. Kuhn Road. It's the first step in a possible sale of the land, which was purchased by the library in 2003 to build a new library facility.
Carol Stream Library board drops censure resolution Oct 18, 2012 12:00 AM
Tempers, perhaps, have come to a simmer on the Carol Stream Library board, almost three months after the controversial firing of Library Director Ann Kennedy. The board had been expected to consider a resolution this week calling for the censure of Trustee Jim Bailey for statements he made at an Aug. 15 board meeting. But the consensus among all board members on Wednesday was to table the resolution indefinitely.
How much is Carol Stream library’s property worth?Oct 18, 2012 12:00 AM
Carol Stream Public Library officials will be checking to see how much the library's 7.5-acre property on Kuhn Road is worth — the first step in the possible sale of the space originally purchased to hold a new library facility. The library board voted unanimously Wednesday to direct Interim Library Director Marilyn Boria to contact Realtors to obtain the property's fair market value, as well as a contract with the terms and conditions for sale or lease of the property.
Carol Stream library to raffle e-readers at party Oct 4, 2012 12:00 AM
The Carol Stream Public Library is celebrating its past by looking to the future - by giving away new e-readers to patrons at a birthday celebration this Saturday. Every hour on the half-hour, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., library staff will hold drawings for new Kindle Paperwhites. Carol Stream library cardholders who have checked out materials since the beginning of September have received entry forms for the drawing.
Carol Stream library celebrates half-century of service Sep 29, 2012 12:00 AM
The Carol Stream Public Library was bustling with patrons Saturday as it celebrated 50 years in the community. Residents stopped by the library and reminisced about its humble beginnings as one room in Carol Stream's original village hall. "It was the place to go," Pam Smith of Carol Stream said about the original library. "I remember it being very full. To a six or seven year old, it was just like magic."
Library trustees table resolution to censure colleague Sep 20, 2012 12:00 AM
Bad blood continues to boil on the Carol Stream Public Library board in the aftermath of Ann Kennedy's firing as library director. Two trustees have called for the censure of Trustee Jim Bailey for statements they say he made at the board's Aug. 15 meeting. Trustee Jerry Clark said Bailey used an expletive toward him, and Trustee David DeRango said Bailey made an accusation that DeRango tried to punch him in the face.
Carol Stream Library studying land sale options Sep 20, 2012 12:00 AM
If the Carol Stream Public Library board decides to sell its 7.5-acre property on Kuhn Road, the village would get first dibs on the land, officials said this week. Discussions to sell the site resurfaced at a meeting of the board's facilities committee earlier this month. The land at 480 N. Kuhn Road was purchased in 2003 to build a new library, but voters rejected such plans three times.
New Carol Stream library board may sell land Sep 10, 2012 12:00 AM
A vacant 7.5-acre property owned by the Carol Stream Public Library could soon be going on the market. The land at 480 N. Kuhn Road was purchased by the library in 2003 with intentions of using it for a new library facility, but voters rejected those plans in three seperate referendums. Last year, the library board voted 4-3 to hold onto the property, but now, a new board that could have the votes to overturn that decision is revisting the issue.
Carol Stream library board selects interim director Aug 15, 2012 12:00 AM
Marilyn Boria already helped quell tempers at the Sugar Grove Public Library when its board of trustees hired her as interim director after ousting its director last year. Now Boria will be tasked with doing the same in Carol Stream, where the library board voted Wednesday to hire her until it can find a permanent replacement for Ann Kennedy, whose controversial firing has also set off tempers in and around the library and village.
Carol Stream library considering firms for director search Aug 2, 2012 12:00 AM
The Carol Stream Public Library board is set to pick from two search firms to help find a new library director. Either firm, once selected, is also expected to recommend candidates for interim director. The board on Wednesday held off hiring either consultant — Alice Calabrese Berry or Bradbury Associates/Gossage Sager Associates — until representatives make a formal presentation to the board about their qualifications and services they would provide.