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East Norwalk library director: Proposed plan makes defamatory statements
Stanley M. Siegel is the executive director of the East Norwalk Association / East Norwalk Association Library To the Editor: On Wednesday, March 2, at 7 p.m., the Third Taxing District Commissioners, at their planned annual meeting, will present the “Master Plan” for the East Norwalk Association Library – with the Plan, too, being posted…
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East Norwalk library master plan calls for ‘new’ teamwork
NORWALK, Conn. — The East Norwalk Library would best move forward by shaking loose from the structure of leadership that it has been functioning under, a consultant hired by the Third Taxing District said. “To move forward, the TTD and ENA (East Norwalk Association) Library Board need a unified strategy,” Alex Cohen wrote in the…
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TTD consultant’s call for new East Norwalk Library ‘leadership’ draws pushback
NORWALK, Conn. – A “destructive” passage in the drafted East Norwalk Library master plan was excised Tuesday night after a spirited discussion in which a consultant hired by the Third Taxing District recommended that the library’s executive director be replaced. “You can do all the things that are in the study, but you can’t do…
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East Norwalk Library plan skeptics, supporters fear ‘apathy’
NORWALK, Conn. — A draft report from a library consultant hired by the Third Taxing District has not been warmly received by East Norwalk Library Association Executive Director Stan Siegel. The draft master plan submitted in October by Aaron Cohen Associates is “devoid of any facts or opinions we offered regarding the ‘reality’ of the…
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East Norwalk Library options rejected by library’s executive director
NORWALK, Conn. — A consultant hired by the Third Taxing District is set to make another attempt to bring the East Norwalk Library folks into an effort to form a plan to radically change the library, although previous attempts have not gone well. Alex Cohen of Aaron Cohen Associates will make a presentation regarding possible…
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East Norwalk brainstorms in City Hall as library controversy creates tension
NORWALK, Conn. — Another century of East Norwalk learning was peacefully considered Saturday, no anger expressed even if the discussion took place against a backdrop of contention. Modern libraries need to encourage an exchange of information in an atmosphere that gives a feeling of knowledge, sometimes using techniques modeled by Apple’s Genius Bars, a consultant…
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‘Exciting’ library talk, art tours and more highlight weekend
NORWALK, Conn. — The press release came in well before the letter to the editor, but we read the letter first. That’s why we had a bit of an ironic snicker at this line in the announcement of the Third Taxing District’s meeting to discuss the East Norwalk Library master plan: “Add your voice to…
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East Norwalk Association decries TTD commissioners’ tactics regarding library authority
Stan Siegel is the executive director of the East Norwalk Association. To the Editor: The Board of the East Norwalk Improvement Association Inc., doing business as the East Norwalk Association (ENA), having been founded in 1910 and establishing its East Norwalk Association Library 100 years ago, in 1915, vehemently opposes the plan of the Commissioners…
