Article: Pennsylvania Gov. Ridge Delivers $500,000 for Expansion and Renovations At Erie County's Blasco Memorial Library.

Governor Continues Historic Commitment to PA's Public Libraries

ERIE, Pa., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge today delivered $500,000 in capital budget redevelopment assistance funds to help expand and renovate the Raymond M. Blasco, M.D. Memorial Library -- the main library in the Erie County Public Library system. The funding will help expand the popular and overcrowded Mead Children's Library and the Heritage Room, used extensively for research.

"Michele and I both know what a strong public library system means to a community," Gov. Ridge said. "Since opening in 1996, the children's library here at Blasco often is filled to ...

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