{"id":30372,"date":"2015-10-22T11:22:51","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T11:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=30372"},"modified":"2015-10-22T17:33:19","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T17:33:19","slug":"frederiksted-library-reopens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=30372","title":{"rendered":"Frederiksted Library Reopens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">ST. CROIX &#8212; Commissioner Dawn Henry of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources announced on Wednesday that the Athalie M. Petersen Public Library in Frederiksted \u00a0reopened its doors on Monday October 19.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"\">The public facility will resume regular hours from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The department was able to perform some much-needed repairs and undertake a thorough cleaning of the facility during the closure, according to a press release issued on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Earlier this year, it was announced that nearly $1 million in grant funding had been released under the Office of Insular Affairs\u2019 (OIA) Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Program to make infrastructure improvements at three public library facilities throughout the territory: the Athalie M. Petersen Library in Frederiksted, Florence Williams Library in Christiansted and the Elaine I. Sprauve Library in Cruz Bay, St. John.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The grant funds will provide for infrastructure renovations and technological upgrades which will improve and enhance the library environment for life-long learning. <\/span><span class=\"\">It is anticipated that the renovations and upgrades will commence in 2016, the release concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">For more information, contact the Athalie Petersen Public Library at 772-0315 or visit\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.virginislandspubliclibrarie.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.virginislandspubliclibraries.org<\/a>. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; Commissioner Dawn Henry of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources announced on Wednesday that the Athalie M. 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