<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3b0iIT_1Gnm5Qnd00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3b0iIT_1Gnm5Qnd00" width="1200" height="600" ><p>WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - The Massena Public Library is slated to receive more than half the funds it needs to keep the heat on for years to come.</p><p>The North Country Library System recommends the Massena library receive a $617,000 state grant.</p><p>The money would cover 67 percent of the total expected cost of the project to replace the library’s steam boiler.</p><h2>Boiler is 24 years old</h2><p>Michael Labrake, 45, a Massena resident, said the library was an important part of his childhood and still is today.</p><p>“It’s my second home. I come here every day, get a whole pile of books out, and sometimes I can’t read them all!” Labrake said.</p><p>The 24-year-old steam boiler in the library’s basement keeps library-goers like Labrake warm. </p><p>Library director Krista Briggs said the system is becoming costly to maintain and does not always work as it should.</p><p>“We do see issues here and there. We are lucky that we haven’t had a major issue in the dead of winter yet, but that’s kind of what this project is trying to prevent,” Briggs said.</p><p>The library is raising funds to replace the boiler.</p><h2>Grant amount and remaining gap</h2><p>Briggs said the grant could have covered as little as 50 percent or as much as 90 percent of the total cost. She said the library was hoping to get more but is thankful and called the recommendation a big step in the right direction.</p><p>“It’s kind of, and no pun intended, heartwarming,” Briggs said of the recommendation. “It will be enough, I think, with the support of our community.” </p><p>With the library’s current funding sources tallied, about $190,000 is needed to close the gap. Library leaders hope to reach that amount by continuing to fundraise while applying for other grants.</p><p>Labrake said he hopes people will pitch in to support the library.</p><p>“You take the library away, and where’s anyone got to go?” he said.</p></div></body>

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WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - The Massena Public Library is slated to receive more than half the funds it needs to keep the heat on for years to come. The North Country Library System recommends the Massena library receive a $617,000 state grant. The money would cover 67 percent of...

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WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - The Massena Public Library is slated to receive more than half the funds it needs to keep the heat on for years to come. The N

‘Heartwarming’: Library getting help to cover boiler replacement

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