Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The board members are appointed by the State Board of Education and each member serves a five-year term of office. Under the Ohio Revised Code, section 3375.01, the State Library Board is responsible for the State Library of Ohio and a statewide program of development and coordination of library services. [2]
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
If a fugitive being extradited to the United States refuses to sign a passport application, the consular officer can sign it "without recourse." [80] An application for a United States passport made abroad is forwarded by a U.S. embassy or consulate to Passport Services for processing in the United States.
Downtown Stamford, or Stamford Downtown, is the central business district of the city of Stamford, Connecticut, United States.It includes major retail establishments, a shopping mall, a university campus, the headquarters of major corporations and Fortune 500 companies, as well as other retail businesses, hotels, restaurants, offices, entertainment venues and high-rise apartment buildings.
Stamford's public library, the Ferguson Library, is one of the largest in Connecticut. The library also shows movies and has a used book store run by Friends of Ferguson Library. The library has branches in South End, Springdale, and the Turn of River sections of the city, it also has a bookmobile that runs daily to different neighborhoods.
Since it initially opened, the library has undergone several major renovations and expansions to accommodate the city's increasing population. There were four additions and renovations: [12] in the 1950s, 1961, 1990–1991, and 2015–2016. In 1953, the first expansion of the library opened, followed by a 15,000-square-foot annex in 1961.
A new 91,000 sq ft (8,500 m 2) west wing was built, bringing the library floor space to 306,000 sq ft (28,400 m 2). [7] Nearly 1000 seats were added to the library, but shelf space was decreased, so many volumes were moved to other locations.
The City of Stamford established the Old Town Hall Redevelopment Agency in 2006 to oversee three limited-liability corporations to whom ownership of the building was transferred as part of the project. [3] The renovation was completed in 2010. [5] [3] The cost of the renovation, has been variously cited at $16 million [5] or $20 million. [3]