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What a difference an outcry makes.

Orange County announced this morning that hours of operation for all Orange County Public Libraries will be reinstated beginning July 28. The Chapel Hill Public Library, one of nine municipal libraries in the state, was not affected by the cuts. 

County and Library management took another look at the departmental budget and identified certain purchases to be delayed until next fiscal year and a reduction in monies budgeted for inventory replacement.  These adjustments will generate funds sufficient to cover the temporary personnel costs for hours of operation at the Main Library and its branches. 

You still won't be able to check out a book or DVD in the Carrboro Branch Library on Fridays. The library, located in McDougle Middle School, was not open Fridays to begin with. But the regular hours will return July 28: Monday-Thursday, 3:30 to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.

For more information go to the Orange County Library website www.co.orange.nc.us/library/orange/ or call (919) 245-2525.