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• Friends of the Portage District Library: Easter Egg Hunt Event Ends

  Posted April 6, 2011 in  Events, Parents and Kids, General
  For the past six years, the Friends of the Portage District Library has sponsored a community Easter Egg Hunt. After the 2010 event, the Board of the Friends organization re-evaluated their sponsorship of the Easter Egg Hunt in terms of the time, effort and financial commitments provided by the Continue…

• Textile Preservation

  Posted February 15, 2011 in  History and Genealogy, General
  Well I spent yesterday evening at the Grand Rapids Art Museum visiting the Princess Diana Exhibition (and what a fantastic exhibition it was). I can honestly say that It was very surreal to be standing so close to items once worn by such an iconic figure from the latter part of the 20th Century! Continue…

• Well, here we go…

  Posted February 14, 2011 in  History and Genealogy, General
  Happy Valentines Day and welcome to the very first Portage District Library’s Local History Blog. My name is Steve Rossio and I am the Local Historian here at the Portage District Library. I guess to kick this off I will give you a bit of information about myself…I was born in Continue…

• American Red Cross Blood Drive at the Portage District Library

  Posted December 30, 2010 in  Events, General
  The Portage District Library will be the site of an American Red Cross Blood Drive on: Friday, January 7, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in the lower level meeting room. All in the community are urged to come to the library that day to donate blood. Donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh Continue…

• 2010 Portage District Library Annual Campaign

  Posted November 30, 2010 in  General
  
  Donations to the Portage District Library are investments in the future of both the library and the many people it serves. As the heart of the Portage community, the library serves as a central hub for information; cultural enrichment, research; adult, children & family programs & classes; Continue…