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Aggressive Behavior, Increased Drug Use at Burlington’s Downtown Library Prompt Calls for Help

Librarians at Burlington’s Fletcher Free Library are doing far more these days than just shelving books. They’re monitoring security cameras, trying to distinguish naps from drug overdoses and employing something called “verbal judo” to calm agitated patrons. The downtown library has always been the proverbial “community living room,” open and free to all. That’s long […]

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