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    Tacoma Public Library: Donate food, pay down fines
    Tacoma Public Library: 'Food for Fines' campaign overwhelming...
    March 13, 2013 11:01 am

    Tacoma Public Library officials announced Wednesday a campaign that allowed library patrons to pay down library fees by donating non-perishable…

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    Tacoma Public Library rolls out new catalog/circulation system Oct. 24
    Tacoma Public Library offers new mobile app
    March 7, 2013 9:25 am

    Patrons of the Tacoma Public Library can now use an app for smartphones and tablets that enable them to search…

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    More than two years after it was shuttered due to budget cuts, the former Swan Creek Library building on Tacoma's east side appears poised to be sold. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    A buyer emerges for Tacoma's shuttered Swan Creek...
    By Todd Matthews • March 5, 2013 2:18 pm

    More than two years after it was shuttered due to budget cuts, the former Swan Creek Library building on Tacoma’s…

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    Tacoma Public Library: Donate food, pay down fines
    Tacoma Public Library: Donate food, pay down fines
    February 19, 2013 2:08 pm

    The Tacoma Public Library hopes to fill the cupboards at local food banks this month by offering library patrons who…

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    Swan Creek Library building. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Tacoma partners with real estate broker on Swan...
    By Todd Matthews • October 29, 2012 1:00 am

    The City of Tacoma has hired a local real estate broker to bolster its effort to find the right buyer…

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    Tacoma Public Library rolls out new catalog/circulation system Oct. 24
    Tech issues delay Tacoma Public Library reopening
    October 25, 2012 8:37 am

    Unexpected and continuing problems with the transition to the Tacoma Public Library’s new catalog and circulation system has delayed the…

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    Tacoma Public Library rolls out new catalog/circulation system Oct. 24
    Tacoma Public Library rolls out new catalog/circulation system...
    October 9, 2012 8:20 am

    The Tacoma Public Library announced Monday it will roll out its new catalog and circulation system later this month.

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    Tacoma Public Library plans temporary closures to prepare for new catalog/circulation system
    Tacoma Public Library plans temporary closures to prepare...
    September 6, 2012 8:57 am

    The Tacoma Public Library is preparing to launch a new library catalog and circulation system on Weds., Oct. 24.

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    Free info session for job seekers at Tacoma Public Library
    Free info session for job seekers at Tacoma...
    August 28, 2012 9:07 am

    The City of Tacoma’s Human Resources Department and the Tacoma Public Library will host a free information session for job…

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    Tacoma receives national honor for electronics stewardship
    Tacoma City Council to discuss library services, live/work...
    August 24, 2012 8:46 am

    Tacoma City Council is scheduled to be briefed Tuesday at City Hall on an overview of services past, present and…

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    TOP: Tacoma native Marshall B. Skidmore, with his son, Rob, in October of 1989, outside the Tacoma Daily Index's office on Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma. Skidmore, who passed away on July 23, 2007, at the age of 83, owned the Index for 37 years (PHOTO COURTESY SKIDMORE FAMILY); ABOVE RIGHT: When our newspaper opened its doors in 1890, it did so inside a five-story stone-and-brick building located at 1110-1116 Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma. The building was demolished in 1931 to make way for a parking garage (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS / HISTORIC PHOTO COURTESY TACOMA PUBLIC LIBRARY); Forget iPads and laptops. An advertisement for a new electric typewriter ran in the Tacoma Daily Index on Oct. 8, 1964.(PHOTOS VIA TACOMA DAILY INDEX)
    122 Years Young: A milestone moment for the...
    By Todd Matthews • May 1, 2012 12:00 am

    Today is a milestone moment in Tacoma Daily Index’s history: the newspaper is 122 years old. The newspaper was first…

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    Public hearing Tuesday on downtown Tacoma parking regulations
    January 20, 2012 12:00 am

    Tacoma City Council is considering changes to the Zoning Code regulations for Downtown off-street parking. The proposed changes would eliminate…

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    1962 Seattle World's Fair historian at Tacoma Public...
    December 5, 2011 12:00 am

    Astronauts, Elvis, sky rides, royalty, the Kennedys, religion, topless showgirls, the Canadian tattoo, the Cold War and futurist speculation –…

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