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  • Library kids play area

    SoftPlay, a North Carolina-based company, designed this play area for the Ashland Public Library.

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  • Library plaques

    Three plaques will be placed in the lobby to mark the completion of the renovation project. Two are in memory of Ines Page and Nancy Stockwell, whose donations made the project possible. The third bears the names of the library trustees and the director in honor of the renovation project.

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  • Sandra Tunnell, President of the Ashland Public Library board of trustees, and William Rutger, Director of the library, hold the scissors during Monday’s ribbon cutting ceremony.

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