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The Boston Public Library’s Connolly branch will close from April 5 through April 19, 2004, to permit the installation of a handicapped-accessible ramp, decorative plastering and painting, and work on a new entrance. The closing will allow contractors to complete the work efficiently, with minimal impact on library service, customers, and staff.

Customers of the BPL’s Connolly branch have their choice of 26 other neighborhood branches to use for the duration of the closure. Two additional BPL branches in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood will maintain regular hours and have a complete schedule of children’s programs, ESL classes, and other events planned. The Jamaica Plain branch is located at 12 Sedgwick Street, and the Egleston Square branch can be found at 2044 Columbus Avenue.

The Connolly branch has planned a full slate of Vacation Week programs for children to start on Tuesday, April 20.

The 60-year-old Jacobean-style building has been undergoing renovations, and the closing will allow contractors to complete work that would have disrupted access to the building and the collection.

The BPL’s Connolly branch is located at 433 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain. For more information about the Connolly branch programs, collections, and services, or for an update on branch hours, please contact BPL’s Public Services Office at 617-859-2371 or visit the website www.bpl.org.

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Prepared by the Boston Public Library's Communications Office. For more information about news, programs and events at the BPL, call 617-859-2212 or send a message to the Communications Office.