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Springfield City Library to lend laptops, WiFi hotspots

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill
Published January 25, 2022 at 10:31 AM EST
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The Mason Square branch library in Springfield, Massachusetts
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Materials will be circulated from new outreach van

The public library in Springfield, Massachusetts is taking steps to help close a digital divide in the city.

Using funds from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the library is purchasing a van that will be used to provide mobile wifi hot spots and Chromebook computers people can borrow.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Jean Canosa-Albano, the Springfield City Library’s Assistant Director for Public Service.

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The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.
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