Partnerships, investment bettering Follansbee library

WELLSBURG — The history of the Brooke County Public Libraries dates to the late 1890s, having grown out of public groups that wanted a “receptacle of knowledge,” according to Director Alexandra Schneider.

The system’s main library in Wellsburg was constructed in 1971 and dedicated a year later, Schneider said. In the early 1990s, the system added its Follansbee Branch — occupying a Main Street building owned by the city of Follansbee, where it’s been for nearly three decades....

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