Everett Public Libraries reducing its operating hours in 2023
EVERETT — Everett Public Libraries will reduce its hours in the new year due to budgetary constraints and staffing shortages, library officials say.
In an email sent Friday to library patrons, staff said hours at both the main library in downtown Everett and the branch on Evergreen Way would be cut starting Jan. 1. Both locations will be closed Sundays and the Evergreen branch will be closed Mondays, the email said.
Operating hours for the rest of the week will stay the same, with both branches open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and closing at 6 p.m. all other days.
Library director Abigail Cooleysaid the reduction in hours was due primarily to budget shortfalls dating from before the pandemic. Cooley said the city has faced a “structural deficit” since 2018, resulting in cuts to library funding starting in 2019.
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