More than 20 years after Whittier city officials and library supporters began dreaming of a new library and later at least a thorough renovation, on Tuesday they celebrated a groundbreaking for the ...

Whittier library patrons, residents and city officials on Saturday, June 18, celebrated the reopening of a newly remodeled 61-year-old, 36,000-square-foot library Central Library. The library has been ...

Beginning late this summer, those who use Whittier’s 61-year-old central library are going to have to find an alternative because it will be closed for a year or more while long-sought repairs are ...

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The heated debate over Whittier Elementary School’s library continued Wednesday when community members accused Chicago Public Schools officials of reneging on a promise to install a library in the ...

CHICAGO (STMW) -- Pilsen parents who once staged a 43-day sit-in to get a library at Whittier Elementary School now have succeeded in getting the project halted. "As a result of your continued ...

For 43 days parents and neighbors occupied the ramshackle, 84-year-old one-story building they fondly call la casita to keep CPS from demolishing it. Schools CEO Ron Huberman said the field house had ...

WHITTIER – Whittier Public Library presents the debut of the children’s book, “Astronaut the Library Dog: a Classic Tale of a Storybook-Lovin’ Pooch” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, at the library, 7344 ...

WHITTIER – Times are tough, the economy is weak and funding is hard for cities. So when the Whittwood branch of the Whittier Library was in need of renovations, somebody was going to need to raise ...

As a student, Richard M. Nixon was a member of Whittier College’s football team. He’s wearing No. 23. “He was a great debater,” the college’s president says, “but a terrible athlete.” Whittier, Calif.

The heated debate over Whittier Elementary School’s library continued Wednesday when community members accused Chicago Public Schools officials of reneging on a promise to install a library in the ...