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President of Save the Westernport Library Comments on Removal of ACLS Director

July 3rd, 2025 by WCBC Radio

Trish Morgan Keating with the Save the Westernport Library spoke with WCBC about the news that WCBC broke Wednesday morning regarding the termination of Allegany County Library System’s director, John Taube.  Keating says she isn’t happy that Taube lost his job, but something did need to change…

  

“He’s been there 25 plus years and it’s my understanding he was two years from retirement, so that’s awful.  But on the other hand had he been doing his job properly and really addressing the problem rather than wanting to close two to three libraries, how about let’s fundraise and write some grants and let’s save this so we don’t have to close any of the libraries, but that’s not how he was working.”