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Get Ready for a Spooktacular October @ Your Library
Fun Activities and Fundraiser Concert Await! Mark your calendars: The library has pages of fun autumnal and spooky activities for October! Our building renovation project also reaches a new milestone with a fundraiser concert later this month—check out more details below. This Month’s Highlight Event: Join us for our fundraiser concert with pop country singer/songwriter…
Two Dads Opening a Bookstore in Bellevue
At one point in history, Bellevue had at least four different bookstores operating at the same time, including three at Southroads Mall. Bellevue’s last bookstore, Confluence Bookstore and Bistro, closed its doors more than a decade ago. However, there is good news for readers and book enthusiasts in Bellevue and the surrounding communities. Business partners…
Scenes from New Bellevue Public Library Groundbreaking
July 6, 2023 – Bellevue, Neb. The city of Bellevue, Nebraska and the Bellevue Public Library held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new public library located on Longo Drive in the Bellevue Professional Building. It was a symbolic groundbreaking as work has begun on the new facility earlier than originally expected. The new library is…
Library Nears 120,000 visits, Names Top Books of the Year
By Julie Dinville, Library Director The Bellevue Public Library was very busy in Fiscal Year 2021-2022 (Oct. 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2022)despite some resurgences of the Covid-19 pandemic during that period. Recently, the library submittedan annual statistical survey for public libraries to the Nebraska Library Commission that details some ofthe library’s activities. This survey…
From Ground Zero to 35 – Local Shop Still Going Strong
In 2019 – the last year not affected by COVID-19 shutdowns – over 12,000 retail stores in America closed their doors. Over the past 35 years, the number of closures has exceeded 250,000. However, during that same time, one retail shop in Bellevue has managed to keep the doors open and its customers happy. Ground…