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Refusing to let a good thing go

As Newton shuts branches, patron-run library is thriving

Charlotte Cutter, who helped create the library in 1991, hands a book to grandson Samuel. (Globe Staff / Suzanne Kreiter) Charlotte Cutter, who helped create the library in 1991, hands a book to grandson Samuel.
By Rachana Rathi
Globe Staff / July 17, 2008

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Books for every reader's taste line the shelves and boxes that fill a 12-by-14-foot room in the Shuman Center of Oak Hill Park, and Charlotte Cutter, 88, and Pat Bley, 71, serve as their gatekeepers. (Full article: 922 words)

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