Springfield is getting nearly five-million dollars in state grants to construct a new library.
The grant, approved yesterday by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, is going toward a new branch in Springfield's East Forest Park neighborhood, on the grounds of the Mary Dryden Veterans Memorial Elementary School.
The state awarded a total of 67-million dollars in grants to nine communities, also including a nearly four-million-dollar grant for Hadley.
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