From a distance, what's gone so wrong for so long in Camden seems overwhelming.
Look closer and most of the city's calamities emerge as the result of individual decisions - many...
Camden Free Public Library Funding in the Press
Mayor Dana L. Redd is slashing more than two-thirds of city funding for Camden's libraries, a move that could close all three branches.
In the best-case scenario, according to a library...
The Camden library system stands to lose two-thirds of its city funding -- a drop so steep, one board member predicted imminent closure of all three branches.
In a written...
Camden is preparing to permanently shut its library system by the end of the year, potentially leaving residents of the impoverished city among the few in the United States unable to borrow a...
The library board in Camden, one of the nation's poorest cities, is preparing to close all three of its libraries by the end of the year, saying its funding has been slashed so drastically...