ORONO, Maine, May 26 -- University of Maine issued the following news release:
Libraries play an important role in many communities, not only providing books and other materials to patrons, but also social services that help bring people together. Fascinated by libraries and learning, Hunter Towne, who graduated from the University of Maine in May with a bachelor's degree in elementary education, investigated how libraries in Maine's Cumberland County were supporting the needs of young English language learners.
The project came about in part from Towne's love of libraries, working in classrooms and her own experience growing up in Freeport, Maine. During her first year at UMaine, Hunter spent a week in a Portland classroom and was workin...