The Mesa Public Library branch in downtown Mesa has been closed due to a bomb scare.

The Mesa public libraries are reducing their hours because of a staffing shortage caused by the city’s budget woes.

The Mesa public libraries are reducing their hours because of a staffing shortage caused by the city’s budget woes.

A 60-year-old woman shot and killed herself Wednesday in the parking lot of the Dobson branch of the Mesa Public Library.

A senior manager at Boeing has withdrawn her name from consideration for Mesa’s library director position.

August 19, 2004

Mesa is writing the first chapter in the story of new library as it looks to open a tiny branch in the city's southeastern area.

Danielle Mershon stood patiently for her turn at a computer station inside Mesa’s Main Library on a recent weekday afternoon. After a 30-minute wait, with seven people ahead of her in the queue, the 22-year-old Mesa resident gave up.

Mesa’s library director resigned on Monday following a city finding she retaliated against an employee who sided against her in a sexual harassment case.

 All three Mesa public libraries are participating in an adult reading program organized by the Maricopa County Library District.

Mesa’s Red Mountain Library will host a used book sale 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 29-Dec. 1. Hardbound books will be sold for 50 cents and paperbacks will cell for 25 cents. Magazines and other library materials will also be on sale for bargain prices. All proceeds will support the Mesa Public Library.

Mesa Public Libraries is holding a series of teen volunteer fairs for students entering seventh through 12th grade, between the ages of 12 and 18 to fill positions for the Summer Reading Program. Jobs will assist as program desk aides, computer aids, self-checkout assistants, shelving positions, program craft aides and other miscellaneous duties.

There’s no room for scaredy cats in the East Valley Paranormal Society, a band of ghost hunters that investigates Arizona cemeteries, mines, hotels, jails, courthouses and other suspected haunts. The team will describe a typical investigation, play audio and video recordings from their field work and answer questions in a presentation geared toward guests ages pre-teen and older. They’ll also show off their ghost-tracking equipment, from infrared illuminators to electromagnetic field detectors.

Mesa has started a month-long test of high-efficiency lighting at the Mesa Main Library and is seeking public input on the new fixtures. The existing lights will be replaced with an assortment of fluorescent, induction and LED fixtures that could cut energy costs by 70 percent. The library's parking may be reduced during installation scheduled between Monday and Thursday.

A restored bell and whistle from a 98-year-old steam locomotive has just gone on display at the downtown Mesa Public Library.

The Mesa Public Library celebrated its 100th birthday Saturday at its downtown location with an all-day lineup of musicians and entertainers.Library staff and volunteers said they hoped to see as many as 2,000 people at the event.

If you are one of the millions of Americans who are feeling overwhelmed or stressed, join Dr. Eric Hampton 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2 in the Saguaro Room at the Main Library, 64 E. First St., in Mesa.

New York Times bestselling author, J.A. Jance, will be at Mesa’s Red Mountain Library, 635 N. Power Road, 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday. Jance will be hosting a book signing to promote her latest mystery novel “Deadly Stakes.”

Mesa will open the doors to its new library on May 17, with a grand opening celebration from 3:30 to 5 p.m. that day. The Mesa Express Library, nicknamed MEL, will include popular fiction, DVDs and audio books. Library card holders will have access to computers, the Internet, a library catalog and other databases. The library is inside the Power Square Mall, 2055 S. Power Road. The library, the first to open in Mesa in 24 years, is designed to serve temporarily until a full-sized branch can be built.