New library in Lewes

3 million dollar project was a long time coming for many locals and at last they are able to enjoy the new building. 47 abc’s lissette nu?ez reports. natural sound gov. jack markell, lewes, de markell reading to kids ’09:57:11and they are very very sweet. wow i like that. do you guys like that. clapping 09:57:15′ track 1 hundreds joined governor jack markell on saturday for the grand opening of the new lewes public library. erin tanner, lewes, de “10:00:10 it’s always been a great resource for locals and for vacationers who are coming in and out of town. it’s a really great resource for them. they’ve always had some really great children activities but this new facility was just amazing so we are really excited about it. it couldn’t be better timing.’ 10:00:24′ track 2 locals have been waiting for the opening of this new facility for almost 8 years. the old lewes public library –which stands a few feet away from new facility–was built back in 1988 and was approximately 13 thousand and 400 feet. and library officials tell us it wasn’t meeting their increasing number of patrons. beckie healey, presidentof the lewes public library board of commissioners “09:50:41 we just couldn’t handle the number of people that were coming in through our doors 09:50:46” track 3 the new facility doubles the amount of square feet that the old building had to offer. the one level facility includes a children’s room, a teen room, multiple study rooms, and even a fireplace. beckie healey, presidentof the lewes public library board of commissioners “09:53:42got to say, i think right off the back they were going to be knocked off their feet by the way it looks it’s just beautiful 09:53:48′ track 4 kelli childress took her baby to checkout the new location and she tells us she will coming back to take advantage of all the library’s programs. kelli childress, lewes “10:01:19 this one is more modern and big huge so i’m looking forward to spending time with friends and story time.”10:01:29” track 5 lissette nu?ez 47 abc library officials also tell us they are working to meet the programming demands of their patrons too–they tell us they will be addingmore programs and activities in the near future. here’s a look at your national