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In tandem: Joe Burke, left, director of the Altamont Free Library, and Judy Petrosillo, manager of the Berne Town Library, spoke to the Knox Town Board on March 8 about the worth and cost of public libraries. Knox residents take out 10 percent of the items used at the Altamont library while the town of Knox pays for just 5 percent of the library’s expenses. At the same time, Knox residents account for 16 percent of the Berne library’s items used while the town pays 7 percent of the library’s budget.