Why can’t the lower levels of the library branches be used as computer spaces?

Who picked out the new carpeting for the branches?

Why do we need a town library in addition to the school district libraries?

These and other questions circulate around the town, along with suggestions and information about how to improve the Irondequoit Public Library.

To try to clear up misconceptions, the Irondequoit Public Library Board of Trustees has asked Library Director Terry Buford to start a “Frequently Asked Questions”  section on the library website, irondequoitlibrary.org. The section will be continually updated as questions come in and also will be available in print at the Evans branch, 45 Cooper Road, and the McGraw branch, 2180 E. Ridge Road.

Short answers to the questions above follow:

An overflow parking lot will be activated over the next three weeks to accommodate visitors to the Seneca Park Zoo.

The new “A Step into Africa” exhibit opens on Thursday and zoo officials are expecting more visitors than usual. The exhibit incorporates the Zoo’s African elephants, olive baboons and newly arrived lions from South Africa, in naturalistic surroundings with remarkable viewing opportunities.

The overflow lot will be at 2100 St. Paul Street, less than one mile from the zoo entrance, and will be available to visitors on May 19, 20, 26, 27, 28 and June 3. There will be free shuttle to and from the parking lot to the zoo.

President Obama has officially nominated Monroe County Court Judge Frank Geraci for a spot on the federal bench.

Geraci has been a county court judge for more than 13 years. He served a city court judge before that. Geraci is a McQuaid graduate, and once worked as an assistant district attorney.

President Obama calls Geraci highly qualified, and a valuable addition to the U.S. District Court in Western New York.

Geraci was recommended by Senator Chuck Schumer, whose nominee last year, former D.A. Mike Green, was never confirmed.