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Overdue Library Books Returned to Dormont After 88 Years
A man bringing books to Dormont Historical Society had no idea he was returning library books.
A man bringing a box of books to has no idea he was returning long-overdue library books—88 years overdue, to be exact.
According to a report from CBS Pittsburgh, Paul Kaminski, who was raised in Dormont, drove the books back to Dormont from Arizona, where a cousin had been keeping them.
A look through the box revealed books that should have been returned to the Dormont school library—formerly located in the , where the Historical Society is housed—in 1924.
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The Dormont Historical Society added the books to their extensive collection of Dormont memorabilia. The Dormont Historical Society is open to the public Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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