Via Oshawa Tourism

By Will McGuirk

With four branches across the city to manage, Oshawa Public Libraries’ CEO, Frances Newman, has a lot on her plate. But there’s always room for something more, in particular, she says, if it’s from Avanti Trattoria, the family-owned restaurant a short walk from the McLaughlin Branch.

“I love Italian food,” says Newman, whose story as CEO in Oshawa began seven years ago, having moved from Nova Scotia, where she was CEO of the Annapolis Valley Regional Library.