Library News

Do you have pre-schoolers anxiously awaiting that first day of school? Consider our Storytime for Pre-Schoolers to help get them ready. Stories and crafts and socialization skills go hand in hand with a little fun-and-laughter in our Storytime sessions, a good part of the preparation needed by youngsters on their way to kindergarten.

             Book Discussion Group
             Forming at Wanaque Public Library

Are you interested in joining a book discussion group?

The Wanaque Public Library is hoping to start a once-a-week, one-hour long meeting of a group that would read the same book over the course of a month. Library Director Richard Mariconda would obtain multiple copies of the same book for you to borrow and we would meet from perhaps 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM on Wednesday or Thursday afternoons. We could plan to read a number of chapters for each meeting. At the meetings, we could discuss the progression of the novel and share our reactions to both the course of the book and the nature of the writing itself. Mr. Mariconda would also read the same book with you and participate.

If you are interested in this project, please visit or call the Wanaque Public Library and give your full name and telephone number so that Mr. Mariconda can contact you.

The Wanaque Public Library is located at 616 Ringwood Avenue in Wanaque and has elevator access in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. Call 973-839-4434 for further information.

            Locally Researched Civil War Records Available

Ringwood resident Kip Webster has given the Wanaque Public Library a wonderful compilation of research he has done through recent years dealing with individuals who fought in the Civil War and are presently buried in the Wanaque area. The carefully bound volume can be accessed - though not borrowed - at the Wanaque Public Library during regular open hours. Anyone doing either Civil War research or genealogical studies would benefit from perusing this unique resource. Ask at the Library Director's office to use this book.

            Open Borrowing

Did you know that having a borrowers card in good standing from the Wanaque Public Library now entitles you to borrow in person at most public libraries in Bergen, Passaic, Morris, and now Middlesex Counties? This is now provided through an experimental program called Open Borrowing. Just establish a clean record at the Main Desk and get a green Open Borrowing sticker on your card. You are free to visit the libraries of this four-county area and to borrow materials in person, and, depending on material type, return many simply by bringing the borrowed item here to the Wanaque Public Library if you wish.