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Our 2025–2030 Strategic Plan is Here!

Metuchen Public Library’s new plan, shaped by input from over 1,100 community members, sets the vision for a modern, accessible library that fosters curiosity, creativity, and connection. Priorities include welcoming spaces, resources to help everyone reach their goals, and ensuring sustainability for future generations.

View Strategic Plan 2025–2030

A Reading & Talk with Mary Ann McGuigan

Tuesday, October 28
7:00-8:00pm

Join us for A Reading & Talk with Mary Ann McGuigan, a long-time resident of Metuchen, NJ. Following our in-person conversation, she’ll be signing copies of her new short-story collection, That Very Place (2025), at the Metuchen Public Library.

Registration encouraged. Signed books will be available for purchase by cash, check or Venmo.

Register for A Reading & Talk with Mary Ann McGuigan
That Very Place book cover and the photo of the author

‘Paws’ to Read with a Therapy Dog

Next sessions: October 11 & October 25
1-2pm

For children of all ages. Come and hang out with Sarge or Niles, our loveable therapy dogs. They love to hear stories! Each reader will have about 10 minutes of reading time.

Don’t want to read? Come anyway, our therapy dogs love hugs, too!

No registration is needed, however you may need to wait your turn.

Register for Meditation
A large black and white dog sits on a dog bed. A woman sits beside to the dog and looks at its face.

Resource Spotlight: Libby

Use Libby to borrow FREE e-books, audiobooks, and digital magazines from your library.

And yes, you can download items to a Kindle!

 

Get started with Libby

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