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South Orange Library Launches American Dream
The South Orange Public Library, in coordination with two other Essex County libraries, has been awarded a $15,000 grant as part of “The American Dream Starts @ Your Library” literacy pro...
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Local Connections
Library Friends Host Winter Tea
The Friends of the South Orange Public Library hosted a "Happy Winter" event on Sunday at the South Orange Public Library, offering drinks and treats to the public. The Friends, who greet...
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News
The 2012 Holiday Booklist
When you give a child or a teen a book, you are creating a memory that will last a lifetime. What’s more, books offer so many options. Are you trying to find a book for an early read...
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News
Presenting the Tailgate Book Club
Are you enjoying the football and basketball seasons? Kids across the country sure are! You can be an ALL-STAR parent without missing even one of the season’s big games! And we don’t...
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Schools
CHS Alum, Poet Earns National Prize
David Ferry, Columbia High School Class of 1942, has won the National Book Award for Bewilderment, a book of poetry. Ferry was born in Orange, raised on Yale Street in Maplewood, and writ...