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Adult Summer Reading 2022: Oceans of Possibilities July 14, 2022 - The Morristown & Morris Township Library is offering a free, no-stress Summer Reading Contest for adults! Sign up at any of our service desks. You’ll receive a gift just for signing up! For any book you read or listen…
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Friends of Foote’s Pond Wood Won the Morris Park Alliance Environmental/Conservation Award! June 27, 2022 - Adjacent to Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is the 24-acre Foote’s Pond Wood park. The Friends of Foote’s Pond Wood (FoFPW) is ” a welcoming, grassroots group dedicated to the care and preservation of Foote’s Pond Wood.” Recently, the FoFPW was…
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Ongoing Libby Server Maintenance April 25, 2022 - Between May 3 and July 28, 2022, Libby will perform server upgrades to enhance the performance and security of the systems used to access the digital collection. These upgrades will be completed between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. Eastern Time…
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NJ HealthConnect@YourLibrary Provides FREE iPads to Borrow! March 31, 2022 - In order to tackle the inequities in our healthcare system, the Morristown & Morris Township Library is proud to provide iPads through our partnership with NJ HealthConnect@Your Library! Upon return, library staff will wipe out the iPad between users. The…
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Local History in the News: Articles Written by the North Jersey History & Genealogy Center Staff March 16, 2022 - Local history is abundant within the Morristown community. The Morristown Green, the historic park that served as an encampment for George Washington in 1777, also serves as the name for Morristown’s local news site. North Jersey History & Genealogy…
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Morristown Blueprints Collection Open for Research January 22, 2022 - The North Jersey History & Genealogy Center has opened the Morristown Building and Construction Blueprints and Records Collection to researchers. These records contain building designs for local businesses and homes, and related documentation submitted to town hall between 1909 and…
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Resources to Use From Home January 3, 2022 - The Library subscribes to many resources you can use from the comfort of your own home, and many of them are also working with us to bring you more remote resources during these difficult times. Below are some of our…
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Recapture Family Images: Thursday, November 18, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. November 3, 2021 - A one day scanning event at the North Jersey History and Genealogy Center Preserve your family photos! Turn your photos, negatives or slides into printable image files. Do you have special family photographs that you need scanned? The NJH&GC will…
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Gone But Not Forgotten: Marion Orr Harris, a friend of the North Jersey History and Genealogy Center September 24, 2021 - The Morristown and Morris Township Library and its North Jersey History and Genealogy Center is saddened to learn of the passing of Marion Ohr Harris. Marion generously provided financial support of numerous history and genealogy programs and services for quite…
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NJ State Library Grant Helps Us Expand Our Early Literacy Technology! September 16, 2021 - by Chad Leinaweaver This summer, the Library received a CARES (Corona Aid Relief and Economic Security) Act Mini-Grant for our Spanish Language Outreach and Children’s Outreach Technology Project. This Mini-Grant allowed us to further expand possibilities for both Spanish-speaking,…
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