Maria Grace from the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey presented a program about conserving and protecting New Jersey's endangered and threatened wildlife. It’s amazing that New Jersey, for all of its development, congestion and sprawling land use, is a haven for over 70 species of wildlife considered endangered or threatened under federal or state guidelines.
Senior Fridays - Free events for older adults on Fridays at 1:30 p.m. This Friday, January 26: Talk, Discussion & Video "Music of the 1940's" by Allan Kleiman. Light refreshments will be served. For more Senior Fridays, visit our events page.
OBPL staff member Amy is hard at work in the Laurence Harbor Branch Library. Barbara looks on in the background.
Teens proudly display their blankets made for donation to Project Linus. The goal of Project Linus is to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer "blanketeers."
This week at the Library: 
Senior Friday - January 12 at 1:30 p.m. Energy Efficiency, presented by NJ Board of Public Utilities. Open to seniors of all ages, discover ways you can save money on your heating and cooling bills while cleaning up the environment! Light refreshments will be served. For more upcoming programs, visit our calendar of events.
Don't miss tonight's presentation on Global Warming by Tina Weishaus at 7:00 p.m. in the Central Library's Large Meeting Room. She has been trained by Al Gore's The Climate Project to give a slide show presentation based on An Inconvenient Truth and is currently speaking to dozens of organizations around the Central Jersey area on the subject of global warming. Tina will show the slide show and then talk about solutions at the individual, local, national and international level with specific emphasis on what is going on in New Jersey regarding legislation and political action.
Big news! The Library has introduced and online calendar which will have updated information on all of the Library's programs, classes and activities.
Senior Fridays, free events for older adults Fridays at 1:30 p.m. On January 5, the musical film High Society starring Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra will be shown and light refreshments will be served. For more information on Senior Fridays, please visit our events page.
It's a bird, it's a plane... it's a new collection in the Children's Display Case! If your child has a collection he or she would like to share with the community, contact the Children's Department at (732) 721-5600 ext. 5028 for information about scheduling.
Mark your calendar with these new titles - USATODAY.com: "Mark your calendar with these new titles: Early 2007 offers many new fiction and non-fiction titles. USA TODAY's Carol Memmott picks some of the most notable."
The Library has some new Mysteries in stock, come in and check out out latest books!
