Laurence Harbor Branch of Old Bridge Public Library relocating to Amboy Bank Branch

Susan Loyer, MyCentralJersey.com
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OLD BRIDGE - The Laurence Harbor Branch of the Old Bridge Public Library is moving.

After an extended stay at the Laurence Harbor Community Center, the branch is relocating to the Amboy Bank Branch at 302 Laurence Parkway starting Wednesday, according to the library's website.

The Laurence Harbor branch at 276 Laurence Parkway closed in December 2019, right before COVID, due to unforeseen structural issues, Mayor Owen Henry said. It reopened last May.

"The library is moving to the bank branch because the township is building a new community center at that location," Henry said. "We had to find a new home for the library. We spoke to the people at Amboy Bank and they were very receptive and they are going to allow us to use their building for the foreseeable future. We are committed to maintaining library services in Laurence Harbor."

The Laurence Harbor branch will continue with an abbreviated schedule, 12 hours per week. The branch will be open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays.

"That is based on feedback from the community," Old Bridge Public Library Director Dawn Jenkin said.

Full library hours will resume in September after a grand reopening, she said.

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Jenkin said the library is looking at reinvigorating its services, books, programming and staffing at the Laurence Harbor Branch.

Feedback on services, hours, programming and more is being accepted by visiting in person or via the Laurence Harbor survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LTY9JPL

For more information, contact the library’s director Dawn Jenkin at djenkin@oldbridgelibrary.org.

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