Monday, August 1, 2016

Historic Articles Detail the Warren Library's Building at Municipal Complex

The Friends of the Warren Township Library celebrated the 70th Anniversary of the Warren Township Library with family-friendly activities, raffles and artifacts and displays detailing the library's history since it began with a small bookcase in the hallway at Central School in 1945.

Here are some newspaper articles that were on display during the celebration that detail the library's plans in 1992 for a new building in the township's Municipal Complex and the groundbreaking in 1993.

See more articles about the Warren Township Library's history by clicking here.

For a timeline of the Warren Township Library and it's history, please go here.
Article on the vote for a new library (The Star-Ledger, December 9, 1993)


Letters to the Editor debating the need for a new library (Echoes Sentinel, December 3, 1992)
Fundraising efforts to furnish the new library (Echoes-Sentinel, August 25, 1993)


Fundraising efforts for the library (The Star Ledger, September 29, 1993)

Groundbreaking ceremony for the new library in November 1993 (Jersey Journal, November 17, 1993)

Another article on the groundbreaking ceremony (Echoes-Sentinel; November 17, 1993)

Continuation of the groundbreaking article (Echoes-Sentinel, November 17, 1993)