Friends of the Edison Public Library

The Friends of the Edison Public Library will hold its monthly board meeting this Wednesday, May 9th, in the large meeting room of the Edison Main Library on Plainfield Ave., Edison, NJ Meeting starts at 7pm ET. This meeting is rescheduled from last week. This is an open meeting. All members or prospective members welcome. [...]

Our friends at NJ Council For The Humanities have asked us to remind our followers about the following special event THIS EVENING at Main Library, 340 Plainfield Ave.: The Edison Library will host a screening and discussion of “Rescuing the River”, on Tuesday, May 8, 7:00pm.  This is a documentary exploring the history of industrial [...]

Friends of the Edison Public Library Presents: All About Roses A slide, lecture, and discussion program Presented by Christine Rose Middlesex County Master Gardener Intern Saturday, May 19, 2012 2:00 p.m. Clara Barton Branch Library 141 Hoover Avenue Edison, NJ 08837 (directions) Learn that roses are not difficult to grow, despite their reputation. Discuss the [...]

We’d like to thank the following, who all made financial or in-kind donations to help make the 2012 town-wide Spelling Bee a success: Prize Money Sponsor Federal Business Centers Other Sponsors Edison Board of Education, Richard O’Malley, Superintendent The Wilner Family Jessica Levin, President, Seven Degrees Communications Open Road BMW Edison Girl Scout Troop #80851 [...]

The Friends of the Edison Public Library Presents A Raconteur Radio Production Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem Saturday, April 28 at 2.00p.m. North Edison Branch Library 777 Grove Ave., Edison, NJ 08820 (directions) Be in the audience as the Raconteur Radio Players portray Sherlock Holmes, Professor Moriarty, and other Holmes’ characters during this reenactment of [...]

We will be posting more about Saturday’s event, sharing photos and thanking our sponsors and volunteers, but for now, we wanted to announce that the winners of Saturday’s Town Wide Spelling Bee were as follows: Division 1 (grades 2 & 3) 1st Prize(Gold Medal): Shreyes Varde 2nd Prize(Silver Medal): Tyler Wu 3rd Prize(Bronze Medal): Sunrit [...]

We recently received inquiries from two parents who had not received confirmation of their children’s participation in our forthcoming spelling bee, but had not had their checks returned either. The good news is that both children were participants. Their e-mail addresses had been misread from the handwritten application, but evidently belonged to real people, since [...]

Saturday, February 25, 2012 12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m. Edison Main Library 340 Plainfield Avenue Join guest presenter Nancy Leary to make your own unique 60” silk scarf. Match your favorite outfit or make a special gift using the beautiful ancient art form of “Ebru”, better known as marbleizing.  Reserve your seat by calling 732-287-2298, [...]

The Friends of the Edison Public Library will hold its monthly board meeting this Wednesday, February 1st, in the large meeting room of the Edison Main Library on Plainfield Ave., Edison, NJ Meeting starts at 7pm ET. This is an open meeting. All members or prospective members welcome. We would love your input! Contact foledisonnj@gmail.com [...]

We have just heard the news from our volunteer handling registration for the Spelling Bee that we now reached our limit of 100 applicants for Division 2 (Grades 4-5). We had previously announced that Division 1 was full. This unfortunately means that if you have not already applied for your child to take part, it [...]