Friends of the Edison Public Library

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 [...]

We have just heard the news from our volunteer handling registration for the Spelling Bee that we have already exceeded our limit of 100 applicants for Division 1 (Grades 2-3). This unfortunately means that if you have not already applied for your 2nd or 3rd grader to take part, it is now too late. As [...]

Friends of the Edison Public Library Is Proud To Announce: Edison Town-Wide Spelling Bee 2012 Saturday, March 31, 2012 J.P. Stevens High School Snow Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012 Join us for our Spelling Bee for Grades 2-5 For more details, please see our Spelling Bee page.

Another Fall Booksale has been and gone, and we’re pleased to announce that it was a success! Despite fears that fewer donations, the poor economy, more people reading e-books, families going away for Fall recess and the lack of coverage by the local press would result in a very disappointing bottom-line, we were heartened by [...]

Print this flyer (PDF Format) for our forthcoming booksale (Sat/Sun November 5/6), cut out the included coupon for 50 cents off your purchase (only 1 per customer) and put the information on your refrigerator so you don’t forget. There are two on a page, so keep one and give one to a friend. See you [...]

Our Fall Book Sale will take place Saturday and Sunday, November 5th and 6th, 2011. Here are the basic details: Saturday, Nov. 5, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, 12 noon – 4 p.m. North Edison Branch Library 777 Grove Avenue, Edison (directions) Thousands of books in many categories – fiction & nonfiction, [...]

The Metuchen Chamber of Commerce has decided to postpone the Metuchen Country Fair originally due to take place on Saturday, October 1st, due to the predictions of rain. The fair has been rescheduled to Saturday, October 15; however, this coincides with our Flamenco program at Main Library, so we may not be able to have [...]

Friends of the Edison Public Library will once again have a booth at the Metuchen Country Fair on Saturday, October 1st, from 10am-4pm. Come say Hi, find out what The Friends have been up to, what’s coming up, grab some give-aways, play a game and enter our free drawing for one of two baskets of [...]

A while back, Edison Public Library held a very successful Family Day at the Clara Barton Branch library. Oriented towards children, but involving the entire family, there was face-painting, crafts, and other activities. Many people came who had not set foot in the library before, found out about all the different services available, and joined [...]

We will have more stories and photos from our first town wide spelling bee held on Saturday, April 30 to come soon, but for now, we wanted to proudly announce our winners:   Senior Division 1st Place/Gold Medal: Edward Hu 2nd Place/Silver Medal: Samuel Chen 3rd Place/Bronze Medal: Joyce Wang Junior Division 1st Place/Gold Medal: [...]