Friends of the Edison Public Library

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]