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Don’t miss tomorrow’s Hockey Storytime! Thursday, December 29 from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Come to our hockey storytime and meet Max from the Binghamton Senators! No registration is required.

This year’s raffle quilt is on display: “French Romance” by quilt artists Carol Bunnell and Sandy Minehan. Tickets are a dollar apiece or six for five dollars and proceeds go to support children’s programs here at GFJ. The drawing will be held September 11. Other quilts, some for sale, will be on display soon.

GFJ is excited to announce that we’ve begun offering a DMV-approved NYS Safe Driver Course to our patrons at a discounted rate! This six hour, online course can be used to reduce points on your license or your automobile insurance rates. GFJ Library patrons are able to access this course for $20 through TicketSchool. Click…

The American Library Association has released its annual report on America’s libraries.

Our library is looking to fill a vacancy on its Board of Trustees.   The term of office runs through December 2018.  Meetings are usually held on the third Thursday of each month (excluding August) at 7 PM.  This is a volunteer position.  Applicants must be residents of the Town of Union, which includes the villages…

From GFJ’s Digital Archives: “The Great Wilno” aka “The Human Cannonball” is fired from a cannon 250 feet into the air (and thankfully into his net) during the annual E-J Workers Labor Day celebrations. The event took place in front of an estimated 50,000 spectators at En-Joie Park (behind U-E High School) on Sept,. 2,…