The July 2013 Library Board meeting has been rescheduled from July 11 to July 18, at 7 P.M.

We are delighted to announce that Amazon’s “Kindle” e-reader can now be used to read books downloaded from GFJ’s “Overdrive” service.  Click on the “Download Overdrive” icon at www.gfjlibrary.org and start reading.  The collection is growing at a rate of about 40 titles per month.

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.

Don’t forget to join us this Monday, June 28, from 5-8 pm for the Splish Splash Reading Bash! Join us on the library lawn for games, crafts, activities, music by Johnny Only, art by Eric Maruscak, and more. Kids can also sign up for the summer reading clubs to win prizes for reading books! In…

All free and on Tuesday evenings.  Refreshments will be served at 7 P.M. and the reviews will start at 7:30.  Everyone is welcome! April 3: “The Terminal diner” by Mary Pat Hyland, reviewed by the author.  A story set in a diner in Binghamton looks at September 11th’s influence on people far from the scene….

New York State’s Regents Advisory Council on Libraries (RAC) is asking New Yorkers what library services they will need in their local communities by 2020. Click on the image to take a short survey and share your 2020 vision for libraries!

Featured this month are oil and other portraits by Hannah Dunscombe a Bachelor of Fine Arts student at Alfred University and a 2008 graduate of Union-Endicott High School.