November 2011 Art Wall

NPR ran a story last week on the future of libraries in the e-book age

Local historian Tim Main will return to GFJ on Tuesday May 9 at 7 PM to present his program “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.” It’s a scorching review of fires which traumatized the old Village of Union in years past. If you love history be sure not to miss this fun-filled hour of narrative photos….

Can’t get enough of the PBS series “Downton Abbey”?   Try these.

A local navigator from Mothers & Babies Perinatal Network will be on site to help people sign-up for health insurance under the New York State of Health program (https://nystateofhealth.ny.gov/) on Wednesdays from 9 AM till 4 PM, November 5, 2014 – February 25, 2015. Please call them at 772-0517 to make an appointment.

This is the Johnson Rose. George F. had roses growing on his property (which is where the library stands now). One day he told his gardner to get rid of them. The gardner took them home and replanted them. Or so the story goes… This one was donated back to the library a few years…

The George F. Johnson Memorial Library (Endicott NY) is one of 30 libraries in New York State to receive $244,517 in funding to create a Public Computing Center in the library.  This award is provided as part of a grant awarded to the New York State Library through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA)…