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Library Hours and Closings
Library Hours:

Monday-Thursday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sunday: Closed

2025 Closings:

January 1 – New Year’s Day
Monday, January 19 – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday, February 16 – Presidents’ Day
Friday, April 3 – Good Friday, Closing at 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 23 & Monday, May 25 – Memorial Day Weekend
Saturday, July 4 – Independence Day
Saturday, September 5 & Monday, September 7 – Labor Day Weekend
Monday, October 12 – Indigenous Peoples’ & Columbus Day
Wednesday, November 11 – Veterans Day
Thursday, November 26, & Friday, November 27 – Thanksgiving
Thursday, December 24 – Christmas Eve, Closing at 3:00pm
Friday, December 25 – Christmas Day
Friday, January 1, 2027 – New Year’s Day

Directions
​Traveling North on Rt. 208 (from I-84), turn left on Scofield St., up a steep hill and down, the library is about 3 blocks on the left.

Traveling West on Rt. 52 Main St. (from Newburgh), turn left on Orchard St. (1st street after the traffic light), you will be facing the library entrance (about one block down Orchard).

The library/police station/municipal building are located in a triangle formed by Scofield, Orchard, and Walnut Streets.

Contact Info
Ginny Neidermier, Library Director
Beth Balogh, Children’s Services
Abby Williams, Teen Services
Alyssa Masotto, Librarian

Phone: (845) 778-7621
Fax: (845) 778-1946
Email: wal@rcls.org

Services

Featured Services

Local History

New York Times Hard Cover Non-Fiction Best Sellers

Regime Change by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
Biological War by Annie Jacobsen
Strangers by Belle Burden
Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I'Ve Cried About by Isabel Klee
Communion by Jd Vance
London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
This Is the Plan by Ben Wikler
Revolution by Eric Metaxas
The Land and Its People by David Sedaris
Cancel Me If You Can by Dave Portnoy
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
Blizzard of Lies by Dave Wedge
All That's Unseen by Emilee Hackney
Nothing Left by Evan Barker
The Others by D. W. Pasulka

New York Times Hard Cover Fiction Best Sellers

Daggermouth by H. M. Wolfe
The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Whistler by Ann Patchett
Sea of Charms by Sarah Beth Durst
Meet Me In Paris by Kristin Harmel
The Correspondent by VIrginia Evans
Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
Getting Away With Murder by Shari Lapena
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
The Country Road Murders by James Patterson and Mike Lupica
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt Dinniman
The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson

Get Involved

The Josephine-Louise Public Library circulates more than 84,000 items per year to residents of the Village of Walden and many residents of the Town of Montgomery. The library receives over 61,400 visits a year, and conducts more than 40,400 reference transactions. Join us at the Library and support our goal to provide materials and services to help meet the diverse educational, professional, and recreational needs of the community.

Library Hours

Monday – Thursday: 10am-8pm
Friday: 10am-6pm
Saturday: 10am-2pm
Sunday: Closed

Contact Us

5 Scofield St.
Walden, NY 12586
(845) 778-7621
Fax: (845) 778-1946
wal@rcls.org

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