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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

Stripped Down by Bunnie Xo
Stand by Cory Booker
Strangers by Belle Burden
A World Appears by Michael Pollan
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
You With the Sad Eyes by Christina Applegate
Who Needs Friends by Andrew McCarthy
How to Test Negative for Stupid by John Kennedy
Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! by Liza Minnelli, As Told to Michael Feinstein, With Josh Getlin and Heidi Evans
We the Women by Norah O'Donnell With Kate Andersen Brower
Apple by David Pogue
Nobody's Girl by VIrginia Roberts Giuffre
1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin
The Bosses of the Bronx by Mike Vaccaro
Black Af History by Michael Harriot

New York Times Hard Cover Fiction Best Sellers

The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez
Judge Stone by VIola Davis and James Patterson
The Correspondent by VIrginia Evans
Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
Beneath by Ariel Sullivan
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
The Traitor Queen by Danielle L. Jensen
Kin by Tayari Jones
Alchemised by Senlinyu
The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt Dinniman
My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney
Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman

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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