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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
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

In the Shadow of Eight by Collin Gosselin With Allie Kingsley Baker
VIbe by Adam Grant
Out of the Shadows by Jay Stratton
One Helluva Ride by Michael Douglas With Shane Salerno and Michael Fleming Jr
Uniting the States by Brian Kilmeade
Blockers by Michael Lewis
The Steps by Sylvester Stallone
Swan Song by Charles Spencer
The American Way of Killing by Malcolm Gladwell
The Game by Peter King
Sleeping Beauties by David Byrne
Ethel Kennedy by Kerry Kennedy
Looking for Terry by Terry Bradshaw With David Fisher
One Man In by Christian Craighead
The Rush by Nathaniel Philbrick

New York Times Hard Cover Fiction Best Sellers

Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros
Miss Wolcott's Ghost by Louise Penny
A Married Little Christmas by Abby Jimenez
The Family Cross by James Patterson
Chain Reaction by Lee Child and Andrew Child
The French Illusion by John Grisham
The Witch by Freida McFadden
With Hearts of Flame by Briar Boleyn
The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
Partita by Barbara Kingsolver
Hollow Bones by Jodi Picoult
Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
Mercy's Child by Richard Paul Evans

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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