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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

This Is Me by Hayden Panettiere
American Scoundrel by Kai Bird With Susan Goldmark
Regime Change by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
Going Further by Ted Cruz
Let Us Do Good by Frank Siller
The Final Solution to the Jewish Question by Dara Horn
Star of the Show by Dolly Parton With Tom Roland
Strangers by Belle Burden
London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Nerd Reich by Gil Durán
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
Biological War by Annie Jacobsen
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer
A Life In Lyrics by Freddie Mercury With Mary Austin

New York Times Hard Cover Fiction Best Sellers

Burn of the Everflame by Penn Cole
The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
Taipei Story by R. F. Kuang
The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon
The Knave and the Moon by Rachel Gillig
Fury In Death by J. D. Robb
The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman
The Altar of Pergamon by Jonathan Cahn
Tempest by VIctoria Aveyard
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Whistler by Ann Patchett
Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
The Most Dangerous Games by Mrbeast and James Patterson
The Gate of the Feral Gods 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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