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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
The Day After by Brian Tyler Cohen
Strangers by Belle Burden
Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I'Ve Cried About by Isabel Klee
London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
Communion by Jd Vance
Biological War by Annie Jacobsen
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
Revolution by Eric Metaxas
The Land and Its People by David Sedaris
All That's Unseen by Emilee Hackney
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green
Famesick by Lena Dunham
Cancel Me If You Can by Dave Portnoy

New York Times Hard Cover Fiction Best Sellers

The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson
The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Delusional by James Patterson and James O. Born
Whistler by Ann Patchett
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
God's Country by William Kent Krueger
The Correspondent by VIrginia Evans
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
The Unknown by Riley Sager
Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth
The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt Dinniman
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
Carl's Doomsday Scenario 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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