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Oceanport Library re-opens July 1

The Oceanport branch of the Monmouth County Library will re-open on Monday, July 1, eight months after sustaining extensive flood damage during Superstorm Sandy.

Library patrons will be able to check out books and DVDS and pick up their holds at the refurbished library. Children’s story times will also resume the week of July 1.

The branch will begin its usual hours on July 1. The library is open 1 to 5 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. In addition it is open 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, and 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  The new branch manager will be Katie Kenny.

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The Oceanport branch, which is located in the Oceanport Borough Hall complex off Myrtle Avenue, sustained widespread flood damage during Sandy as did the rest of the Borough Hall building.

The library now has a new circulation desk and new shelving. The library area has been thoroughly cleaned and repainted

 

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