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Library Announces Kick-off of the NEA Big Read in Newburgh

NEWBURGH will come together to read and celebrate HUSTLE The Newburgh Free Library will launch its National Endowment for the Arts Big Read program exploring Hustle by David Tomas Martinez with a...

End of Year Staff Favorites 2025

Check out our end-of-year staff favorites. We asked our library staff to share their favorite pieces of media from the last year. Everything here is available in our catalog! Can’t Get Enough by...

Charity and Community in Our Archives

by Matthew Thorenz, Local History & Government Docs Librarian On December 29, 1976, a holiday miracle was reported in the Times Herald Record. Following a radio announcement that Newburgh’s...

Old Soldiers’ Stories Have a Permanent Home Here

by Matthew Thorenz, Local History & Government Docs Librarian On November 11, our nation commemorated Veterans Day, a day in which we honor those who served in the armed forces from the American...

“Newburgh and The Nation” Essay

A Picture is worth 1,000 words, so here are 1,401: A Historical perspective of “Newburgh & the Nation: The Paintings of John Gould”Speech given at Opening Reception on 10/16/25 by Matthew Thorenz...

Staff End-of-Year Favorites

Check out our end-of-year staff favorites. We asked our library staff to share their favorite pieces of media from the last year. Everything here is available in our catalog! The Spellshop by Sarah...
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