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Monroe Free Library Connecting our community through books, learning, and fun 📚✨
Free resources • Lifelong learning • Community connections

The Monroe Free Library will be hosting a board meeting, Monday, October 19th at 7:30PM. This meeting will be open to t...
10/16/2026

The Monroe Free Library will be hosting a board meeting, Monday, October 19th at 7:30PM. This meeting will be open to the public and accessible via Zoom.

⚡🎃 Pokémon Club: Halloween Edition! 🎃⚡⚡ Let’s celebrate our love of Pokémon together! ⚡👻🕸️ This month, Pokémon Club is g...
10/15/2026

⚡🎃 Pokémon Club: Halloween Edition! 🎃⚡

⚡ Let’s celebrate our love of Pokémon together! ⚡

👻🕸️ This month, Pokémon Club is getting spooky! Join us as we celebrate everything spooktacular about Pokémon, from Ghost-types to Dark-types. We’ll use our favorite creepy-cute Pokémon as inspiration to create our very own Pokémon Pumpkin Pails—perfect for trick-or-treating this Halloween! 🎃👻

📅 Saturday, October 24
⏰ 1:00–3:00 PM
🎮 Grades 2–5

Bring your Pokémon plushies and trading cards to share, just like last time! Please keep in mind that we’ll be using paint and other crafting materials, so you may want to leave your trading cards safely at home. (Plushies can take baths, but cards can’t! 😉)

📌 Registration is required, as supplies are limited.
🔗 https://shorturl.at/Vh9qv

Get ready for a Pokémon-filled afternoon of creativity, fun, and Halloween spirit! ⚡🦇

This October, Monroe Free Library is participating in The Great Give Back by teaming up with RCLS and The Diaper Bank Or...
10/15/2026

This October, Monroe Free Library is participating in The Great Give Back by teaming up with RCLS and The Diaper Bank Orange Ulster Sullivan to support local families! 💙

Throughout October, stop by our lobby to drop off a donation of unopened diapers and help make a difference for families in our community.

Every donation counts. Thank you for your generosity and support! 💕

👻🍂 A Spooktacular Evening at Monroe Free Library! 🍂👻Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for Jonathan Kruk: Sp...
10/15/2026

👻🍂 A Spooktacular Evening at Monroe Free Library! 🍂👻

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for Jonathan Kruk: Spooky Tales for Halloween! 🕸️📖

From spooky stories to donuts and c***r, we had a frightfully fun evening filled with Halloween spirit! 🎃🍩🍎 A big thank-you to Jonathan Kruk for sharing his storytelling talents with our community!

Swipe through the photos to relive some of the fun! 📸👻

We love bringing our community together for memorable library events. Thanks for celebrating the season with us! 🧡

Jonathan Kruk

10/13/2026

🍂💚 October Theory says October feels like a second New Year—a chance to reflect on how far we’ve come and look forward to what’s next. So, we’re taking a moment to look back at 2026 so far at Monroe Free Library!

From creative crafts and storytimes to book clubs, special events, and new experiences, this year has been filled with learning, laughter, and community. And our favorite part? Seeing all those smiling faces! 📚😊 These are the moments that remind us what makes our library so special: the people who walk through our doors and make it a part of their lives.

And we’re not done yet! 🎃🍁 With the holidays just around the corner, we have plenty more fun, festive programs, and opportunities to connect planned for the rest of the year.

Thank you for being part of our library community. We love bringing people together, creating memories, and making Monroe Free Library a place for everyone.

💚 Enjoy these snapshots from 2026 so far—and stay tuned for all the fun still to come!

COME ONE, COME ALL—CELEBRATE READING AT THE GREAT MONROE BOOK BASH! 🎉📚Join us at Monroe Free Library on Friday, October ...
10/12/2026

COME ONE, COME ALL—CELEBRATE READING AT THE GREAT MONROE BOOK BASH! 🎉📚

Join us at Monroe Free Library on Friday, October 23 from 6:00–8:30 PM for an evening packed with books, activities, creativity, music, and fun for all ages!

There will be something happening throughout the library, including:

📖 Book Bingo
🎨 Make-a-Zine
🎤 Books & Ballads Karaoke
📚 Kids Read Aloud
🔮 Book Fortune Telling
💬 Whatcha Reading Speed Dating
🍪 Book Tasting
🎶 Orchestra of Stories
✂️ Bookish crafts and activities
🔎 Book Scavenger Hunts
📱 Libby Demonstrations
…and MORE!

🎨 PLUS: Can You Bring a Book to Life?

As part of the festivities, kids, teens, and adults can enter our Book Cover Contest! Draw a favorite character, unforgettable scene, or moment from a favorite book. Favorite drawings will win prizes and be announced at Book Bash! Submissions are due by 7:30 PM.

Whether you're a lifelong reader or just looking for a fun night out, come celebrate the books and stories that bring us together. ❤️📚

📅 Friday, October 23 | ⏰ 6:00–8:30 PM
📍 Monroe Free Library | FREE & OPEN TO ALL

Please sign up at https://shorturl.at/JNo9L

Learn more about the Book Cover Contest: https://rcls.libwizard.com/f/bookcovercontest

🌟Contest prizes are provided by our sponsor, ExtraSpace Self Storage!
A special thank you to ExtraSpace Self Storage for supporting this community event. Conveniently located at 52 Commerce Drive in Harriman, this state-of-the-art facility offers a variety of storage unit sizes, competitive pricing, exceptional customer service, and a clean, secure environment you can trust.

See What’s Happening at the Library: October 13–17! 📚🎃We’ve got a great week of programs planned at Monroe Free Library!...
10/11/2026

See What’s Happening at the Library: October 13–17! 📚🎃

We’ve got a great week of programs planned at Monroe Free Library! From pumpkins and spooky stories to babies, Beatles, and genealogy, there’s something for everyone. 👇

👶 Bouncing Babies
Tuesday, October 13 @ 10:30 AM
Stories, songs, rhymes, music, and fun for our youngest library members and their caregivers.

🎃 Mini Pumpkin Decorating
Tuesday, October 13 @ 4:00 PM
Preschool–Grade 1
Come decorate mini pumpkins and get into the autumn spirit!

🧑‍💻 Teen Advisory Board
Tuesday, October 13 @ 6:00 PM
Grades 6–12
Teens meet to help plan programs, recommend books and materials, and make a difference at the library.

👻 Jonathan Kruk: Spooky Tales for Halloween
Wednesday, October 14 @ 6:00 PM
All Ages
Enjoy spooky tales perfect for Halloween—but not too scary! We’ll also have donuts and c***r. 🍩🍎

🎶 Listen & Learn: Abbey Road
Thursday, October 15 @ 6:00 PM
Join Mike for a deep dive into The Beatles’ Abbey Road as you listen to the entire album, including the legendary Side 2 medley.

🔎 Walk-In Genealogy
Friday, October 16
Curious about your family history? Stop by and get help getting started with your genealogy research.

👋 Baby Sign Language
Saturday, October 17
Learn simple signs to help communicate with your baby or toddler.

📚 There’s always something happening at the library! We hope to see you this week! 💚

Please register at https://www.monroefreelibrary.org/Events

📚💚 Your Library Card Saved Monroe More Than $1.4 Million! 💚📚In 2025, Monroe Free Library services helped our community s...
10/10/2026

📚💚 Your Library Card Saved Monroe More Than $1.4 Million! 💚📚

In 2025, Monroe Free Library services helped our community save $1,445,027.50 — and that’s just from four services we tracked!

📚 Books & Audiobooks
80,724 items circulated = $1,352,074 in community savings

🎟️ Museum Passes
102 checkouts = $4,685.50 in savings

💻 Programs
521 programs = $54,118 in savings

🏢 Meeting Rooms
1,366 uses = $34,150 in savings

That’s $1.4+ million back in the hands of our community. 🎉

Every time you check out a book, attend a program, borrow a museum pass, or use a library meeting room, your library card is helping you get more value without spending more money.

Your library card is more than a card. It’s a community savings tool. 💚

Calculate how much you can save: https://www.ala.org/advocacy/tools/library-value-calculator

The library will be closed on Monday, October 12, 2026, in observance of Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day.Even w...
10/09/2026

The library will be closed on Monday, October 12, 2026, in observance of Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day.

Even when we aren't open, you can get eBooks and audio books anywhere, anytime using the .app!

Download the app: https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby

Address

44 Millpond Pkwy
Monroe, NY
10950

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 8pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 8pm
Wednesday 12pm - 8pm
Thursday 9:30am - 8pm
Friday 9:30am - 5pm
Saturday 9:30am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 3pm

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+18457834411

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