BOARD OF TRUSTEES CRANBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY MEETING NOTICE – DATE AND LOCATION ANNOUNCEMENT The Retreat of the Cranbury Public Library Board of Trustees will be held Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. until noon at St. David’s Church, 90 South Main Street, Cranbury NJ. RETREAT AGENDA Saturday, February 29, 2020 9:00 a.m. – noon                                              St. David’s Church, 90 South Main Street, Cranbury NJ.  CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT Pursuant to provisions of the Open Public Meeting Act, adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by the Library Director as follows: February 14, 2020 a notice for this meeting was sent to the Cranbury Press, Home News Tribune, Township Clerk and posted in the Public Library. INTRODUCTION OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES WELCOME – Kirstie Venanzi NEW BUSINESS Resolution 2020-2: Apply for Funds Certification Statements WORK SESSION AGENDA 9:30  Review of 2019 goals and set 2020 goals 10:30 Strategic plans review KV 11:00 Application update 11:30 discussion and retreat summary KV 9:00  ADJOURNMENT     Action may be taken.   The Cranbury Press, Home News Tribune and the Trenton Times were designated as the official newspapers.  1/3/11

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Jim Peck will show his photos and discuss beautiful and little known natural areas found all across our diverse state. He has traveled through NJ for the past 14 years exploring and writing the Trail Mix Nature Column for the Home News Tribune. He has also visited 49 states with just North Dakota to go. Jim is an amateur naturalist and worked for over three years as the Education Director of the American Littoral Society, a coastal conservation non-profit located on Sandy Hook. He also served for three years as the Executive        Director of the Cora Hartshorn Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary in Short Hills working to educate the public and restore native plants in the 16 acre arboretum.

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Thursday, September 26th @ 6:30 PM. This informative program will feature a speaker from Golden Years Design Benefits, Inc. Register here.

The Afternoon Book Discussion Group will be meeting next on Wednesday, August 21st at 1:30 p.m. We’ll be discussing The Music Box by Rachel Joyce. New members are always welcome! To learn more go to Cranbury Public Library Book Chat on Goodreads. From the author of the world-wide bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, a new novel about learning how to listen and how to feel; and about second chances and choosing to be brave despite the odds. Because in the end, music can save us all … 1988. Frank owns a music shop. It is jam-packed with records of every speed, size and genre. Classical, jazz, punk – as long as it’s vinyl he sells it. Day after day Frank finds his customers the music they need. Then into his life walks Ilse Brauchmann. Ilse asks Frank to teach her about music. His instinct is to turn and run. And yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with her pea-green coat and her eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems. And Frank has old wounds that threaten to re-open and a past he will never leave behind ..

BOARD OF TRUSTEES CRANBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY MEETING NOTICE – TIME CHANGE August 8, 2019 – 7:00 p.m. MEETING AGENDA August 8, 2019 – 7:00 p.m Gambino Room, Cranbury Public Library 7:00 p.m. – View two “Short Takes for Trustees” videos sponsored by The New Jersey State Library in partnership with the New Jersey Library Trustee Association and the Trustee Academy. 1-What It Means to Be a Trustee 2-Board Ethics No business will be conducted. The public is welcome to attend as well. 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT Pursuant to provisions of the Open Public Meeting Act, adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by the Library Director as follows: July 26, 2018 a notice for this meeting was sent to the Cranbury Press, Home News Tribune, Township Clerk and posted in the Public Library. 2. OATH OF OFFICE: A. Newly appointed trustees: David Carroll and Fred Dennehy – Kirstie Venanzi 3. INTRODUCTION OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES – 4. CONSENT AGENDA: 5. TREASURER’S REPORT: 6. PRESIDENT’S REPORT: Kirstie Venanzi 7. DIRECTOR’S REPORT: Marilynn Mullen 8. TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST REPORT: Marilynn Mullen 9. REPRESENTATIVES’ REPORTS: 10. TRUSTEE COMMITTEE REPORTS 11. OLD BUSINESS 12. NEW BUSINESS 13. CORRESPONDENCE 14. OPEN DISCUSSION PERIOD and/or PUBLIC COMMENT 15. CLOSED SESSION: Personnel 16. ADJOURNMENT

No registration required. This program is for kids and teens (ages 6 and up) — all skill levels welcome!  Learn about electronics while having fun! Make breadboard circuits! Be creative! Learn how electrical components work! Learn how to test circuits and electrical components! The library’s Technology Specialist will be there to help you learn, as will occasional invited experts with a career background in electronics. This program will meet on a regular schedule on Wednesdays @ 3:30 PM!

  The Evening Book Discussion Group will be meeting next on Tuesday, June 25 at 6:30 p.m. We’ll be discussing Lifelines by Heidi Diehl. New members are always welcome! To learn more go to Cranbury Public Library Book Chat on Goodreads. Summary (via Goodreads): It’s 1971 when Louise leaves Oregon for Düsseldorf, a city grappling with its nation’s horrific recent history, to study art. Soon she’s embroiled in a scene dramatically different from the one at home, thanks in large part to Dieter, a mercurial musician. Their romance ignites quickly, but life gets in the way: an unplanned pregnancy, hasty marriage, the tense balance of their creative ambitions, and—finally, fatally—a family secret that shatters Dieter, and drives Louise home. But in 2008 she’s headed to Dieter’s mother’s funeral. She never returned to Germany, and has since remarried, had another daughter, and built a life in Oregon. As she flies into the heart of her past, she reckons with the choices she made, and the ones she didn’t, just as her family—current and former—must consider how Louise’s life has shaped their own, for better and for worse. Exquisitely balanced, expansive yet wonderfully intimate, Lifelines explores the indelible ties of family; the shape art, history, and nationality give to our lives; and the ways in which we are forever evolving, with each step we take, with each turn of the Earth.

April 18 @ 3:30 PM Participate in a one-hour, fun introduction to computer science designed to demystify code. Learn at your own pace — grades 2 and up!