Amid pleas from residents to fund the public library adequately, City Council approved an agreement to share maintenance services at the facility while the Library Board is expected to consider the arrangement this week.
Within a week of the Rahway Public Library announcing the immediate halt of all programming, the library’s Board of Trustees unanimously reinstated funding during an emergency meeting on Friday.
The Rahway Public Library went public Friday on social media with drastic changes to its programming due to “funding challenges,” prompting residents to hold a rally tonight.
An office condominium that’s part of the Rahway Public Library’s downtown building is up for sale, almost 10 years after the last time the property changed hands.
The Redevelopment Agency last month awarded a contract for the purchase and installation of an HVAC cooling unit to address issues of overheating elevators at the Rahway Public Library building.