Photos from the Grand Re-opening of the Main Library Lobby
February 8, 2006

The grand re-opening of the Main Library's lobby took place on February 8, 2006. Timothy J. Crist of The Newark Public Library's Board of Trustees welcomed the audience to the event.

Program speakers were Wilma J. Grey, Library Director; Mary Puryear, Program Officer of The Prudential Foundation; Senator Ronald Rice; and Norma Blake, New Jersey State Librarian.

Read the event press release.
Read the renovation fact sheet.

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Mary Puryear,
The Prudential Foundation
 

Senator Ronald Rice

From left, Patricia Tumulty - Executive Director, NJLA, Norma Blake - State Librarian, Tina Keresztury - Associate State Librarian, Wilma J. Grey - Library Director, Timothy J. Crist - Newark Public Library Board of Trustees, Mary Puryear - The Prudential Foundation

From left, Mary Puryear - The Prudential Foundation, Wilma J. Grey - Library Director, Norma Blake - State Librarian	From left, Mary Puryear - The Prudential Foundation, and Timothy J. Crist - Newark Public Library Board of Trustees
Ribbon cutting - from left, Wilma Grey, Norma Blake, Senator Rice, Mary Puryear, Timothy J. Crist	Wilma Grey, Library Director, leads a tour of the new lobby.

Photo credits: The Newark Public Library