The Manville Public Library wishes everyone “Happy Holidays.” At the holidays, the library will be closed on Dec. 24 and 25 for Christmas , and closed for the New Year’s celebration on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.
The library hosted a Christmas piano recital Dec. 8 and it was attended by a capacity crowd. Fourteen young pianists from the Jess Aggabao Music Studio delighted the audience with traditional, classical and modern Christmas music. The performers ranged from 6 to 18 years old. Jess Aggabao, the director and head teacher of the Music Studio, hosted the 90-minute concert.
Prizes were given away for Christmas trivia. The highlight of the concert was the performance by 18-year-old jazz pianist Christopher Aggabao of Montgomery. The other performers reside in Hillsborough, Montgomery and Princeton.
Display case: If you have a hobby or collection that you would like to exhibit, call Barbara at 908-722-9722.
Kids’ craft: Thursday, Dec. 20, from 3:30-4 p.m. Registration is requested.
Hungry Readers Book Club: The club meets from noon to 1 p.m. on the second Monday of each month. The next meeting will be held Jan. 14. For information, call Beverly Ball at 908-722-3057.
Chess classes: The library is offering free classes for all ages. Call the library to schedule one. All are welcome.
Crochet Club: Come and join us in the Community Room. Experienced or not, we welcome you. Bring your own needles. The next meeting will be in January on a date to be determined.
Regular hours: Regular hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Gifts for the library: If you have DVDs and CDs that you no longer need, consider donating them to the library. In addition, IRS tax-deductible monetary contributions are accepted. Donations are greatly appreciated. At the present time, the library isn’t accepting books.
Cost of copies: The price has been changed to 10 cents for black-and-white copies and 40 cents for color copies.
The Manville library is now part of the Somerset County Library System. Manville residents who have a library card should not discard it. It will be your card to use at any library within the Somerset County system. You will not be issued a new card. New cards will be created for those who do not have one.

