New library hours
The month the Jersey City Free Public Library introduced new library hours.
The main branch at 472 Jersey Ave. is now open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Extended hours will also be offered twice a week in the Vincenzo Domenico Bonetti II Children’s Room. The Children’s room will be open late, until 8 p.m., on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Other days the Children’s room is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The city’s three storefront library branches – Marion, West Bergen, and Lafayette – will return to a five-day schedule, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Other larger branch libraries – Cunningham, Five Corners, Greenville, Heights, and Miller – will all now be open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
More than pigeons and weeds
If you see a bird soaring through the skies of Jersey City, probably seven times out of 10 it’s a pigeon. But on those other three occasions, well, it could indeed be a rare breed.
On Saturday, Jan. 21 from 10 a.m. until noon, Liberty State Park’s Nature Interpretive Center will hold its first “discovery day” of the New Year. The guided tour of the park’s hands-on activity stations will allow visitors to learn about unique birds and trees that exist right here in Jersey City.
The program is free, but registration is required.
For more information or to register, call (201) 915-3409 or e-mail lspic@verizon.net.
Weekly cat adoption campaign begins this Sunday
The Hudson County Animal League this month is launching the “Cat in Every Home Campaign,” a weekly cat adoption event to find homes for Hudson County’s homeless cats.
Every Sunday beginning Jan. 8, families can visit with cats and kittens in need of loving homes at Jersey City Grace Church Van Vorst, 39 Erie St., at the corner of Second Street. Adoption hours are from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
All cats and kittens will be vaccinated and spayed or neutered before being put up for adoption.
The Cat in Every Home Campaign is being co-sponsored by the Hudson County Animal League and Companion Animal Trust, which offer no-kill foster care to homeless cats in Hudson County. For more information, call (201) 884-9649 or e-mail cat@companionanimaltrust.com.
Concert at St. Michael Catholic Church
The St. Michael Singers will present “This Hallowed Season: Celebrating Christ’s Birth in Word and Music,” an Epiphany concert, on Sunday at 4 p.m. at St. Michael Catholic Church, 252 Ninth St. Offerings will be accepted for the benefit of the Rev. Hugh V. Fitzgerald Scholarship Fund. For further information, call (201) 653-7328.