There are overdue library books. Then there's An Elementary Treatise on Electricity, which was last checked out in Massachusetts in 1904. It finally made it back after being spotted in West Virginia.

They had already turned the page. A Chicago man tried to return an overdue book he checked out in his hometown library 50 years ago — but they told him he might as well keep it at this point.

Those materials are expected to then return to the new Newark Library building when it opens in 2027. Local Breaking news and the stories that matter to your neighborhood.

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Elizabeth school district to return 19 banned books to the shelves of its school libraries by 5 p.m. on Saturday. The order represents the second time U.S ...

The Paterson Public Library currently charges 10 cents a day for overdue books (a bit more for DVDs). Records of historical fines are scant, but for what it’s worth, 10 cents times 365 times 101 ...

Newark Library asks readers to return books before it is demolished. Story by Hayden Mitman and Tim Furlong • 4d. The Newark ...