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Jay County Public Library Jay County Public Library serves most of Jay County except Penn Township and the city of Dunkirk. Member of Evergreen Indiana Consortium.

Serves most Jay County, IN residents at the main library in Portland, IN and additional sites through bookmobile and homebound services.

Celebrate Halloween on Friday, October 30 from 5-7 p.m. and stop by the library as part of the Merchant Trick-or-Treat N...
10/15/2026

Celebrate Halloween on Friday, October 30 from 5-7 p.m. and stop by the library as part of the Merchant Trick-or-Treat Night. Kids will get some free candy and a free book, while supplies last. Happy Halloween!

Thank you for having fun with us at Family Story Time today! ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‚ ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐๐Ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ...
10/13/2026

Thank you for having fun with us at Family Story Time today! ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‚ ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐๐Ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค!

See what's new this week at the Jay County Public Library:*** http://wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?fb&p=8759-614 ***There are thi...
10/12/2026

See what's new this week at the Jay County Public Library:

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There are thirteen new bestsellers, four new movies, 52 new children's books, and 48 other new books.

The new bestsellers this week include "The Witch," "Partita," and "Other Worlds Than These." The new movies this week include "Minions & Monsters," "Goat," and "Hoppers."

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a cemetery? Join us on Monday October 26 at 6 p.m. where Midwes...
10/12/2026

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a cemetery? Join us on Monday October 26 at 6 p.m. where Midwest native Sandy Doyle, will talk about her book My Life at the Cemetery: It's Not as Dead as You Think: My Spiritual Journey through Life and Death. Working in the death care industry for over 14 years, Sandy experienced a broad spectrum of human emotions and a colorful cast of characters that would regularly lead her to say, โ€œOne of these days I am going to write a book!โ€ My Life at the Cemetery is that book. Through her writing, various speaking engagements, and podcast, Life Love and the Cemetery, Sandy shares true, emotional, and oftentimes surprising, stories from her years working at a cemetery. She also gives important insights to help people reflect, plan, and connect more deeply with life. ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐ง๐๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ! ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ญ.

We had fun exploring Autumn Farm Foods last night! Thank you to the Jay County Farm Bureau, Inc. and Purdue Extension Ja...
10/09/2026

We had fun exploring Autumn Farm Foods last night! Thank you to the Jay County Farm Bureau, Inc. and Purdue Extension Jay County for partnering with us on this program!
Drum roll, please........................ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฎ! ๐Ÿ

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ-๐Ÿ‘:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ !
10/09/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ-๐Ÿ‘:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ !

Mother Goose flew back to the library this morning!Mother Goose will be held ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก on the second Thursday of each...
10/08/2026

Mother Goose flew back to the library this morning!

Mother Goose will be held ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก on the second Thursday of each month at 10:00 a.m. Join her in the Community Room for stories, rhymes, and movement.
๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐.

We DONUT know what weโ€™d do without our fabulous patrons! Stop by to grab a free donut at the library on Wednesday, Octob...
10/07/2026

We DONUT know what weโ€™d do without our fabulous patrons! Stop by to grab a free donut at the library on Wednesday, October 21 from 10:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m., while supplies last, in celebration of 30 Years on Ship Street!!

We played in our jammies today! ๐Ÿ›Œ๐Ÿผ๐ŸŒ ๐ŸŒœFamily Story Time will be held on both Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 a.m. in ...
10/06/2026

We played in our jammies today! ๐Ÿ›Œ๐Ÿผ๐ŸŒ ๐ŸŒœ

Family Story Time will be held on both Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 a.m. in the Community Room. Join us for stories, songs, and activities for children ages preschool and younger with their caregivers now through November 17. Please note: story time content will be the same for both days, but each week will have a different theme. Also, there will be no story time during Fall Break week on October 19 & 20.
October 12 & 13 โ€“ Apples and Autumn ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‚
๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— & ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ โ€“ ๐๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค!
October 26 & 27 โ€“ Happy Halloween! (Kids are invited to dress up in costume!) ๐Ÿ‘ป๐ŸŽƒ

Address

315 N Ship Street
Portland, IN
47371

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 8pm
Tuesday 8am - 8pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 8pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 1pm

Telephone

+12607267890

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