The West Tisbury Library received a five-star rating and the Edgartown Library received three stars from Library Journal.
Island pianist Adele Dreyer performs an online concert in memory of those lost.

2016

On Monday, March 21, at 11 a.m. the new Edgartown Library will open its doors to the public. There will be an official opening ceremony later this summer, but as for Monday nothing special is planned beyond the usual coffee and baked goods for patrons.

About 100 people gathered at the historic Carnegie building, which lent its last book Friday evening, to symbolically begin the move to the new Edgartown Library near the town’s school.

On Friday patrons and staff said goodbye to an old friend as the last book was checked out at the old Edgartown Public Library on North Water street, ending the brick building's life as a library.

The new Edgartown Library is finished and the shelves have arrived. But what of the historic Carnegie building that will be left behind?

In early February, library lovers will be invited to carry the first of nearly 50,000 books and other items to the new Edgartown library building.

2015

The new Edgartown Library, scheduled to open in June, will most likely welcome its first patrons sometime next spring because of construction delays and a struggle to stay within the original $11 million budget.

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