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OCLS hosting ‘Meet the Author’ with New York Times Bestseller Jerry Craft, author of ‘New Kid’ series.

Nature Walk Book Club meets monthly at Orange County parks with discussion, nature walk.

Free classes offered at branches including container gardening and plant clinics with master gardener advice onsite.

Readers offered hundreds of suggestions for the 14th annual installment of this Thanksgiving tradition. Some are old favorites. Some you might want to look up or check out. All help make Central Florida unique.

Scheduled to open in late 2025, this new branch promises to become a cornerstone for educational growth, cultural enrichment, and community connection.

Photos of Orange County Library System leaders, local government officials and Horizon West residents gathered to celebrate the library, which is planned to open in spring 2025.

Today marked an exciting milestone for the residents of Horizon West—the groundbreaking ceremony for the brand new Orange County Library System (OCLS) Horizon West Library branch!

Horizon West Branch is part of a future 11-acre campus that will feature the 20,000 square-foot library and outdoor spaces, including an outdoor performance area. Library construction is scheduled for completion in late 2025 by H.J. High Construction Company.

But there’s a unique kind of graffiti that local libraries are welcoming it’s all part of a display they want you to come out and see for yourself. It’s called ‘Yarnfiti.’

West Oaks Branch has fulltime genealogist on staff with extensive collection of genealogy reference materials.