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Long Branch honors library staff and first responders after life‑saving rescue
Summary
Long Branch City on July 9 recognized library employee Thalia Sweet for a 2025 New Jersey Library Association award and presented meritorious service certificates to police officers and civilians who helped save a resident on May 31, 2025. The rescued resident, Kumar Singh, told the council he is “forever in debt” to the responders.
Long Branch City presented a certificate and congratulated Thalia Sweet on July 9 after Sweet received the 2025 New Jersey Library Association Library Service Award. The council also honored police officers and civilians who performed life‑saving measures for a man who collapsed on May 31, 2025.
The library’s technical processing manager, Thalia Sweet, was recognized for 22 years of service to the Long Branch Free Public Library. Tanya Garcia, the library director, told the council the renovated library has seen a strong community response since reopening four months ago: "In the month of June alone, we welcomed 7,533 visitors. We saw…
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