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Middletown Free Library reports record visits and rising Brookhaven use

Brookhaven Borough Council · February 3, 2026
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Middletown Free Library director Derek Lloyd told Brookhaven council the nonprofit recorded roughly 70,000 visits and 70,000 physical checkouts last year, raised $170,000 (about 30% of its budget), and saw year-over-year circulation from Brookhaven rise to about 4,300 items in 2025.

Derek Lloyd, director of the Middletown Free Library, told Brookhaven Borough Council that the nonprofit library saw record building visits and growing use by Brookhaven residents. "We had over 70,000 people come into the library this year," Lloyd said, adding that the library also logged about 70,000 physical items checked out and raised roughly $170,000, "which amounted to about 30% of our budget."

Lloyd said the library has broadened its circulating collection beyond books to include tools, board games,…

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