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Millville Public Library highlights adult diploma classes, technology grants and community services
Summary
Library Director Courtney Reese told the commission that the library uses grants to expand technology access and adult-education programs, including free high-school diploma instruction and new tablets for digital classes, and described partnerships with local colleges and service organizations.
Courtney Reese, director of the Millville Public Library, presented the library's 2026 programming and partnerships to the City Commission, emphasizing its role beyond lending books.
Reese said the library provides free assistance to residents seeking high-school diplomas and that recent grants provide laptops and, starting in 2026, Samsung tablets and iPads to broaden computer classes. She noted the library partners with local groups to offer health-literacy programs, nutrition kits, "Golden Bites" technology-health training for seniors (in partnership with Rowan College), notary services and help accessing tax forms and benefits counseling.
"The Millville library is more than books," Reese said. She described the library as a polling site for city elections and a venue for civic and financial-literacy sessions, with partners including the Bar Association and utility companies offering workshops on living wills, Social Security, Medicare and utility-cost management.
Commissioners praised the presentation and welcomed further outreach with Atlantic City Electric and other partners to provide public information sessions. The library handed out a booklet summarizing services and demographic context, noting the city population figure used as a planning framework.
Reese invited commissioners and residents to visit the library and learn about its free services and classes.
