A $9.5 million contract to build a new Stafford branch of the Ocean County Library System was awarded April 5 to the lowest qualified bidder, Newport Construction Management of Pennsauken, the Ocean County Board of Commissioners has announced.

BORROWERS’ PARADISE: Yezzi Associates of Toms River designed the new building, which will be in all ways an improved and expanded facility with up to 50% more materials. Newport Construction Management will do the job.(Courtesy of Ocean County Library)

Board Director and OCL liaison Joseph Vicari said the new library branch “supports the area’s population growth.”