It seems with each week that passes, the new Stafford Township branch of the Ocean County Library system is close to opening. Well, it’s getting closer, for sure.

“We anticipate the completion of the new, two-story, 19,700-square-foot library to be late summer or early fall,” said Ocean County Library Director Susan Quinn. “This will be followed by the closing of the current Stafford Library location and the move into the new library building.