Mayor Susan Marshall opened Tuckerton Borough’s Oct. 16 council meeting with a proclamation for the Tuckerton Library Association in honor of National Friends of Libraries Week. She presented the proclamation to Tuckerton’s new librarian, Ellen O’Keefe.

“Your library is committed to public education and entertainment,” said O’Keefe. “Tonight, competing with this meeting, we have the Ocean County Health Department giving a very important talk for parents on drug education and drug awareness and how to watch for the warning signs among your children.