Michelle O' Halloran grew up in Kenvil and fondly recalls visiting the Library as a child when it was in the old Victorian house. Her grandfather, Jesse Sohn, was Treasurer of the Library’s first Board of Trustees formed in 1960.
Michele’s daughter, Amy, is the 5th generation of her family to graduate from Roxbury High School. Michele attended Lafayette College, graduating in 1986 with a B.A. in Economics. She then worked as a commercial loan officer for 7 years before returning to Roxbury to join her Dad’s business, Treloar Insurance Agency. Together, they built then eventually sold the agency so her Dad could retire. In 2017, Michele started working at the Township of Roxbury as Executive Assistant for the township’s new Manager, John Shepherd. In addition to her administrative work for the Township Council and Manager, Michele coordinates events such as Home for the Holidays, the Memorial Day Parade, and Roxbury’s participation in the Lake Hopatcong Block Party and Veterans Cruise.
Michele is a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church of Succasunna where she’s volunteered as Deacon, Elder, counter, choir member and inventor of the Barbie Dunk Tank which delights the kids at Olde Suckasunny Day. Her better half is husband of 29 years, Bob, and they love living in Succasunna “on Mudder’s Pond”.
Bill Wilkins - One would be hard pressed to identify an individual who has contributed more to the greater Roxbury community than Bill Wilkins. With his unwavering dedication to service, gracious leadership, and exceptional management skills, Bill has played a pivotal role in shaping so much of Roxbury as we know it today.
As a former Roxbury Mayor, Town Councilman, and President of the Recreation Commission, Bill also served on the board of the Dialysis Board of Northwest Jersey, Morris County Sheriff's Crime Stoppers, Republican Club, Roxbury Chamber of Commerce, Succasunna Presbyterian Church, not to mention the Morris-Sussex Society of Pharmacists, New Jersey Pharmacists Association, and New Jersey Public Health Association Government Affairs Committee. Bill has served as a trustee of the Roxbury Public Library, and for more than 20 years was the treasurer of the Friends of the Roxbury Library, often the volunteer cashier at the Library’s annual book sales. His awards are too numerous to list, having been singled out by the New Jersey Society of Pharmacists, Roxbury Chamber, Roxbury Township, and other professional and civic organizations.
Bill was born in Ohio, spent his early years in Massachusetts, and moved to Roxbury for his freshman year of high school. He studied to be a pharmacist in Boston, coming home to work at and eventually own Roxbury’s Valley Pharmacy. Bill remained a Roxbury resident for 68 years before relocating with wife Ruthann to Bethlehem, PA to be closer to their daughters and their families.
The library's ability to meet the needs of Roxbury is constrained by the limitations of a facility that has not seen an expansion in 30 years. Space is needed to house expanded collections, to accommodate demand for library programs, and meet the space needs of the community. The library is ideally positioned to provide public space. It favors no political or religious beliefs. It welcomes all cultures, races, genders, incomes, ages, abilities, and identities...and access is always free.
To offer financial support to the mission of the Roxbury Public Library, encouraging gifts, endowments and memorials to The Roxbury Public Library Foundation, Inc to expand and maintain the library building and its infrastructure.
The Foundation was formed and certified by the State of New Jersey on July 2nd, 2021 with the goal of expanding fundraising capabilities that would enable a future expansion of the library facility.
TAX ID: 87-1715943
The Foundation is designated a 501(3)c organization.
Roxbury Library Foundation, Inc
111 Howard Blvd, Suite 100
Mount Arlington, NJ 07856
The Roxbury Library Foundation Board of Directors consists of:
