Category: Inside Stories
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Why Vote for Russell Library?
Thanks to our fabulous patrons, Russell Library has been nominated for CT Insider’s 2026 competition for Best Cultural Attraction for Families. If you look at the listing of other nominees, you might notice that we are the only library nominated. As a devoted reader of CT Insider’s Connecticut Magazine myself, it was news to me…
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Born in a Blizzard
A blizzard was coming. That sounds like the opening of a novel, but it was, unfortunately, real life. It was early Saturday morning, 3:00AM to be exact, and I had just awakened with the realization that we had chicken eggs incubating in the children’s room. This was a big deal because there was a probability…
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Analog Soul
Some people think analog media is dead. Why bother buying an entire album when you can just stream that song? Who wants to develop a roll of film when we can store thousands of photos on our phones? Is it really necessary to carry around a stack of books when e-readers exist? It’s a valid…
Cate T.
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Thanks for Your Memories
By Ramona B. For most of the past thirty-five years, I’ve worked in public libraries. It all started at age 14, when I got a special work permit so I could become a Page, i.e. book-shelver, in my hometown library in coastal Maine. I had spent untold hours at the library as a child, first…
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Theater in the Round at Russell Library
A few weeks ago, I walked into Russell Library’s Reading Room at 7am on a Friday morning. My mission, with the help of two members of our facilities department and a member of the East Haddam Stage Company’s production team, was to set up 80 chairs in various configurations and then put them all away…
The Library Vault 