Category: Middletown, CT

• Making Thanksgiving Even Sweeter

  … with the Middletown Community Thanksgiving Project What is your favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner? Do you look forward to turkey and gravy? Mashed potatoes? A slice of pumpkin pie? The Middletown Community Thanksgiving Project is working to make sure that families and individuals throughout the city can celebrate with a holiday meal – favorite…

  Kim S.

  October 26, 2026

  Library Services, Middletown, CT, Recipes, RussellLibraryGames

  AbrahamLincoln, AmericanCookery, AngelusMarshmallowCompany, BattleOfGettysburg, BeveragesFromTheOldSouth, Convolvulaceae, DioscoreaceaeFamily, FannieFarmer, FlorenceGreenbaum, GodeyLadysBook, InternationalJewishCookBook, JanetMcKenzieHill, LadiesMagazine, MarthaMcCullouch-Williams, MIddletownCommunity, MiddletownCommunityThanksgivingProject, PompkinsPotatoesOrYams, PresidentLincoln, RussellLibraryGames, SarahJosephaHale, SmithsonianInstitute, SweetPotatoes, SweetPotatoesAndYams, Thanksgiving, ThanksgivingBaskets, ThanksgivingHistory, TheBostonCooking-SchoolCookBook, USDA, Vegetables, Yams

• New Resources for Caregivers

  by Amy S. Are you an overwhelmed parent or caregiver? Or do you wonder why the ones in your life act so stressed (and, just maybe, you think they might be over-reacting)? In that case, these resources are for you. Now that the school year is in full swing, some of us may be feeling…

  Amy S.

  October 19, 2026

  Book Reviews, Events, Kids and Teens, Library Services, Middletown, CT, Movies, Trending

  AmericanMotherhood, BestsellingNovel, BirthTribe, CaregiverSupportGroup, CaroClaireBurke, CountryPeople, DanielMason, Documentary, DrainedBook, DrainedReduceYourMentalLoadToDoLessAndBeMore, DrLeahRuppanner, DrRuppanner, FilmScreening, GirlBoss, HubbardRoom, LeahRuppanner, MaternalOverload, MentalLoad, MentalLoadBurnout, MotherhoodDocumentary, NationalBooksCriticsCircleAward, NewEngland, NoCountryForMothers, NorthWoods, PENOaklandJosephineMilesAward, PostpartumDoula, PulitzerPrize, ReshmaSaujani, SarahUpton, Tradwife, Vermont, WesternMassachusetts, Yesteryear

• Thank You for Your Support …

  Hello… It’s so nice to finally… Excuse you!  Yes, the Children’s Room is that way… As we were saying… Ouch! Someone just kicked… Focus!  People rarely notice us. Until they run into us. Which happens more often than you’d think. We’re the columns in the Russell Library’s lobby and second floor. We’re not flashy, but…

  Kim S.

  October 12, 2026

  History of Russell Library, Inside Stories, Libraries, Middletown, CT

  AggressiveDuctwork, Brownstone, BuildingInspector, CityOfMiddletown, ControversialFramingMethod, DollyParton, DonaldMilardo, FrancesRussell, GaryWeiss, HardyHolzmanPfeiffer, HughHardy, JosephCohen, KimberlySpachman, LaibsonConstructionCompany, MartinKearns, RonaldWinter, RussellCourtyard, RussellLibraryColumns, RussellLibraryRadiator

• Ghosts, Goosebumps, and the Games

  Hints for winning the Russell Library Games, October 2026 Edition Spooky season has officially arrived, and we’re here for it! After all, Russell Library is “the Most Haunted Library in Connecticut.” How did we come upon that title, you ask? By way of multiple investigations conducted by the Eastern CT Paranormal Society (ECPS) over the…

  brandiedoyle

  September 28, 2026

  Contests, Kids and Teens, Middletown, CT, RussellLibraryGames, Technology, Trending

  FrancesRussell, RussellLibraryGames, Scoreboard, FindFrances

• A Cool Public Servant

  What? I can’t hear you… It’s pretty loud here, and we don’t get a lot of visitors to this part of the basement. What? You’ve never heard of me? I’m Will, the chiller for the HVAC system at the library. I’ve been here since 1994. I submitted my retirement paperwork in 2016, but they must…

  Kim S.

  September 7, 2026

  History of Russell Library, Inside Stories, Library Services, Middletown, CT

  1993, AggressiveDuctwork, AirHandlerUnit, AXEBodySpray, BasementAirHandlingUnit, Bats, BlowingHotAir, Chiller, CoolingTower, DanDePaolo, EmilyMiller, Facilities, FootballField, HVAC, KimberlySpachman, LibraryGrant, MechanicalRoom, Offerings, OfferingToChillyWilly, OfferingToTheGods, OfferingToWilly, PublicServant, PublicService, TheEngineeringMindset, TheHartfordCourant, TheMiddletownPress, TimTurner