Category: Middletown, CT

• 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

• Play Your Cards Right

  Hints for winning the Russell Library Games, September 2026 Edition Bust out your wallet, player, because September is all about library cards! In celebration of Library Card Sign-Up Month, Russell Library hosts an annual Library Card Crawl which is this month’s Game Changer event. Mark your calendar for Saturday, 9/19 from 10am-1pm because we have…

  brandiedoyle

  August 31, 2026

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

  FrancesRussell, RussellLibraryGames, Scoreboard, FindFrances

• Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at Russell Library

  A Legacy for Children’s Literacy by Amy S. You may have heard the mournful news of Dolly Parton’s passing. Here at Russell Library, we are deeply saddened by the loss of such a guiding light in America. Dolly Parton chose to use her fortune and influence to help children learn to read and to love…

  Amy S.

  August 28, 2026

  Recommendations, Library Services, Middletown, CT, Kids and Teens, Giveaways

  MiddletownCT, DollyPartonImaginationLibrary, DollyParton, FreeBooksForKids, ReadToGrow, Channel8News, Channel3News, FindYourLegislator, GiveTheGiveOfReading

• Che Sara Sara… a Window Reflects

  Dear Lord … are we all expected to do one of these now? How tedious. Oh, very well. The radiator insists it is important for posterity. He has been repeating that argument since my installation, and after 150 years I have learned that it is often easier to let him have his way. Since you…

  Kim S.

  August 10, 2026

  History of Russell Library, Middletown, CT, Secrets of Russell Library

  1940s, AggressiveDuctwork, AHistoryOfTheGothicRevival, BroadStreet, CheSeraSera, ChristChurch, EdnaWilder, FrancesRussell, HardyHolzmanPfeiffer, HEParsons, JaneAusten, JCPenney, LordByron, MainStreet, MiddleOak, MiddlesexMutualAssuranceCompany, MrClitonOsborne, MrsAliceOsborne, NationalTrustForHistoricPresevation, PoeticalWorks, PrideAndPrejudice, Radiator, ReadingRoom, RussellFamilyMotto, RussellLibraryHall, StickyCorner, TheChildrensCorner, WhateverWillBeWillBe

• Show Up!

  Hints for winning the Russell Library Games, August 2026 Edition Alright players, we’re throwing you for another loop! In August you’ll want to keep your eye on our events calendar, because program attendance will earn you 150 points apiece (up from the usual 25). Swing by any of our public service desks afterwards to collect…

  brandiedoyle

  August 3, 2026

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

  FindFrances, FrancesRussell, RussellLibraryGames, Scoreboard