Category: Middletown, CT

• 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

• 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

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

  FindFrances, FrancesRussell, RussellLibraryGames, Scoreboard

• 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

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

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

• 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