Category: Middletown, CT
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The Tournament of Books Returns!
Brackets are SO back in 2025. We’re somehow nearly halfway through February 2025, which means its time to get ready for the Tournament of Books 2025! Yes, the ultimate battle for bookish glory returns for the second year, including four rounds of voting to decide the Tournament of Books Champion 2025! You will also have…
Jack B.
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‘Twas the Night Before Lobby Refreshment
by Lil’ Deb ‘Twas the night before Lobby refreshmentwhen all through Russell Librarynot a creature was stirring, not even on the balcony.The bats all hung from the attic eaves with care,in hope that more ghost hunters soon would be there. The Tonies were nestled all snug in their bedswith visions of children dancing in their…
Amy S.
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Wanna Take A Ride (Along) With Me With The Middletown Fire Department?
By: Librarian Briana G I pulled into the parking lot at KidCity right before 7:30 a.m. My ride-along was about to begin in a few minutes, so I quickly made my way down Main Street to the Middletown Fire Department’s headquarters. This is my second time doing a ride-along with the MFD, but this time…
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Discover the Secrets of Russell Library
Are you brave enough to visit the most haunted library in Connecticut? To be honest, it’s not really very spooky here. Russell was labeled “the most haunted library in Connecticut” by the Eastern Connecticut Paranormal Society when they were giving a presentation about the findings of their two investigations here at Russell. They gave the…
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A Play-Based Library?
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play IS serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood,” Mr. (Fred) Rogers. If you have children or are involved in the education or child care industries, you have probably heard the term “play-based”. It’s usually a way of…
Amy S.
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