Tag: FrancesRussell

• Russell Library Celebrates Its History

  & Looks Ahead to the Next Chapter by Ramona Burkey, Director Middletown’s Russell Library was bustling on the morning of Saturday, April 5th, as hundreds of patrons of all ages gathered to commemorate the library’s 149th birthday. With a giant birthday cake, a children’s dance party with costumed character “Bingo” from the hit children’s cartoon…

  Amy S.

  April 21, 2025

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

  Bingo, Bluey, BookMobile, ChildrensActivityRoom, FirstFederalSavingsAndLoan, FrancesRussell, Future, HubbardRoom, LocalHistory, MayorBenFlorsheim, MemoryBox, ReadingRoom, RulesOfRussellLibrary, RussellLibraryBoardOfTrustees, SamuelRussell, sesquicentennial

• Secrets of Russell Library 2023

  Welcome to Fall! Or, as we call it at Russell Library, Secrets Season. This will be our second year of October spooky/historical tours in the library. The Secrets team has been working all summer to come up with new stories, new decorations, and a new route. This year, the tours kick off on Friday the…

  Amy S.

  October 2, 2023

  Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Secrets of Russell Library

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