HPL is one of eight libraries in the U.S. and Canada to have received the 2025 John Cotton Dana Award for excellence in strategic library communications.

To stay safe and cool off in the heat wave, Connecticut residents can take precautions like drinking lots of water, wearing ...

At least 16 Connecticut towns and cities are participating in this year’s international Make Music Day on Saturday. Dozens of concerts are being held by professional musicians, most of them free ...

A busy road in Southbury is back open to drivers — after flooding last August washed out a large part of the road into the Kettletown Brook. “We were cut off,” said David Amdur, a resident ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — On Friday, the Hartford Public Library launched its new Library on Wheels, Bringing the joy of reading out of the library and into the community. It is a state-of-the ...

Southbury, Danbury, Newtown and other CT towns are still assessing the cost of the repairs after the Aug. 18 storm. Even the Southbury Library remains closed.

Southbury officials meet with residents at the home of Gerard Orozco, which backs up to an earthen dam that gave way in the catastrophic rains of Aug. 18, 2024. Credit: Mark Mirko / Connecticut Public ...

Person barricaded in East Haven home taken into custody He said the library lost approximately 40,000 items in its basement, which saw six to eight feet of flood water and 10,000 square feet of ...

Southbury Public Library remains closed indefinitely The 10,000-square-foot basement also acts as a cultural and arts center while housing supplies for the food bank and the town’s emergency ...

Three weeks after a massive flooding event, the Southbury Public Library remains closed indefinitely. “We are still struggling," said First Selectman Jeffrey Manville.

Three weeks after a massive flooding event, the Southbury Public Library remains closed indefinitely. “We are still struggling," said First Selectman Jeffrey Manville.

For more information about the Friends of the Southbury Public Library, contact Book Sale Chair John Michaels at 203-525-0199, or President Jeff O’Sullivan at 203-578-5988, or visit the ...