Explore links below to learn more about the latest happenings at the Blackstone.
Recent Press
Blackstone Library Unveils New Toy Library Zip06
Blackstone’s McNicol Grateful for Friends’ Fall Book Sale Zip06
Branford Lawmakers Applaud $153K State Grant For Library Improvements Branford Patch
Rep. DeLauro and the US Department of State host Passport Day in Branford MSN.com
Your Passport to Connecticut Libraries: April 1-30, 2024 Zip06
Kate Galambos: Imagination Made Real Zip06
Check Out the Expanded ‘Library of Things’ at Blackstone Library Zip06
Branford Community Foundation and GSB First-Round Sponsorship Award Recipients Announced Zip06
For the Love of Poetry, and Branford: Inaugural Poet Laureate Judith K. Liebmann Zip06
Congratulations for a Successful Sale Zip06
Joe King: Putting it All Together Zip06
Kenna Launches ‘Artemis Sparke and the Sound Seekers Brigade’ Zip06
Branford Historical Society Receives Permanent Donation from Blackstone Library Zip06
Blackstone Library is Big Y’s February Community Bag Beneficiary Zip06
Mallory Wishes Storybook Success to Blackstone and Friends Zip06
Branford’s Friends of Blackstone Provide $20,000 Library Grant
Blackstone Library Celebrates 125 Years In Branford Arts Council Greater New Haven
Community Commemorates Blackstone Library’s 125th Birthday Zip06
Blackstone Library Announces Katy McNicol as New Director Zip06
Zdunek’s Handywork Keeps Branford’s Blackstone Library Running Zip06
Blackstone’s Blue and Yellow Glow Shines in Support of Ukraine Zip06
‘With Smiling Faces and Hands Extended’ Zip06
Branford: Friends of Blackstone Library gives $20,000 to library New Haven Register
The Legacy Endures: Blackstone Library Celebrates 125 Years Zip06
Blackstone Library Offers Social Justice Book Club Zip06
Branford’s Blackstone programs a ‘lifeline’ during pandemic; something for everyone Shoreline Times (also published in New Haven Register)
‘Waking Up White’ Author Debby Irving Kicks Off Blackstone’s ‘Awakening to Change’ Series Zip06
Blackstone Library Offers Branford Job Seekers a New Online Search Tool Zip06
Branford’s Blackstone Library Goes Fine Free for Good, Joining a Nationwide Movement Zip06
Blackstone Library is one of 11 projects in CT to win preservation award (PDF)
Clark Helps Host Friends of the Blackstone Library Warehouse Book Sale Zip06
Branford Tax Collector: Racism has a Way of ‘Sneaking up on a Person of Color’ New Haven Register
Gill-Brooks Talks About Being Black in Branford Zip06
Lemire Helps Bring StoryWalk to Downtown Branford Zip06
Blackstone Library Takes the Next Step in Reopening: Access to the Computer Lab Zip06
Blackstone Library renovation project wins first place in CBC 2020 Small Civic Project Team Awards
Branford RTM Battles Over Blackstone Budget Zip06
Libraries Offer Vital Services Branford Patch
Local Merchants’ ‘Wreath Extravaganza’ Raises $2,308 for Feed Branford Kids Zip06
First Look: Branford’s Blackstone Library Addition Zip06
Love My Library Day at Blackstone Memorial Library Sept. 14 Zip06
See that piano outside? Go ahead and play it, courtesy Free Keys CT Shoreline Times
2018 Summer Reading Challenge launched New Haven Register
Andy McKirdy: Helping Lead Blackstone Library Into the Future Zip06
Creative Thinkers Start Small, Dream Big at Makerspaces Zip06
State Bond Commission Approves $1M Grant for Blackstone Library New Haven Independent
Slight Design Change & Big Financial Gains for Branford’s Blackstone Library Addition Zip06
RTM Approves Blackstone Library Project Branford Eagle
Branford’s $5.2M Blackstone Library Renovation Wins Final OK The Sound
Middle School Students win Statewide Summer Reading Video Contest New Haven Register
Blackstone Library Renovations New Haven Register
Whodunit? Mystery Unfolds at Blackstone Library Branford Eagle
We Met for Tea at Downton Abbey Branford Eagle
Read a Book, Add a Marble-Summer Reading Branford Eagle
Ted Kennedy Jr. Announces Candidacy at Blackstone Library Branford Eagle
Students Paint Their Dreams-Art Show at the Library Branford Eagle
Embracing Diversity Community Forum January 25, 2014
Blackstone Voted 2013 Best Library by Readers of New Haven Living
Karen Jensen-BranfordSeven.com Person of the Week