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Pumpkin Contest Winners Announced

Southbury Library has its WINNERS
12 Pumpkins entered. 320 ballots were cast. Did your favorite win?

Creative 

Winner #12

Runner Up #7

 

Spookiest

Winner #10

Runner Up #5

 

Cutest

Winner #8

Runner Up #9

 

The library staff would like to thank all who participated in this event.
We ❤ Our Community!

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Southbury Library’s Pumpkin Decorating Contest.

Have you been to the Southbury Library lately? Now’s a great time to check us out and vote on our Pumpkin Contest!

Staff made pumpkins will be on display starting Friday the 13th and winners will be out until October 31st. Voting is open to the public, we’d love to see you. Voting ends October 27th.

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October 2023 Newsletter

 

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Hello, Friends!

Happy almost October! We will be closed Monday, October 9, in observance of Columbus Day, but we look forward to seeing you all the other days this month!

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July 2023 Newsletter

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Hello, Friends!

Happy July! Our summer hours begin this month, so we'll be closed on Sundays now through Labor Day Weekend. We'll also be closed Tuesday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day, but we look forward to seeing you all the other days this month!

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June 2023 Newsletter

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Happy almost June!

Thank you for helping make this year's Spring Book Sale the best ever! The Friends of the Southbury Public Library is dedicated to serving the Southbury Public Library and its relations with the community. The funds raised will allow them to continue to fund the Children, Teen, and Adult programs at the library, in addition to their other generous activities.

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May 2023 Newsletter

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Happy May! We will be closed closed Monday, May 29, 2023 in observance of Memorial Day. We look forward to seeing you all the other days this month!

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April 2023 Newsletter

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Happy almost April! We will be closed Friday, April 7, for Good Friday, and Sunday, April 9, 2023, for Easter Sunday. We look forward to seeing you all the other days this month!

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February 2023 Newsletter

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Happy February! We will be closed Monday, February 20, 2023, in observance of Presidents' Day, but we look forward to seeing you all the other days this month!

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Meet our new Head Librarian, Heather Szaley Aronson!

You may recognize Heather as she’s worked at the Southbury Public Library since 2003. Starting as a volunteer, Heather decided the library was the place for her and has been everything from circulation assistant to Head of Youth Services.  A life-long Connecticut resident, she holds a Master of Arts from the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut and a Master of Library and Information Sciences from Drexel University. 

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Summer Reading 2022 by the Numbers

We are so very impressed by all the wonderful reading our Summer Reading participants did this year! All combined, our Children and Teen Summer Reading Participants together read an astounding 335,234 minutes! That also works out to 5587 hours and 14 minutes; or 232 days, 19 hours, and 14 minutes; or 33 weeks, 19 hours, and 14 minutes! That's more than half a year of reading all added up, all done by 320 local children and teens and done in less than 60 days!

See below for the breakdown of how much each age group read when all added together:

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