Welcome back to Behind the Stacks. Have you ever checked out one of the library’s Binge Boxes? Our Binge Boxes take the guess work out of your next movie marathon by providing 5 to 6 DVDs all fitting into a certain theme. Currently, the Main … [Read more...] about Behind the Stacks
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Away to the Football FieldFrom 1922 By Loretta Bontempo Forte Autumn in Allingtown, especially at our home on Derby Avenue, meant three things: the back-to -Forest school routine, the harvest … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Dear Felicia
Well honeybunch, by the time yew git this week’s missive, it’ll be October, and that means the leaves that have started to turn color already – due to the dry summer we had – are gonna be finding their way to the street. Some have. Effen you go along … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
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Welcome back to Behind the Stacks! We had a wonderful time seeing so many of our patrons over the weekend at the Apple Festival–thank you to the First Congregational Church for putting together such a fantastic community event. We gave out … [Read more...] about Behind the stacks
Historian’s Corner
By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Autumn on Derby Avenue, 1913 - 1923 By Loretta BonTempo Forte Loretta grew up in a large brick and stone house on Derby Ave in Allingtown. Although the area seemed rural, and most of the … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
Dear Felicia
Well, honeybunch, in jest a few days the “lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer” immortalized by Nat King Cole soooooo many years ago, will be a fond memory. The Autumnal Equinox is upon us, and that means in a very little white trees will start changing … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia
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Welcome back to Behind the Stacks! It’s starting to feel like fall again and your local librarians are more than ready for sweater weather! Stop by the Ora Mason Library in October to pick up their adult take & make kit–a DIY Mini Pumpkin Scrub. … [Read more...] about Behind the Stacks
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Campbell Avenue, Fifty Years Later Part III See part 1 | part 2 (Originally written 2010.) "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." Longfellow … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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Welcome back to Behind the Stacks! We were so glad to see so many of you attend our $10-Fill-A-Bag book sale over this past weekend, hosted by the Friends of the West Haven Library. These large book sales are the Friends’ biggest fundraisers of the … [Read more...] about Behind the stacks
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Campbell Avenue, Fifty Years Later (as written, 2010) Part II See part 1 | part 3 Campbell Avenue is the only main thoroughfare in the United States which is named to honor an enemy … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner