Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library

10/24/2026

Have you been the Branford Green to see the Branford Garden Club scarecrows?! Look for , and as they await . Or...has someone become The Great Pumpkin!? We are close to facing Montowese Street. Lots of great participants this year, spread out further due to the construction, make sure you see them all!

10/23/2026

Tomorrow we have TWO programs for all ages: our new monthly Saturday morning Storytime for children at 10:30am and our Collage and Crafts Club for all ages (yes, adults too!) from 12:30-2pm. No registration is required for these events.

10/23/2026

Looking for what to do during Halloween Day this year? Join us at the library from 11am-noon for a lowkey costume party with pumpkins to decorate and a scavenger hunt. Also make sure to check out our Charlie Brown-themed scarecrow on the Branford Green (shoutout to our wonderful children's librarian Meridith for the concept and creation!) The scarecrows will be up now until November 3rd.

10/22/2026

10/16/2026

Some photos from this morning's stay and play story time. Thanks to the local quilters for the fabric scrap donations we used for this craft! They made the nests nice and cozy :)

10/15/2026

Carolina Lazzari grew up on School St. She studied opera in Milan at the College delle Orsoline and went on to the Chicago Opera Company. In 1920 she played Amneris in Aida at the Metropolitan Opera and in 1921 sang at venues in South America. In a trip over the Andes she contracted influenza. In 1922 she held a benefit concert for St. Raphael's Hospital in gratitude for an operation she had undergone. The benefit was held at Woolsey Hall in New Haven. Lazzari's voice seemed to never fully recover and she died in Stony Creek in 1946.

Photo: Library of Congress

10/13/2026

Unfortunately, this has been cancelled, but thank you for your interest!

Next Tuesday (10/13) at 11am More to Say Pediatrics will lead a FREE Baby Sign Language class for children, families and caretakers. This event is free and open to all but there are limited spots. Sign up online by scanning the QR code, or clicking this link: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/94z8y3e

10/10/2026

1955 Lester Hill buil6 a 26-foot steamboat, thr Zephyr, in his front yard and lowered it into the water at Ball's oyster dock. Lester's father, Charles C. Hill, had been skipper of the Margaret that ferried passengers and mail to and from the Thimble Islands, 1893-1906.

10/08/2026

Checkout the Stony Creek timeline!