Off the Shelf

Posted on January 22, 2020

It is hard to believe that we are nearing the end of January with these 60-degree days, but we have just posted the schedu...

Posted on January 15, 2020

LibraryReads is a monthly nationwide list of library staff picks for recommended adult fiction and nonfiction books pu...

Posted on January 08, 2020

The holidays are over and the long, dark, cold days of January take over. The library has a new schedule of programs...

Posted on January 01, 2020

With all those good resolutions made for the New Year, don’t forget your library as one way to help you achieve them. It...

Posted on December 18, 2019

Christmas arrived at the library with the Woman’s Club of Bridgeport decorating the entryways with bright season...

Posted on December 11, 2019

Scrumptious meals are a holiday tradition, but if you are tired of making dozens and dozens of Aunt Fran’s sugar...

Posted on December 04, 2019

The library both slows down and speeds up during December. The Woman’s Club of Bridgeport will be here this we...

Posted on November 27, 2019

Last week I discussed some of the books making the Best Books of 2019. The lists are still appearing, and now so...

Posted on November 20, 2019

The media is busy releasing their Best Books of 2019 lists. This puzzles the ordinary mortal who wonders about a...

Posted on November 13, 2019

As many of the users of the library have noticed there have been numerous city trucks in the library’s parking l...

Posted on November 06, 2019

Last column I discussed several of our numerous databases that revolved around videos. This week let me tell you...

Posted on October 30, 2019

The library’s online collections are often the secret gems of our services. Some are tremendously popular...

Posted on October 23, 2019

Jacqueline Winspear has created a series of excellent mysteries revolving around an English woman in the decades between t...

Posted on October 16, 2019

Halloween events are on the schedule for the next two weeks. So please mark your calendar so you don’t mis...

Posted on October 09, 2019

The weather has finally realized that it is fall, and the crisp, cool air is great for reading. This is a pretty...

Time Travel: All Saints Church Event fro...

The photo shows above is at All Saints Catholic Church, which is located on Main Street in downtown Bridgeport. The photo...

Posted by Dick Duez
It's Happening: Through the Years in Bri...

From the time my mom, dad, sister and I moved to Bridgeport, I liked it here. It was circa 1967. Lyndon B. Johnson was pre...

Posted by Julie Perine
City Faces in Different Places

Meet this week's City Face, Mario Bombardiere: How long have you lived in Bridgeport? If not a...

Posted by Julie Perine
Off the Shelf: Looking for Something to ...

It is hard to believe that we are nearing the end of January with these 60-degree days, but we have just posted the schedu...

Posted by Sharon Saye
ToquiNotes: Time to Join Battle of Hunte...

I don’t know exactly how I got to know Mike Mann. Considering the athletic backgrounds of the kids he and his wife Deb...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Outside the Tribe: OK Bridgeport I'm Her...

There’s something kind of important that didn’t dawn on me until I started at Connect-Bridgeport. ...

Posted by Chris Johnson