Media Contact
Linda Avellar
Director of Development and Communication
Daytime phone: (203)351-8208
After-hours phone: (203)515-6572
Email: Linda@fergusonlibrary.org
Press Coverage
Stamford Advocate 1/10/2023
Library Takes a Stand to Protect Right to Read
Stamford Advocate 1/9/2023
What's Stamford doing with 6M+ in federal funds? Building a new library branch
News 12 12/27/2022
Library celebrates Kwanzaa
Patch 9/26/2022
Library receives threats after drag storytime
Stamford Advocate 9/23/2022
Opinion: Banned Books Week
Stamford Advocate 8/22/2022
CT Nonprofit Honors Liberation from Slavery
Stamford Advocate 8/5/22
Stamford's Ferguson Library to open West Side location
Stamford Advocate 7/10/22
Stamford in line for $9 in earmarks for new library branch
Stamford Advocate 6/5/2022
Juneteenth program
Past Years
News 12 12/8/2021
FEMA Recovery Center opens at the Harry Bennett Branch
Stamford Advocate 10/30/2021
Ferguson pitches new branches to planning board
Stamford Advocate 9/28/2021
Ferguson Library expands internet access
Stamford Advocate 6/5/2021
Ferguson Library ditches fines
Stamford Advocate 4/25/2021
During COVID, what got Stamford reading?
Stamford Advocate 3/12/2021
Library to keep COVID capacity limits in place
Stamford Advocate 3/6/2021
City $ proposed to help outside agencies during COVID
News 12 3/2/2021
Dr. Seuss estate to cease publication of 6 books
News 12 10/28/2020
Interview with Josephine Fulcher Anderson on South End 50th Anniversary (10/20)
Stamford Advocate 10/16/2020
Models bring elements of play to library
Stamford Advocate 8/14/2020
Ferguson revamps entrepreneur assistance in response to COVID
News 12 7/6/2020
Ferguson Library reopens
Stamford Advocate 5/14/2020
Stamford students can grab and go books
Stamford Advocate 4/11/2020
Stuck at home? Check out The Ferguson Library
Library News

Horizons Program Admissions Nights at the Ferguson Library
Horizons at New Canaan Country School (NCCS) will be hosting admission nights Tuesday, January 24 from 4 to 6 p.m., and Wednesday, February 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Lower Level Makerspace of the Ferguson Library. During the admissions evenings, staff will be on hand to screen for eligibility and to assist families in completing applications which are available online in English, Spanish and Creole.

Annual Stamford Literary Competition Now Open
The Stamford Literary Competition, which celebrates excellence in student writing, is now open to students who live or attend school in Stamford, and are in grades 3 to 12. Entries in original fiction, nonfiction and poetry are welcome. All entries must be submitted by February 10.
For entrance guidelines and rules, including required length and format, and the entry form, click here.