News & Media

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 6/14/2023
CT librarians weigh in on book bans

News 12 5/25/2023
Actor Andrew McCarthy speaks at Ferguson Library

Book Riot 5/19/2023
CT bill would fund book sanctuary libraries

Stamford Advocate 5/11/2023
Actor Andrew McCarthy to speak at library

News 12 4/13/2023
Bill would pay libraries to keep banned books

Stamford Advocate 3/25/23
CT librarians raise voices about banned books

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

Past Years

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

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

Library Commemorates the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington

STAMFORD, August 2, 2023 – The Ferguson Library will host a variety of special events to mark the 60 years since the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, when a quarter of a million people rallied to demand an end to segregation as well as fair wages and economic justice, voting rights and civil rights protections.

New Books in Turkish for Kids

The Youth Services department would like to recognize Defne and Berna of the Merih family for their generous donation of books for children in Turkish! More than 200 new titles have been added to the Juvenile World Languages Collection at the Main Library so stop in and find your next great read.

Many thanks to the Merih family for their wonderful gift to the community.