Floyd Memorial Library Archives

06.10.2024 Community

Southold libraries lend out much more than just books

These are not your parents’ librarians. Southold’s four library directors agreed to sit down with The Suffolk Times this week for a wide-ranging discussion about the evolution of their...

03.11.2024 Community

Kids read to therapy dog Wizard at Greenport library

Wizard, a certified therapy dog, is the newest furry friend of Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport and will be visiting the children’s room there every Tuesday from 4 to...

12.22.2023 Community

Floyd Memorial Library launches podcast, with Greenport Mayor Kevin Stuessi as first guest

Christopher Bianchi is breathing new life into Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport’s local history room. Mr. Bianchi, the library’s references and adult services librarian, is using the room, which...

06.30.2023 Community

A new free toy lending library for children out of Floyd Memorial Library supports early childhood development

Although Alana Fernandes, Mahorr Levi and Francesca Prainito graduated in May from Stony Brook University with degrees in occupational therapy, their final project has ensured they will leave a...

04.13.2023 Community

Several library budgets win approval as others set votes for May

Along with North Fork school districts, many of the area’s libraries are also preparing their annual budgets. On April 4, voters approved the Cutchogue New Suffolk Library’s proposed 2023-2024...

03.29.2023 Community

Floyd Memorial Library welcomes new director to Greenport

Greenport’s Floyd Memorial Library has a new director. Ellen Nasto has been a librarian for over 20 years. Most recently she had been working for the Suffolk Cooperative Library...

11.24.2022 Community

Mary Latham seeks to spread ‘More Good’ through postcard kindness project

Two sixth-grade girls in Orient went trick-or-treating for a friend who was too sick to celebrate Halloween. A woman in New Jersey held a door for a stranger on...

11.14.2022 Community

Shelter Island artist’s Lincoln exhibit now showing in Greenport

“My Affair with Abraham Lincoln,” an exhibition of Lincoln portraits by artist Roz Dimon, is being featured at the Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport until January 2023. Ms. Dimon,...

10.26.2022 Community

Fishing poles and vinyl records are among the unusual items you can borrow from local libraries

While local libraries continue to provide books, classes, music and movies, many have responded to the changing needs of their patrons by providing a wider variety of items and...

10.14.2022 Community

Former Floyd Memorial Library director honored

“Is this for real?” That was Lisa Richland’s response when she learned she’d be receiving a Game Changer Award from the Public Library Directors Association of Suffolk County. Ms....

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