Floyd Memorial Library Archives

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....

05.09.2021 Community

Greenport library gets $15,000 grant for laptops, tablets

When Tom Vitale became director of Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport last fall he realized there were pockets of people in the village who could not afford laptops or...

05.02.2021 Libraries

After 35 years, Poppy Johnson retires from Floyd Memorial Library

In 1986, after enrolling in secondary schools and dropping out and trying to be an artist in Paris, Poppy Johnson landed a part-time job at the Floyd Memorial Library...

11.05.2020 Community

Lisa Richland retiring after 31-plus years as Floyd Memorial Library director

Change is inevitable. That goes for libraries as well as other aspects of life. Floyd Memorial Library will undergo a major change later this month when its long-serving, iconic...

06.20.2020 COVID-19

Making a Difference: Curbside pickups and online programming are among adaptations at local libraries

This isn’t your grandparents’ library. Heck, today’s libraries aren’t even the libraries they were a mere three months ago. Thank COVID-19 for that. Ever since closing their doors in...

04.06.2019 Libraries

Floyd Memorial Library to be temporarily closed for renovations

Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport will be temporarily closed from April 8-13 as interior renovations continue.

06.18.2018 Videos

The Work We Do: Brian Mealy, Floyd Memorial Library

Hi, I’m Brian Mealy. I’m the library clerk at Floyd Memorial Library. A normal responsibility is, when we first open we get the things from the dropbox, we check...

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