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...
01.12.2020 Libraries Take a look at Southold Library’s renovations as they near completion Caroline MacArthur’s face lit up as she walked through the redesigned entryway at the Southold Free Library. “My heart is pounding,” the library director said. “I can’t believe it.”...
05.02.2019 Libraries Southold Free Library is renovating with technology in mind The $1.75 million renovation project for Southold Free Library has passed the halfway point toward completion, library director Caroline MacArthur said Monday.
11.09.2018 Education Southold Library helps elementary students celebrate diversity In the center of the Southold Elementary School cafeteria, a Japanese woman teaches a student to wrap a rice ball in seaweed. Students jump along to the rhythm of...
02.14.2018 Community More little free libraries coming to Southold spaces Since the little free library installed at McCabe’s Beach in Southold in 2016 has received positive feedback from beachgoers, the Southold Free Library will install two more, library director...
02.06.2018 Community Eagle Scouts build projects for community spaces in Mattituck, Southold Two local Boy Scouts have completed Eagle Scout projects that created two new community spaces in Southold. Liam Corbley and James Hoyt, both members of Southold Troop 6, were...
01.08.2018 Videos Work We Do: Jessica Frankel, Southold Free Library I’m Jessica Frankel, the reference librarian for Southold Free Library in Southold, N.Y. Because of Google and databases, a lot of people know information already and they come...
04.02.2017 Libraries Southold Free Library plans $1.7 million renovation project Southold Free Library plans to switch up its interior with a proposed $1.7 million renovation project.
03.25.2017 The Arts Check out this Southold Elementary School student’s clay figures Kaitlyn Heath has never had a problem expressing herself. As a toddler, her grandmother Ora Heath recalled, she tried to talk to strangers. Whenever Ms. Heath asked why, Kaitlyn...
03.18.2016 News Dan McCarthy is a smiling steward of history Deep among towering file cabinets filled with historic documents and letters at Southold Historical Society, assistant archivist Dan McCarthy was hard at work, photocopying files to help a man...