Press Coverage
News 12 4/3/2026
'Our community deserves beautiful things.' Push for new Ferguson Library branch in Stamford's East End
News 12 2/10/2026
Nonprofit libraries to lose ability to offer passport services
CT Public 2/5/2026
Nonprofit CT libraries to discontinue passport application services
Hartford Courant 2/9/2026
CT nonprofit libraries are being forced to end critical passports application services. Here’s why
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News Archive
Stamford Advocate 11/13/2025
Alice Knapp, Erin Dummeyer (opinion): Getting organized to shield banned books
Stamford Advocate 11/10/2025
City funding sought by Ferguson Library in downtown Stamford to improve air-conditioning
Stamford Advocate 8/10/25
Opinion: How William F. Buckley, Jr. left stamp on America
Stamford Advocate 2/23/25
Finance Board fails to support East Side library project
CT Public 2/19/2025
Artists Create ‘Greatness’ at Ferguson Library
Stamford Advocate 1/2/2025
Funding for new east side branch in limbo
Universal News Network 11/20/2024
Diwali celebration at the library
American Libraries 6/3/2024
Seeking Sanctuary: Public libraries establish themselves as book sanctuaries to counter bans
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
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
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