On Monday, October 17, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D - CT) visited the Avon Free Public Library to congratulate them on receiving a substantial award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Save America’s Treasures Grant, which will cover a two-year project to preserve and digitize objects relevant

Don't miss the Cover Story article "Finding A Way: Resolving A Town Center Debate" in the July issue of Today Magazine! If you don't already subscribe to the magazine, we encourage you to do so!  The Subscription to the online magazine is free and offers exceptional community journalism covering Avon,

Congratulations to Terri Wilson, President of the Avon Historical Society and Today Magazine for winning the first-place Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) award for the story of Leverett Holden, an African-American soldier from Avon who answered Lincoln’s call to fight in the Civil War. Read the story on Today Publishing

Connecticut Humanities, the statewide, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), has awarded the Avon Historical Society a $5,600.00 CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant (CTCFOSG). A portion of this grant will support the engagement with Sawdust and Strata of Fairfield, CT, professional historic preservation and museum

In February Avon’s Town Historian and Church Historian Nora Howard (on the left) presented Heddy Panik, Society member/Trustee and volunteer in the Marian Hunter History Room of the Avon Free Public Library with a Commendation from the Avon Congregational Church for her “expert and professional care in processing thousands and

Thanks to the grant received from the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic Committee, a story about the “Unearthing History” webinar series and the Brian D. Jones site appeared in the National Park Service’s most recent online magazine Wild and Scenic River Currents. Here is the link to