The Freddy Fixer logo is in the center with purple and gold waves and sparkes.

Happenings At NHFPL

The Freddy Fixer logo is in the center with purple and gold waves and sparkes.

New Haven’s Historic Freddy Fixer Parade

Written by SCSU Intern Isaac Rivera | June 2026 This year the 61st annual Freddy Fixer Parade was held on June 7! Learn more about its beginnings and the people that brought it to life. History  The original Freddy Fixer parade wasn’t a parade at all—it wasn’t even named Freddy Fixer yet. It was a Dixwell and Newhallville neighborhood cleanup that … Continued

Register your child for READy for the Grade

Get Your Child READy for the Grade this Summer at NHFPL!

The New Haven Free Public Library is now registering students for READy for the Grade, our free summer literacy workshop designed to help young readers build confidence and improve reading skills before the new school year begins. READy for the Grade serves New Haven Public School students entering grades K–3 this fall who are currently … Continued

New Haven Green on May 1, 1970 showing a large crowd gathered in protest

New Haven’s 1970 May Day Protest

Protesters in the streets. National Guard troops deployed against U.S. citizens. Sounds like scenes ripped from recent headlines, but these events date back to May Day, 1970, when New Haven became a flashpoint in a nationwide struggle. Let us peer back through the mists of history and vagaries of memory to a time that seems so different than our own yet is all too familiar in many respects.  The sixties were a time … Continued