Announcing Our 2026 Writer-in-Residence
The Concord Free Public Library and the Trustees of the Concord Free Public Library Corporation are delighted to announce Danielle Bradley as the 2026 Writer-in-Residence.
January 2026 - New Special Collections Hours
Special Collections is adopting new hours to ensure the long-term care and accessibility of our collections.
Concord’s Historical Newspapers Go Digital!
The Concord Free Public Library holds close-to-complete runs of all Concord, Massachusetts newspapers published from 1816 to the present time. We are excited to announce that, as of January 2026, over a dozen newspaper titles published through 2005 are now available digitally and keyword searchable! This includes 617 pages of the Middlesex Gazette(1816-1821), 2,654 pages of the Yeoman's Gazette (1826-1840), and 121,279 pages of The Concord Journal (1928-2005)!
