Meet Joe Calabro, candidate for Library Board of Trustees and a writer whose novel ‘Gone Troppo’ released in 2024 and is available in the Thomaston Public Library! Joe looks forward to increasing the connections between the town library and our schools' libraries, with the goal of innovating curriculum, and career opportunities for our students and patrons through shared resources, programs and joint activities.

Joe is a retired English Teacher, having taught at Pomperaug High School from 1979 to 2014. He is currently a Study Skills and Language Arts Tutor at the University of Connecticut.

Joe enjoys serving his community and volunteers his time at the Fine Arts Council and Writers Group. He earned both a Bachelors and Masters degree from Southern Connecticut State University, and a Humanistic Education from Sacred Heart University.

Joe believes that an educated society is a rational society. A local library can contribute much to the knowledge of its citizens.