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Lindenhurst Community CalendarLindenhurst Memorial Library

Everything happening in Lindy, one calendar.

The Lindenhurst Community Calendar is the village’s shared calendar and directory, run by the Lindenhurst Memorial Library. Groups submit their events, the library approves them, and residents find what’s on. We rebuilt it so every step takes a minute instead of an email chain.

Village Square in Lindenhurst in summerPumpkins at a fall harvest eventVillage Square in winter
  • 304

    Events on the calendar since 2022

  • 372

    Directory listings, searchable by category

  • 4×

    Faster pages on a phone

  • 100

    Accessibility score on every page tested

The calendar

What’s on, at a glance.

Farmers markets, Light Up Lindy, blood drives, author fairs. A month view and a list view, and every event can go straight into Google or Apple Calendar. Pick a day.

lindenhurstcommunitycalendar.com/events/

November 2026 · 11 events

SuMoTuWeThFrSa

November 7

  • Book, DVD, and Costume Jewelry Sale

    10:00 AM

    Lindenhurst Memorial Library

    Google Apple

  • Community Shredding

    2:00 PM

    Lindenhurst Memorial Library

    Google Apple

A working copy of the calendar, with the events listed on lindenhurstcommunitycalendar.com for September to December 2026.

For the library

Approve an event in one click.

Events used to reach the site through a developer’s inbox. Now a group submits its event and flyer, it waits in the library’s admin, and one click turns it into a ready-to-publish draft. Nothing goes public until the library says so. Walk through it.

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Step 1 of 4: Submit

Submit an Event

A local group fills in the form on the website.

Event

Kick-A-Thon Fundraiser

Date & time

Sunday, October 25, 11:00 AM

Place

Fireman’s Pavilion

Flyer

kick-a-thon-flyer.jpg

A calendar people use

More of the village, every year.

The calendar has grown with the village. 2026 already has more events on it than any year before, nearly twice the busiest year until now.

  • 222022
  • 742023
  • 252024
  • 382025
  • 1452026

Events on lindenhurstcommunitycalendar.com by year, as of November 2026. 2026 includes events already scheduled through December.

Speed, measured

Faster on every page tested.

At launch we tested the old WordPress site and the new one the same way with Google Lighthouse, the engine behind PageSpeed Insights.

Phone speed: 60 on the old site, 93 on the new site.

Phone speed

was 60

Computer speed: 92 on the old site, 100 on the new site.

Computer speed

was 92

  • 4×

    faster pages

    Main content on a phone in 3.1 s, down from 12.3 s

  • 72%

    less data per page

    1.9 MB down to about 0.5 MB on a phone

  • 100

    accessibility

    On every page tested, up from 83–93

Phone speed score by page Old site New site
  • Home61 to 94
  • Events61 to 94
  • An event page59 to 93
  • Community directory62 to 92
  • A directory listing60 to 94
  • Submit an Event54 to 91

Google Lighthouse, October 2026: three runs of each page on a phone and on a computer, middle result, old site and new site measured the same way. Scores are averaged across the six pages listed.

What we built

A village calendar the library can run.

  • Nothing gets lost

    Event, directory and contact submissions are emailed and saved in the admin, flyers and logos included.

  • Calendar & list views

    Search, a month filter and one tap to add any event to Google or Apple Calendar.

  • Community directory

    372 businesses and organizations, searchable by category, each with its own page.

  • Editors by invitation

    Library staff get their own sign-in to approve events and update the directory.

  • Old links still work

    Every event and listing kept its address, so links people shared still open the right page.

  • Analytics carried over

    The calendar’s Google Analytics property from the old site, plus its home page click events rebuilt in code.

Does your community need one place for everything?

We design it, build it, move your old site over without losing a visitor, and keep it fast.