A few resources that I recommend:

Books

• The Backyard Astronomer’s Guide
• The Total Skywatcher's Manual
• Turn Left at Orion: Hundreds of Night Sky Objects to See in a Home Telescope
• RASC Observer's Handbook
• Sky & Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas

Learning

• Beginning astrophotography tutorials - Lonely Spec
• Astrophotography techniques - Jerry Lodriguss
• Astrophotography technique - Thierry Legault
• In depth astrophotography processing tutorials on video - Warren Keller's IP4AP
• Choosing and using telescopes and accessories - Starizona: Telescope Basics
• On-line community message boards - Cloudy Nights
• Phil Plait's You Tube videos - Crash Course Astronomy

Keeping up

• News about the universe - EarthSky
• Phil Plait's blog - Bad Astronomy blog
• short talks by astronomers - Astronomy on Tap ATX or on-line videos.
• Find what you need by asking.

Organizations