News Category: Abington Community Library

Abington Community Library's much-anticipated storytimes will resume the week of January 12. Storytimes run throughout the year for 5-week sessions, with 2 weeks off in between each session. Check our calendar and flyers for information on each new session. The...

Season 5 of Downton Abbey just premiered yesterday in the United States, and if you are like us you cannot get enough! Check out some similar reads and watches below; click to place a hold. Movies & TV Series Berkeley...

Libraries throughout the Lackawanna County Library System are collecting clean, used, adult-size blue jeans and jackets in good condition (any size) for both men and women for the Clothing House of St. Francis of Assisi Kitchen during the month of...

In 2015 resolve to: GET a FREE Library card and use it to check out more than 80,000 individual items ENRICH program offerings by sharing your talents and expertise of a hobby or skill. TAKE PART in one of several...

  According to Deborah Fallows in a November 19, 2014 article from THE ATLANTIC, A Field Trip to America's Public Libraries, “Libraries are for job seekers. One of my first stops inside the libraries I’ve visited has been to ask a...

The Abington Community Library will close at 5PM on Wednesday, December 31. We wish everyone a Healthy and Happy New Year!

With the holidays upon us, our list of things to do seems to just keep getting longer. Adding one more thing to that list may seem counter -productive. But a visit to the library may be just the thing to make...

  Children of all ages enjoyed hot chocolate, candy canes, and jingling bells at our annual retelling of The Polar Express. Teen volunteers recreated the magic of the story to the enjoyment of all who attended this fun event.

'Tis the season for gift giving and what can be a more perfect give but the gift of life. It sounds cliche but it's true. The need for blood in central and northeast Pennsylvania is great. The Abington Community Library...

Celebrate Jan Brett's birthday (Dec. 1) month by taking a few of her beautifully illustrated books home. Click on a title or two below and place your hold today. The Animals' Santa Home for Christmas Gingerbread Friends Who's that Knocking on...