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Chance Raffle Now Available!

The Dorothy Boccella Holiday Marketplace Chance Raffle is now up! Baskets are being added weekly. Stop by and take a chance on an American Girl Doll, a LEGO starship, home decorations, gift certificates to area businesses, and more. The Chance Raffle will...
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Let’s help children and teens to start the new school year out right!

Many Lackawanna County Library System member libraries are gearing up to collect school supplies for children and teens. Stop by the Abington Community Library with your donation today!
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LCLS LEGO Build-Off! Vote TODAY!

[caption id="attachment_4330" align="alignnone" width="168"] LCLS LEGO Build-Off Trophy created by Joel Gardoski[/caption] You decide which LEGO Club/member library wins the AMAZING trophy pictured above made out of LEGO bricks. Click on the link below to vote for your favorite! http://lclshome.org/3904/lackawanna-county-library-system-lego-build-off/...
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Teens Get Artistic at the Library

Summer 2014 brings many artistic opportunities for teens at Abington Community Library. We've hosted Exercise for the Right Side of Your Brain: Fun with Food, DIY for Teens: Zentangle, and Acrylic Painting; they're not over yet! There's still another session...
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More Languages Added to Mango

Mango just got twice as big in 40+ languages. Language lovers, rejoice. Over 40 language courses have doubled in size. What does this mean? Ten new chapters and over 1,000 additional learning hours in Bengali, ESL Spanish, Russian,  Italian, and Japanese, to just name...
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Contemporary Authors for Book Clubs too!

Have you used Contemporary Authors lately on POWER Library?  Over 35,000 author records have been added to nearly 115,000 author records, including 12,000 brand new authors, playwrights, nonfiction writers and even journalists making the database current up to April 11,...
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Christmas in July

It’s Christmas in July for the Women in the County Prison. All month long we will be collecting small items for the women inmates at Lackawanna County Prison. They are looking for the following items: lots of individually wrapped candies...
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Gallery of Hope

Stop by to see Blue Cross of NEPA’s traveling breast cancer awareness display entitled Gallery of Hope Monday, July 7 - Monday, July 14. The display shares the stories of ten local breast cancer survivors intended to raise awareness about...
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School Wide Art Exhibit

Visit the library to see the artistic offerings represented by the students of Summit Christian Academy, Pre-K - 12. Now through July.
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Celebrate National Library Week’s Lives Change at Abington

Every day across the country, libraries open their doors to everyone: students, parents, seniors, teachers, writers, artists, job seekers, entrepreneurs, readers, gamers, movie lovers and travel buffs. Head to Abington Community Library on Tuesday, April 14, 4pm to 7pm to...
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