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Meet a RailRiders Baseball Player!

Get ready for a special visit from a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders team member! This Friday, July 27, at 11AM, a guest player will read a short story, take photos, and sign autographs. All ages are welcome and there is no registration...
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Giddy-up for the Big Library Read

Howdy! The current Big Library Read is Cowboy Pride by Lacy Williams, which is a re-telling of Pride and Prejudice set in the Wild West. If you aren’t familiar with Big Library Read, it is a worldwide eBook club. You can download the book from Libby,...
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Sweet Frog Fundraiser

  July is National Ice Cream Month so celebrate at our Sweet Frog Fundraiser! On Tuesday July 31st from 5-9 pm, 50% of all sales at Sweet Frog's Dickson City store will go to Abington Community Library! So mark your...
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4th of July Fun and Fireworks!

Enjoy some 4th of July fun at the Rotary Club of the Abingtons Annual Fireworks show! The fun starts TUESDAY, July 3 at the Abington Heights Middle School, Clarks Summit (raindate July 4) at 5 pm. There will be lots...
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The Rotary Club of the Abingtons to host Independence Day Fireworks Show on Tuesday, July 3.

  The Rotary Club of the Abingtons is expecting large crowds and satisfied appetites as the club’s 2018 Independence Day Fireworks Show takes to the sky over the Abington Heights Middle School at nightfall on July 3. The show grounds...
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10 Ways To Take Advantage of Your Free Library Card & Enjoy Summer at the Abington Community Library

Register the whole family for SummerQuest. Read and participate in activities like hiking or cooking together to fill out your logs. Every age group has special prizes and raffle baskets.   Create positive reading experiences. When your children see you...
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To Kill a Mockingbird Bus Trip

To Kill a Mockingbird, the classic by Harper Lee, has being adapted for the stage by Aaron Sorkin. The Abington Community Library is facilitating a bus trip to New York City on Saturday, November 17 to view the production on...
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Best Titles of 2018

Our podcast, Lexivore, wants to hear from you! On Wednesday, June 6, from 11 AM to 3 PM, we will have an open recording session where YOU can tell us about the best book(s) you've read so far this year....
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Teen Zines at Scranton’s First Friday

Teens around the Lackawanna County Library System have been working hard on their own Zines. All this hard work will be displayed at Scranton's First Friday, June 1st from 6 PM-7:30 PM at Library Express. What is a Zine? A...
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It’s almost summer @ the library!

Summer is almost here and that means the library will soon be rocking with SummerQuest, a dynamic summer challenge for all ages! SummerQuest will run from June 18  until August 10, with registration beginning June 11. No matter what your...
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