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Everhart Museum on the Road presents an art-based workshop inspired by the book, “Secrets of Animal Camouflage” by Carron Brown and Wesley Robins. After reading the book, the Everhart staff will help students explore animal camouflage through a hands-on activities....

The end of summer is busy and sometimes an entire book can feel daunting. Enter: the short story. I love short stories because they feel super manageable and I can pick them up and put them down, but feel like...

Abington Community Library and Taylor Community Library present an American Girl and LEGO BINGO FUNdraiser on Sunday September 23 from 1-4 PM. Join us at the Clarks Summit Fire Co. No. 1,  Bedford St, Clarks Summit, for an afternoon of...

Time for the Lackawanna County Library System annual LEGO Build Off! Children from libraries around Lackawanna County built creations to try to bring the LEGO Trophy to their library. The theme this year was "Libraries Rock!" Below are this year's entries. ...

August Is National Immunization Awareness Month As we approach the start of a new school year, it’s time to weigh the importance of immunization. Immunization, after all, protect us, and especially our children, from diseases like measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis...

10 Libraries, 1 Card If you borrowed a book at the Valley Community Library, you can return it at the Albright Memorial Library when you’re in Scranton. If you see a class or workshop that you would like to attend...

Sponsored by the Friends of the Scranton Public Library Prepare to be dazzled! Juggler, Rob Smith, will flawlessly juggle five balls, clubs, fire torches, and rings, not to mention flying knives and a chainsaw! All with razor sharp accuracy! For...

       It's time to celebrate all the hard work you did this summer with our SummerQuest Challenge! Children, teens, and adults...stop by the library on Friday August 10 any time between 1:00 and 3:00 pm for our SummerQuest...

The Abington Community Library (as well as other participating Lackawanna County Library System member libraries) can be your home printing center. Go to http://lclshome.org/printing/, select Abington Community Library, and follow the simple instructions. If you have any questions, please contact the...

PBS Series Starts September 11 “The Great American Read,” an eight-part special about books on PBS, is one of the most anticipated television events of recent times – and you can participate. Through polling of readers, PBS identified 100 books...