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The Lackawanna County Children's Library and hosted Albright Memorial Library services will open at 11 am today, Monday, February 5th due to the weather conditions. Library Express and the Nancy Kay Holmes Branch will open at their regular time.

Summer Quest is the formal title for the Library’s reading and learning program. Throughout the summer months, children and teens of all ages participate in reading/learning challenges, weekly programming, and special events. We are seeking an energetic, responsible intern to...

Celebrate the Wizarding World of Ice in this year's Clarks Summit Festival of Ice over Presidents' Day weekend, February 16-19. Come and see the Abington Community Library's ice sculpture...one of the most beloved characters from the Harry Potter books! Here...

As of 2018, Library Staff Member, Stephanie Spaid, has been certified as a Notary Public allowing the Library to provide notary services to the local community. If you wish to have documents notarized please observe the following: Please call ahead...

Needed for New Teen Drop-In Center Lackawanna County libraries are collecting art supplies for the new NEPA Youth Shelter and After School Teen Drop-In Center. It is located at 541 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, and serves teens age 14 and up....

January 31, 2018 The month of February kicks off American Heart Month. On February 2, help support Women's Heart Health by participating in Wear Red Day. Simply wear a red shirt, blouse, or pin to raise awareness of the impact...

Did you know that, in part due to bad winter weather and a severe flu season, we are in a nationwide blood shortage? Did you know that one donation of blood saves three lives? During the Clarks Summit Festival of...

The Albright Memorial Library building expects to reopen in early March. At this time, we do not have a specific date as contractors continue work to complete the renovations. While most of the renovations have been completed, our new circulation...

Show Your Love @ the Library Valentine’s Day, a tribute to the patron saint of love falls in February, so it’s appropriate that February is also “Library Lovers’ Month.” It’s a time when users of America’s libraries pause to consider...

Lexivore is a podcast produced by the Abington Community Library, with library staff Renee Roberts and Megha Baikadi hosting it.  We will be talking about library programs, book recommendations and explorations, and fun facts.  This first episode, we speak a...