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April 8 is a busy day for the Library! Across the street at the Clarks Summit United Methodist Church will be the Friends Spring Book Sale from 8:30AM-2PM. At that same location, drop off unused or expired medications during the...

Save the Date! There is a great line of informative Maker Mondays in April at the Albright Memorial Library.  All Maker Monday sessions take place in the Community Room located in the the basement of the Lackawanna County Children's Library,...

Join us on April 8, 2017 for a brand new event, Be the Change: Build a Better Library!   Enjoy a special story hour with local celebrity author Lindsay Barrett George! Bring your change to help us build a better...

Do you have a specialty soup, salad, appetizer, or dessert that is well known among family and friends? Do you prefer to purchase locally-sourced ingredients? Do you enjoy creating dishes that utilize fresh, in-season produce? You may be just who...

Learn how to be a scientist with  students from the University of Scranton Chemistry Club. This chemistry  program is designed for children in grades 2-6. The instructors will introduce basic concepts of chemistry in a fun, non-threatening way. Lackawanna County...

The Scranton Public Library takes its role in the early childhood community seriously. Children’s development in the years between birth and Kindergarten is impacted greatly by loving relationships and stimulating young minds through play. We acknowledge and support families as...

Experience the excitement and fun of science with students from the University of Scranton’s Neuroscience Society & Health Professions Organization. Kids will create Oobleck, Squishy Circuits, Mystery Markers, and engage in mind games and optical illusions! Saturday, April 1st  from...

Reptiles: the Beautiful and the Deadly                                                                    ...

Teen Reading Lounge (TRL) at the Carbondale Public Library scheduled for Thursday, March 16th will be postponed until Thursday, March 30th @ 5 PM.

Great Ideas for Good Books People who work with books all day tend to be book lovers themselves, so who better to ask for book suggestions than librarians. For ideas from the people who know books best about what to...