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Book Categories Offer Great Reading Suggestions A novel that explores the troubling legacy of the Vietnam War, and a biography of General George Armstrong Custer received the Pulitzer medals for fiction and history, while Hamilton, currently playing on Broadway to...

Marywood Student Receives Coveted Mobile Device Dominick Rocco, a Throop resident and patron of the Valley Community Library, is the winner of a Samsung Galaxy S2 8.0 tablet, the top prize in the Lackawanna County Library System’s “March Madness Reading...

Learn how to be a scientist with the students from the University of Scranton. 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. With a special...

The Reference Department at the Albright Memorial Library will be closed on Thursday, April 21st from 3 pm to 9 pm.  Computers will be available for abbreviated time sessions in the Computer Learning Lab, located in the basement of the Lackawanna...

Nana's Night Out has been cancelled. The nanas were too busy having fun with their children! We'll try again in the summer time. Mrs. Maloney

    SAVE THE DATE(s) We are now organizing committees to help make our 2nd Annual Tasting by the Book a success. Volunteers are needed to help manage ticket sales, decorate, set up, clean up, be a liaison to the Community Cooks, send out...

Help Keep the Tradition Alive Getting to hear a bestselling novelist like Rainbow Rowell is one of the benefits of living in Lackawanna County. Since 2005, the Lackawanna County Library System has presented outstanding such speakers as Rowell, author, journalist...

Abington Community Library wants you to remember that even though National Library Week soon draws to a close, remember to continue to show your library love! Visit your local library every week (day!) of the year; join our conversations, learn something...

April Library Collection You can give a job hunting woman some tools for success at the Library this month by donating purses, scarves and jewelry in good condition. The April collection aids those served by Dress for Success Lackawanna, a...

Kids are invited to come to the Carbondale Public Library to vote on book match-ups quarter finals for the next two weeks. Then onto the semifinals. The new matchups are listed below. To make sure your favorite makes it to...