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It may still be March, but now is a great time to think Spring! As winter (hopefully) winds down, there are a few spring cleaning ideas you can do early to get a head start on cleaning your home. Treehugger.com...

Always in Stitches Presents the Margaret Winter Annual Quilt Show featuring local quilt artist and teacher Alice Giombetti during the month of March @ the Abington Community Library Pictured: A detail from a quilt showing Alice's use of hand quilting, embroidery,...

DID YOU KNOW…..March 21st is the l0th Anniversary of the day TWITTER was created. On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey sent the first “tweet”—“just setting up my twttr” – in the now immensely popular microblogging and social networking platform.  Twitter...

The Carbondale Public Library will be hosting the national book launch of local children's author Patricia Thomas' new book, "Green Bean! Green Bean!" on Saturday, April 2, from 2-4 PM. Children and adults are invited to meet the author and...

Ghostlight Productions announces AUDITIONS for the 8th Annual Shakespeare in the Park: JULIUS CAESAR directed by Rachel Luann Strayer. Sunday, March 20th, 4:00-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22nd, 6:00-8:30 p.m. Auditions are open to all members of the community ages 16 and...

“Beware the Ides of March,” so said the Soothsayer in Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. But what does the phrase really mean, and what are contemporary scholars saying about one of Shakespeare’s famous plays? Our reference department found the answers. The Ides...

Spring back into Maker Mondays this April at the Albright Memorial Library! Maker Monday: Disaster Prep with the Red Cross Monday, April 4th at 7:00 pm in the Community Room- Register Join Ned Bloom from the Red Cross to learn...

Taylor Community Library will hold its Annual Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, April 3, 2016 at the Acacia Lodge, 617 Union Street, Taylor.  The Pancake Breakfast will run from 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  Tickets are:  Adults $7.00, Children 4-12 $5.00...

Kids are invited to come to the Carbondale Public Library to vote on book match-ups throughout March. Each week two new match-ups will be announced. The two categories are Chapter Book Series and Picture Books. Voters Needed!! Several ties from...

Rainbow Rowell, Thursday, April 14/Get Tickets Now Rainbow Rowell, a popular author of adult and young adult fiction will be the first speaker in the Lackawanna County Library System’s 2016 Matthew F. Flynn Library Lecture Series on Thursday, April 14 at 7...