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 Polar Express Friday, December 5 from 6-8 PM  *Join us in making a bell craft and writing a letter to Santa! *At 7 PM, listen to a reading of Chris Van Allsburg’s The Polar Express *Enjoy our annual model train display on...

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This Year's Great Reading It’s book list time, that end of the year period when critics, literary journals and websites publish what they believe to be the best or most significant books of the year. The editors of the New...

The last major stage of the masonry restoration project was completed yesterday with the installation of the large tracery window found in the Periodicals Room at the Albright Memorial Library. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] The stained glass was removed at...

December Library Collection   While you’re out buying presents for your family and friends, how about picking up something for people who have little. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Friends of the Poor are asking for donations of...

Everything’s Free @ the Library   If you’re planning on giving someone a mobile device for Christmas this year, make sure that they get a library card, too. It’s the perfect accessory. That’s because a library card provides access to...

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  Lackawanna Libraries will be collecting sleepwear during the month of December.  New  pajamas, night gowns, robes and slippers, for infants through adults will be collected during this time. Items donated will benefit The Friends of the Poor. Donations may...

When you do your Holiday shopping at AmazonSmile, Amazon donates 0.5% of the purchase price to Scranton Public Library-Albright Memorial Building. Bookmark the link http://smile.amazon.com/ch/24-6000426 and support us every time you shop.

Saturday, November 29th from 2PM-4PM at Library Express Rebecca Petrini is the author and together with her sister, Stephanie Machiesky, co-publisher/creator of Santa Has a Wish. Rebecca has been a Spanish teacher for almost a decade and has taught learners...