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The Bookmobile will be off the road Monday, June 30th through Wednesday, July 2nd due to a maintenance issue.  We will not be making stops as scheduled. Stay tuned for updates. We will renew items that are due, but if...

It’s Christmas in July for the Women in the County Prison. All month long we will be collecting small items for the women inmates at Lackawanna County Prison. They are looking for the following items: lots of individually wrapped candies...

Date: July 2, 2014 Time:  10:00 – 10:30 AM Place: Jackson Park, 1304 Jackson St. West Scranton Contact: Laura Ducceschi, MBA, MA President & CEO, The Scranton Area Foundation 570-347-6203 LD@SAFDN.ORG On July 2, the Scranton Neighborhood Pocket Park Collaborative...

The Greater Scranton Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission and the Albright Memorial Library will host a roundtable discussion on the country’s need for civil rights reform and  legislation, the incredible impact it has had for all of us and  our...

This week, our young patrons at the Nancy Kay Holmes Library had a crazy, fun week! It all started on Monday with Story Time. In keeping with our Summer Science theme, we read stories and sang songs about FISH! Here’s...

Saturday, July 12  • Noon to 3 P.M. Lackawanna Historical Society   Kids who joined a Summer Reading Program at the Library are invited to the Historical Society for an afternoon of fun. Hands on activities, arts & crafts and...

Stop by to see Blue Cross of NEPA’s traveling breast cancer awareness display entitled Gallery of Hope Monday, July 7 - Monday, July 14. The display shares the stories of ten local breast cancer survivors intended to raise awareness about...

Visit the library to see the artistic offerings represented by the students of Summit Christian Academy, Pre-K - 12. Now through July.

Bethany Pisanchyn, a Dalton resident and a music teacher in the Pocono Mountain School District, is the winner of the 2014 “The Library In My Life” essay contest. She received a Nexus 7 Notebook during a ceremony at the Abington...

If you’re looking for a quiet place to read, study or work, are distracted by piped-in music, and don’t want to feel obligated to buy a cup of coffee, the library is your kind of place. Every Lackawanna County library...