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Mark your calendars! You don't want to be stuck without something to read over the holidays. Below is when the Abington Community Library will be closed this holiday season. Please also note that we are OPEN on Sundays each holiday...

Feel great during the holidays with these healthy cookbooks, available through the Lackawanna County Library System: Gluten Free Holiday Cookies by Alice Medrich Happy Cooking by Giada DeLaurentiis The Healthy Jewish Kitchen by Paula Shoyer Holiday Cooking Around the World...

Coming in January, a challenge for all ages! The online platform Beanstack is the place to earn virtual badges for reading and other activities. Available through all Lackawanna County Library System libraries. Keep your EYES open!

Kanopy is a video-streaming platform that delivers a diverse collection of 30,000+ enriching films, available to stream anytime and anywhere — from desktop to TV to tablet. This holiday season, rediscover old classics and find your newest seasonal flick. Click...

Help keep children warm this winter by donating new hats, gloves, and scarves for the children at St. Joseph's Center. Drop off your donations in-person at the Albright Memorial Library or Lackawanna County Children's Library, or call St. Joe's at...

Did you know that November is National Vegan Month? Eating vegan, even just for a few meals a week, is good for the environment and good for you! Vegan food isn't just lettuce and beans. The Library has many great...

Carbondale's Christmas in a Small Town festivities begin on the first day of December.  There will be many activities taking place throughout the city including at the library! On December 1st, stop by downtown Carbondale beginning at 5pm for the...

The Lackawanna County Library System is proud to share a new search feature in our catalog.  Select PA Multi-Regional Lending the next time you do a search in the catalog to try it out.  This will allow you to search...

  On this episode of Tales from the Albright, Alyssa interviews Rebecca Daniels of the Lackawanna County Tintype Project. Staff members of the Albright Memorial Library were photographed as part of the project in September of 2021. Alyssa and Rebecca...

When reading the poems presented in Thirst, you will encounter themes involving nature, which Mary Oliver is famous for writing with distinctive sensitivity and care. Relating her encounters and observations of the natural world to themes of life, death, and...