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Library Express will have additional Holiday Shopping Hours this upcoming season to help you with your gift giving needs! In addition to our regular hours of Sundays 11 am to 6 pm Tuesdays- Fridays 10 am to 9 pm Saturdays-...

        In collaboration with Home Instead Senior Care, the Abington Community Library is once again a participating location for Be a Santa to a Senior. Visit the library and take one of the tags from the tree and purchase...

Looking for the perfect hostess, Holiday, stocking-stuffer, or birthday gift for family or friends? Look no further! The second edition of Clarks Summit: A Narrative has just been released and is available at the Library for only $15 / copy...

        Thank you to everyone who helped make our 9th annual Dorothy Boccella Holiday Marketplace a success! From our patrons to our vendors to our staff members to our volunteers, it was truly a combined effort that...

Join us as we explore what life was like for those Americans who lived here before the European settlers. As we prepare for Thanksgiving, let's celebrate the people who settled here first and taught our forefathers how to survive in...

A fascinating reprint of the book Clarks Summit: A Narrative, written originally by John and Helen Villaume in 1986, updated by Warren Watkins, Charles Kumpas, and Dennis Martin with new illustrations by Shirley Eagen, will be unveiled and available at the Dorothy Boccella HOLIDAY MARKETPLACE at...

Our photo editing series continues on Monday, November 14 @ 5:30pm. Other classes coming up in November include Internet Safety, What's the Cloud?, Publisher, Beginner & Intermediate Excel 2013, and Introduction to Computers. A full schedule can be found on...

The Library will be closed on Tuesday, November 8 for a county-wide Staff Development Day. The Book Drop will be open but please drive carefully as we are having repairs made to the driveway and parking lot on this day...

Once again the Friends of the Scranton Public Library are sponsoring this extremely popular family program. Bill Streeter from the Delaware Valley Raptor Center will be showing several of his beautiful birds of prey. Learn about adaptations, the food chain, habits and...

It's Thanksgiving time with Kids in the Kitchen! Enjoy seasonal stories, a craft, and learn how to make a healthy yummy snack. For ages 3-6 but older siblings welcome! Join us Wednesday,  November 9th, 2016 @6 PM Lackawanna County Children’s...