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    SAVE THE DATE(s) We are now organizing committees to help make our 2nd Annual Tasting by the Book a success. Volunteers are needed to help manage ticket sales, decorate, set up, clean up, be a liaison to the Community Cooks, send out...

Help Keep the Tradition Alive Getting to hear a bestselling novelist like Rainbow Rowell is one of the benefits of living in Lackawanna County. Since 2005, the Lackawanna County Library System has presented outstanding such speakers as Rowell, author, journalist...

Abington Community Library wants you to remember that even though National Library Week soon draws to a close, remember to continue to show your library love! Visit your local library every week (day!) of the year; join our conversations, learn something...

April Library Collection You can give a job hunting woman some tools for success at the Library this month by donating purses, scarves and jewelry in good condition. The April collection aids those served by Dress for Success Lackawanna, a...

Kids are invited to come to the Carbondale Public Library to vote on book match-ups quarter finals for the next two weeks. Then onto the semifinals. The new matchups are listed below. To make sure your favorite makes it to...

Tasting by the Book, a new concept in fundraising, arrived at the Abington Community Library in October 2015. Resoundingly successful, the event will make a return appearance again this October! The sharing of  gourmet food delicacies prepared by local cooks...

Library Express visitors during April's First Friday Art Walk were able to travel back in time with Brian Keator. Brian Keator is a civil war reenactor and author of "A Strong Brotherhood in Blood" with a specialization in 18th and...

The Reference Department at the Scranton Public Library is happy to announce that we have lowered the prices of our photocopies and prints.  Black and White prints and photocopies are now 10₵ per page and Color prints and photocopies are...

Next week is National Library Week! Join with us next week and celebrate how libraries transform lives. Why not share your story with a staff member? Or, try something new. If you usually read mysteries, try a memoir. If you...