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Have you picked up your yellow Frequent Reader Card yet? The Abington Community Library launched a brand-new Frequent Reader program this month since September is Library Card Sign-Up Month. Be sure your library card is current and encourage your friends and family to...

10 Years of Outstanding Speakers Join the Library Lecture Society   Since 2005, the Lackawanna County Library System has brought outstanding writers, statesmen, athletes and artists to Lackawanna County. Author, journalist and film maker Sebastian Junger, author, actress, social critic...

Lackawanna County Children's Library is a 2015 Fringe Festival Venue. The Children's Library will be hosting FREE performances at the library during the festival, to ensure that the youth of this region can enjoy music, theatre and other live performances - Scranton Fringe...

Friends of the North Pocono Public Library Book Sale October 2nd 9AM – 5PM October 3rd 9Am – 3PM We have plenty of good quality books available for purchase!

As part of the PA Forward Initiative, September is Financial Literacy month at the Abington Community Library. Geisinger Health Plans will host a Healthy Eating on a Budget program on Wednesday, September 9th from 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Wellness information...

  James McPherson, Author of Battle Cry of Freedom Tickets Now Available   James McPherson, a historian who won the Pulitzer Prize for his comprehensive one-volume history of the Civil War, Battle Cry of Freedom, will deliver the Lackawanna County...

Can you build a SumoBot?  Join the SumoBot Robot Challenge to learn how to work in a team to design, build and program a sumo bot! Classes are held on Sundays, September 13th & 27th, October 11th & 25th and November 15th &...

  Last semester, a group of young students enjoyed meeting together each week under the instruction of Havisha and Vihisha Bache. These ladies, members of the Teen Leadership Committee, taught children the classical Indian language of Sanskrit through reading, writing,...

Do you still have a VCR or cassette player? If so, the Carbondale Public Library has removed the last of our Children's VHS and cassette talking books from our collection. They are available to anyone who wants them. You can find...

Every year the Scranton Reads Committee selects a piece of literature with the hopes that everyone in Scranton and the surrounding communities joins them in reading and discussing the selected work.  This year the committee has selected J.D. Salinger's The...