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One Book, Every Young Child Program Goal: To increase awareness of the importance of reading and engaging in stories among adults with preschoolers in their lives. The Lackawanna County Children's Library invites you to meet Greg Pizzoli, author of  the...

The Lackawanna County Children's Library was the recipient of a grant of building blocks and supplemental materials from the Commonwealth Libraries. Libraries have been at the forefront of early education and inspiring young minds. The Block Party program provides children, parents,...

The Abington Community Library will host the Babysitter's Training Classroom Course by American Red Cross on Saturday, May 2, 10 AM to 4 PM. This in-person course, which takes about 6 hours, teaches the same topics as the online babysitter...

Samsung Tablet Was The Grand Prize   Mary Whisler of Scranton won a Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 inch tablet for participating in “Cabin Fever,” the mid-winter book club for adults at Lackawanna County Libraries. Her name was chosen in...

New Features, Faster Log-In Among Improvements   The Lackawanna County Library System’s new and improved catalog is live after months of work. Regular catalog users will notice little change in what they need to do to find a book, DVD,...

  Teens at the Nancy Kay Holmes Library have been very busy with Teen Reading Lounge. Teen Reading Lounge is an interactive book club that focuses on hands-on activities. During this program we embraced a zombie theme. Some of our...

The bus trip to the Franklin Institute is FILLED. The Art of The Brick @ The Franklin Institute Bus Trip Saturday, April 25th Leave From the Back of Weis (Carbondale) Parking Lot @ 8 AM Leave Philadelphia @ 4 PM When we...

Catalog Will Be Unavailable March 23 to 25   Library patrons will be unable to access the catalog for three days before the March 26 launch of a new, improved version.   Library staff will be available in person, online,...

A community focus is on Alzheimer's at the end of March and April with the Roaring 20's Gala on Saturday, March 28 and Memory Care of Healthy Aging on Thursday, April 23. The Abington Heights Civic League will be holding a...

Here at the Abington Community Library, we had a special guest last week on Wednesday, March 11: Chuck E. Cheese! Chuck E. and his helper Colleen visited with kids and brought coloring sheets to hand out. Colleen and Miss Laura...