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The Electric City Craft Brewfest is this weekend.  Learn more the history and making of beer as well as local breweries here at the Albright Memorial Library! Brewed in Scranton : a history of the brewing industry in Scranton, Pa....

The Lackawanna County Children's Library was selected for an exciting new program called the Block Party Project! When children play with blocks they are learning math, engineering, social skills and so much more! With this fun new parent/child interactive program,...

Engineering can be fun, and easy. There are simple ways for kids to get involved in engineering. Below are several sites offering project ideas, as well as information on engineering for kids. Build a watercraft, a rubberband car or a...

Join us for a special poetry reading and refreshments on Tuesday, April 21st at 6:30PM. John Amen is the author of four collections of poetry: Christening the Dancer, More of Me Disappears, At the Threshold of Alchemy, and The New...

This week please stop by the Reference Department at the Albright Memorial Library to see this year's Gallery of Hope. This display honors the survivors of breast cancer. To learn more about this project click on this link https://www.bcnepa.com/hope/

Celebrate National Library Week with the Lackawanna County Children's Library Coloring Contest! Break out your best crayons and show your library love with this year's coloring contest.  We have fun Peppa Pig, Pigeon and the Bus Driver, Minion and Minecraft...

North Pocono Book Sale   Spring may be a little late this year, but it's not too late to save at a library Spring book sale.   Gently used books are available and include fiction, non-fiction, young adult and children’s...

It's officially National Library Week! This year's theme is Unlimited Possibilities. Throughout this week, please check out our display board and post your response to the following question, What surprises you most about the library? Also, stop by the circulation...

Albright Memorial Library continues its Pre-Code Classic Film Series on Thursday, April 16th at 7 PM with the 1933's Penthouse starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy. Call girl Gertie Waxted (Myrna Loy) knows how a notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his...

Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library Sunday, April 12 to Saturday, April 18   Libraries are important in Lackawanna County. That’s why more than 60,000 county residents have library cards, and why more than 750,000 visits are made to Lackawanna County...