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The last major stage of the masonry restoration project was completed yesterday with the installation of the large tracery window found in the Periodicals Room at the Albright Memorial Library. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] The stained glass was removed at...

December Library Collection   While you’re out buying presents for your family and friends, how about picking up something for people who have little. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Friends of the Poor are asking for donations of...

Everything’s Free @ the Library   If you’re planning on giving someone a mobile device for Christmas this year, make sure that they get a library card, too. It’s the perfect accessory. That’s because a library card provides access to...

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  Lackawanna Libraries will be collecting sleepwear during the month of December.  New  pajamas, night gowns, robes and slippers, for infants through adults will be collected during this time. Items donated will benefit The Friends of the Poor. Donations may...

When you do your Holiday shopping at AmazonSmile, Amazon donates 0.5% of the purchase price to Scranton Public Library-Albright Memorial Building. Bookmark the link http://smile.amazon.com/ch/24-6000426 and support us every time you shop.

Saturday, November 29th from 2PM-4PM at Library Express Rebecca Petrini is the author and together with her sister, Stephanie Machiesky, co-publisher/creator of Santa Has a Wish. Rebecca has been a Spanish teacher for almost a decade and has taught learners...

On December 6th Santa will arrive in Carbondale on the train at 10:30 AM. Families are invited to greet Santa at the train station. Santa will make his way to City Hall where children will have a chance to tell...

From the Lackawanna County Library System   This year, as every year, we are thankful for the 60,000+ residents of Lackawanna County who have library cards and make Lackawanna County Libraries among the busiest places in our communities.   Here’s...

2014’s Outstanding Books!   War has always provided material for writers and America’s 21st Century wars are no exception. The National Book Awards acknowledged that fact last week by awarding Phil Klay the 2014 prize for fiction.   Klay is...