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Come cheer on our Team from the Scranton Public Library in the Lackawanna Historical Society's 5th Annual You Live Here: You Should Know This on Sunday, May 4th starting at 2 pm.  Teams of historians, local history enthusiasts and community...

A BIG THANK YOU to all those who helped make our Spring Book and Bake Sale a tremendous success! For those who came, we hope you are enjoying your purchases. For those who didn't come, you missed some great bargins!...

This video shows a crane removing stones from the area above the tracery window and bringing them gently to the ground.

The Friends of the Dalton Community Library are hosting an Herb Festival on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 9A.M. to noon at the Dalton Fire Company. At 9:30 A.M. there will be a lecture presented by Maureen Rogers entitled, "Herbs...

Film Forward wraps up this week with our final four films.  Free screenings and discussions of the thought-provoking films are scheduled as follows: Valentine Road on Monday, April 21st at 7 pm, moderated by Dr. John McNerney On February 12, 2008, eighth-grade...

The One Book selection for April will be Douglas Preston's Tyrannosaurus Canyon. Mr Preston will speak Friday, April 25th at 7:00 p.m. at Lackawanna College. Jean Marie Lynn will facilitate our discussion the following morning, Saturday, April 26th, at 11:00...

  Maker Mondays is a series of demonstrations or workshops featuring a community members who have a craft or skill they wished to share. Poetry Writing Workshop Monday, April 28th at 7 pm Poet Scott Thomas will guide you as...

Last weekend, we hosted our annual Peep-A-Palooza!  What is Peep-A-Palooza?  It's pretty simple! It's an art class that combines basic drawing skills, the love of those sugary chick shaped marshmallows, and books!  The class is lead by Liz Kluesner, who instructs...

Is the library part of your life? Has it changed you? Write an essay about it and you might win a Google Nexus 7 Tablet, described by one reviewer as “the best small tablet you can buy.” The essay should...

“Lives change @ your library,” the theme of National Library Week 2014, reminds us just how important libraries are. No other institution offers more things for free, from books, magazines, lectures and children’s activities to a wide range of online...