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May's Wednesday Movie Matinees at Scranton Public Library will feature three 2021 Academy Award winners, including Best Picture winner Nomadland (Wednesday, May 26th). All movie matinees screen at 2 PM and are free with your library card.  Seating is limited...

The Abington Community Library is pleased to offer a new service for adults: an adult subscription box. Fill out a short questionnaire on your reading taste and receive a box with a personalized library book and a couple of surprise...

The Friends of the Scranton Public Library will be holding a Sidewalk Book Sale: Saturday, May 15, 2021 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM Located at the Scranton Public Library, 500 Vine Street. BOOKS  *  CDs  *  DVDs  *  Audio Books...

The Scranton Public Library is hosting a lottery raffle fundraiser happening now through May 7, 2021. Only 500 tickets will be sold with five cash prizes available. The more tickets sold, the higher the cash prizes. All Scranton Library locations...

We're still swooning from the kind words we received from YOU during National Library Week. Here's a few of the things you said you love about the Abington Community Library. "The take-home STEM experiments and kids crafts!" "Really great staff...

The Northeast Chapter of PHEAA will be hosting four financial workshops for teens getting ready to leave high school.  These are in-person events and will take place on the second floor of the library.  Registration is required as space is...

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Recently, a new comic and graphic novel collection came to Overdrive, giving you access to over 2,700 items from publishers like Disney, Marvel, DarkHorse, and more. The next time you open up Libby, you might see a new "Comics and...

Join us at the Abington Community Library on Friday May 14 from 12-5:30 pm and pick up a bag of books, divided by genre! Donate any amount per bag! Plus grab a free ice cream from Fidelity Bank's "Sweets &...

Happy Ramadan to our Muslim patrons! Looking for a book about this holiday?  Adults will enjoy Threading My Prayer Rug by Sabeeha Rehman and  children will love the multigenerational story, The Gift of Ramadan by Rabiah York Lumbard. Put these...