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NEPA Gives returns this year on Friday, June 3, 2022. This event is a one-day online “giving extravaganza” that focuses on supporting organizations in our local community. For 24 hours, donors may make secure donations to their favorite local nonprofit organizations...

Share the joy of giving and tell your friends and family why you Love The Abington Community Library during the 24-hour NEPA Gives! initiative on June 3, 2022. Give us a shout out on social media from now through June...

Join us on Fri. June 3 at 11:30 for a 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Picnic! Bring a picnic lunch and we'll provide a snack and juice box. We'll have information and registration forms for 1000 Books Before Kindergarten, plus activity...

This Saturday's supposed to be a scorcher. Why not treat yourself to an old-fashioned movie double feature in Scranton Public Library's air-conditioned Henkelman Room? This Saturday, May 21st, Scranton Public Library is screening the critically acclaimed documentary Tina at Noon,...

Meet Tug at the Children's Library. Tug is a real-sized tow tractor that helped Bethlehem’s steelworkers do their best. Tug will stop in Scranton on his way to New York. Stop by and say "Hi", hear his story, and have...

NEPA Gives is a one-day online event that’s all about giving back to the community. On Friday, June 3rd from 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m., you can make secure donations to your local organizations, including the Carbondale Public Library! Donations...

Our county wide Battle of the Books competition will be held on August 9 (grades 4-5) and August 11 (grades 6-8 and 9-12) at Marywood University. For more  information, see the list of books, or to register for a team,...

On Saturday, May 14th, The American Institute of Architects of Northeastern Pennsylvania and the Scranton Public Library invites you to celebrate the 106th birthday of one of our nation’s most influential urban activists, Jane Jacobs. Two separate walks will immerse you in...

The Abington Community Library will be partnering with The Pennsylvania Paranormal Association to host a Ghost Hunting 101 program for teens on Thursday, May 12 at 6:00 pm. There are still spaces available for middle and high school students to...

What do you do with old, broken crayons? Take the paper off, break them up even more, and melt them into crazy molds to make new crayons! Is it  chemical reaction or physical? We provide the crayons, you make and...