Weis recognizes renovations with grand reopening
The red ribbon cut Sunday at Weis Markets in Norwegian Township signified the grand reopening of the store at 500 Pottsville Park Plaza."We spent $4 million to make this store a completely new store,"...
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Car carrier catches firePINE GROVE - A trailer and four vehicles caught fire about 5:30 a.m. Friday in Pine Grove.State police at Jonestown said the accident occurred on Interstate 81 as the driver of...
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DeedsAshland - Denise M. Moser, executrix under the Last Will & Testament of Edward Frances Rooney Jr., to Denise M. Moser; 115 Hoffman Blvd.; $1.Butler Township - Craig L. and Mary Ann Boyer and...
View ArticleSpeakers: Tombstones tell stories
SAINT CLAIR - Every gravestone tells a story.This was the theme Wednesday night during the "Cemeteries as Classrooms" event at the Saint Clair Community and Historical Society, 24 N. Nicholas St.About...
View ArticleTo eat or not to eat: Penn State Schuylkill students learn etiquette for...
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Penn State Schuylkill students learned Thursday evening during the second Etiquette Dinner that it's best to keep their cellphones on silent in their pockets and that a first...
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n Mahanoy City: Lois M. Griffiths of the Mahanoy City Visiting Nurse Association recently provided a list of memorial contributions the VNA has received, including the following: For Rose Chesco from...
View ArticleWindmills on horizon for Hegins Township?
VALLEY VIEW - The possibility of erecting windmills in Hegins Township has surfaced again. Township zoning officer Allan Swab said during a recent supervisors meeting BP Wind Energy is applying for...
View ArticleMahanoy Area students attend Veterans Day program
MAHANOY CITY - Students in the Mahanoy Area School District received a lesson in patriotism, liberty, sacrifice and pride Monday. The lesson wasn't taught in the classroom, however; it took place at...
View ArticleCriminal court, Nov. 12, 2012
A Berks County man is headed to state prison after recently admitting in Schuylkill County Court that he broke into a building in October 2011 in Port Clinton.John C. Trabosh IV, 37, of Mohrsville,...
View ArticleGovernor signs new laws to aid veterans
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP - While "Thank a vet" is a common expression heard on Veterans Day, lawmakers said they are taking that sentiment a step further with the signing Monday of a package of state laws...
View ArticleDeeds, Nov. 12, 2012
DeedsEast Union Township - Eagle Rock Resort Co. to Luisito M. and Maria C. Hernandez; 2 percent interest in Lot 413ER, Eagle Rock; $39,900.Mahanoy City - Joseph G. Groody, sheriff of Schuylkill...
View ArticlePottsville City Council sets dates for budget meetings
The Pottsville City Council set the dates for upcoming public meetings regarding its 2013 budget.At the council's regular meeting Monday night at City Hall, Mayor John D. Reiley announced the following...
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Shenandoah man charged at gameWILLIAMSTOWN - A 27-year-old Shenandoah man was charged by state police at Lykens with disorderly conduct after an incident at the Shenandoah-Williams Valley high school...
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n Minersville: St. Matthew the Evangelist Roman Catholic Parish will have its advance-order-only annual holiday food sale with pickups from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 12 at the parish center, 120 Oak St....
View ArticleHonor veterans every day, student says at Viet ritual
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Madeline Milillo told about 100 people gathered Monday for the Veterans Day Memorial Service that they should never forget the members of the military. "Every day, we should honor...
View ArticleHiring of Ashland office clerk contentious at special meeting
ASHLAND - The borough council's hiring of a new office clerk last week proved to be just as contentious as the council's acceptance of the borough manager's resignation.During the special meeting Nov....
View ArticleAG-elect Kane outpaced all the guys on the ballot, even Casey
As Democrats swept the statewide elections last Tuesday, Kathleen Granahan Kane's victory stood out.Kane, 46, a former Lackawanna County assistant district attorney from Waverly, earned more 3 million...
View ArticleLiquor license transfer gets OK
WADESVILLE - After a public hearing Thursday, the New Castle Township supervisors unanimously approved the transfer of a liquor license to Schuylkill Mall Theatres.Township solicitor William L.J. Burke...
View ArticleHole opens, closes street in city
The right rear wheel of a Kreitzer Sanitation garbage truck fell into a subsidence Monday morning in front of the Necho Allen building on Mahantongo Street in Pottsville, closing a the first block of...
View ArticleFire destroys China Inn
LLEWELLYN - Flames destroyed a former restaurant along Route 209 in Branch Township late Sunday night. Firefighters from Llewellyn and surrounding areas were called at 11:50 p.m. for a structure fire...
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