Lowe's Heroes unite to make over Shenandoah Valley playground
SHENANDOAH - The Shenandoah Valley Elementary School playground got a makeover in the past few days thanks to the assistance of volunteers through the Lowe's Heroes community outreach program.Employees...
View ArticlePort Carbon projects no tax hike in 2013
PORT CARBON - The borough council approved its tentative 2013 budget Tuesday - a $1,038,704.35 spending plan - with no tax increase.The millage in the proposed budget is 12.149, or $12.14 for each...
View ArticlePa. House lawmakers fill leadership posts
HARRISBURG - House Minority Leader and Scranton native Frank Dermody was re-elected Tuesday without opposition by his caucus to a second term in that post. Dermody represents an Allegheny County...
View ArticleDeveloper announces 2nd power plant in Porter Township
GOOD SPRING - A Canadian power developer is planning to build a second 300-megawatt generation plant in the county on a site where it had once envisioned a plant fueled by coal. EmberClear Corp., a...
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n Mahanoy City: The Mahanoy City Lions Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at The Corner Pub, 239 E. Centre St. The club is holding a membership drive. To learn more or apply for membership, attend the...
View ArticleJudge rules in favor of Kline Township, McAdoo
A Schuylkill County judge has ruled in favor of Kline Township and McAdoo borough on how the municipalities will continue to be billed by the KBM Regional Authority for sewage treatment, Kline...
View ArticleMcAdoo elementary school works on water pump to alleviate fire concerns
McADOO - Kline Township officials are hoping the Hazleton Area School District can fix a problem that could hamper firefighters if a fire broke out at McAdoo-Kelayres Elementary/Middle School. The...
View ArticlePolice log, Nov. 14, 2012
Cement mixertaken from barnNEW RINGGOLD - State police at Frackville are investigating a theft that occurred at a white barn located at Route 443 and Pine Creek Road in East Brunswick Township between...
View ArticleMinersville keeps taxes in check
MINERSVILLE - The borough council approved a tentative 2013 budget Tuesday night that holds the line on taxes.Borough Manager Joseph Bass said the millage rate will remain at 15.Bass also said the...
View ArticleRed Creek Wildlife Center expands with property purchase
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Thanks to the purchase of a property across the street, the Red Creek Wildlife Center has additional space to tend to animals in need. The staff will also soon have an education...
View ArticleRingtown adopts tentative budget with no tax hike
RINGTOWN - The borough council adopted its tentative 2013 budget Monday evening and held the line on taxes for a second consecutive year.However, in order to avoid a tax increase, expenditures were...
View ArticleDespite taste, odor, Haven water is OK
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - The state Department of Environmental Protection has confirmed the borough's statement that its water is safe to drink despite having an unusual taste and odor.In a fax forwarded to...
View ArticlePottsville man sent to state prison for leaving girlfriend's body in apartment
Apologizing for his crime did not save Joseph P. Pinelle from a state prison sentence, as a Schuylkill County judge on Tuesday ordered him to spend one to two years behind bars for leaving his...
View ArticleSchuylkill County presents preliminary budget with no tax increase
The Schuylkill County commissioners presented their 2013 preliminary budget Wednesday, avoiding a tax increase for the ninth consecutive year despite a $2 million shortfall. "It is certainly a...
View ArticleTentative Mahanoy City budget holds tax line
MAHANOY CITY - The borough council recently tentatively adopted its 2013 operating budget that holds the line on taxes.Councilman Raymond Cavenas provided a brief report on the balanced budget that...
View ArticleOrwigsburg keeps tax rates in check
ORWIGSBURG - If the proposed 2013 borough budget passes final approval in December, residents will not have a tax increase in 2013.Last year, residents faced with a 0.16-mill increase, the first one...
View ArticleJudge rules Pinebrook man predator, sends him to state prison
by peter e. bortner William J. Schilbe is a sexually violent predator, a Schuylkill County judge ruled Wednesday before sending him to state prison for at least five years."There are at least 1,000...
View ArticlePottsville Area teachers to share experiences by switching classrooms
In an effort to understand each other's jobs, a collection of teachers at Pottsville Area School District will switch classrooms Tuesday.For fun, even Superintendent Jeffrey S. Zwiebel is planning step...
View ArticlePolice log, Nov. 15, 2012
2 injuredin I-78 crashHAMBURG - Two people suffered minor injuries when the 2002 Dodge Neon they were in was involved in a crash on Interstate 78 at the bridge over the Schuylkill River in this Berks...
View ArticleAshland Man dies in Fountain Springs crash
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - A 25-year-old Ashland man died when the car in which he was a passenger struck a mail delivery van, a parked pickup truck and a house on Route 61, Fountain Street, in Butler...
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