Borough ponders quality of life
BY JOHN E. USALIS GIRARDVILLE - The borough will soon have a Quality of Life ordinance.The borough council on Nov. 8 voted to advertise the law so it can adopt it at its December meeting.The ordinance...
View ArticleBlaschak Coal makes 'temporary' layoffs
MAHANOY CITY - Blaschak Coal Corporation has temporarily laid off workers at its three mining operations in order to reduce its inventory of coal.The workers will return in early December, company...
View ArticleFormer Ryan Township tax collector withdraws guilty plea, will go to trial
Ryan Township's former tax collector changed his mind about admitting his theft of public money, and decided Monday in Schuylkill County Court to go to trial on charges of stealing more than $300,000...
View ArticleConservatorship? Girardville building collapse feared
GIRARDVILLE - The borough may take over a dilapidated Main Street property that is threatening neighboring buildings.At a meeting Nov. 8, the council discussed a conservatorship plan for 13-15 E. Main...
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n McAdoo: The McAdoo Fire Company Inc. will again hold its Operation Santa Claus visits in the community, with Santa will go around Dec. 6 through 9. Reservations can be made by calling Tony Vigna at...
View ArticleDeeds, Nov. 20, 2012
DeedsUnion Township - Sheila R. Baker to Sheila R. Baker; 28 Molnar Lane; $1.Washington Township - Citimortgage Inc. to Mary Lynn Ehrenfeld; 54 Fiddlers Road; $27,500.
View ArticleCorrection, Nov. 20, 2012
Name omitted The Trinity Lutheran Church Youth Group, Pottsville, was also a 2012 Make A Difference Day award winner. The group was inadvertently omitted in a letter to the editor in Monday's edition.
View ArticleHomicide defendant to get more evidence
by peter e. bortner Keith A. Reber will receive more evidence in his effort to defend against charges stemming from the death of an Orwigsburg man who was found tied to a tree in May in South Manheim...
View ArticleCity man sent to state prison on gun, drug charges
by peter e. bortner Joshua R. Ptaszkowski decided he needed a gun to help him sell drugs, authorities said, and he must pay for that decision with his freedom, a Schuylkill County judge decided on...
View ArticlePolice log, Nov. 20, 2012
Brakes fail, causing accident PORT CARBON - Two people escaped injury when the 1999 Dodge Stratus they were in crashed into a fence at East Norwegian and Orchard streets about 4 p.m. Friday. Port...
View ArticleFormer defendants, parents in kids-for-cash case to split $12.2M in settlement
WILKES-BARRE - More than 1,000 former defendants in Luzerne County Juvenile Court who claim their rights were violated in the kids-for-cash case and 548 of their parents would split about $12.2 million...
View ArticleCorbett skeptical of Medicaid expansion
HARRISBURG - Gov. Tom Corbett voiced skepticism Monday about having Pennsylvania participate in the expansion of the Medicaid program provided for by the federal Affordable Care Act. "We have to look...
View ArticleMinersville Area lauds donors for sign project
MINERSVILLE - The Minersville Area school board recognized 13 donors Monday night who contributed to the electronic sign board project.The new electronic message center will be erected in the borough...
View Article2 charged in multiple thefts
SAINT CLAIR - A retail theft at the Wal-Mart Supercenter and subsequent chase Monday morning landed two Pottsville men in jail for outstanding warrants on other theft cases in Schuylkill County....
View ArticleBurglaries/thefts keep Ashland police busy
ASHLAND - The borough police department was kept very busy late last week with a rash of burglaries and thefts. Authorities think the crimes were committed by a handful of suspects. Police Chief Adam...
View ArticleTassone's Catering finishing up fixes to violations, plans Thanksgiving buffet
PORT CARBON - After the Gillingham Charter School canceled its school lunch agreement with Tassone's Catering last week, the owner said Monday that he is operable and fixing the violations. Don C....
View ArticleCity street repaired with pipe, concrete, stone
City Administrator Thomas A. Palamar announced Tuesday that last week's emergency street repairs in the 100 block of Mahantongo Street will cost $34,000.Between Nov. 12 and 16, a crew from Mazzuca...
View ArticleOlweus anti-bullying to move forward with certified trainer at Mahanoy Area
MAHANOY CITY - The state Department of Education has chosen the Mahanoy Area Elementary School guidance counselor who will receive her certification as a trainer in the Olweus Bullying Prevention...
View ArticleDeeds, Nov. 21, 2012
DeedsBranch Township - James M. and Shannon M. Hoffman to James M. Hoffman; 2135 Main St., Phoenix Park; $1.Butler Township - Michael R. and Mary R. Burns to Bradley D. and Amy S. Batdorf; 2.496-acre...
View ArticleCorrection, Nov. 21, 2012
Information incorrectIn a story published in Monday's edition, Al Barnes Sr., owner of Versa-Tron, 95 Glenworth Road, Pottsville, incorrectly stated that the business is the only microwave technician...
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