Collector expanding garage in Orwigsburg to store cars
ORWIGSBURG - A classic car collector is building a $300,000 garage to store his vehicles in the borough.Bob Green, West Brunswick Township, owner of the building, declined comment on the construction.A...
View ArticleMilitary, Dec. 2, 2012
Deployment doneNavy Petty Officer 3rd Class Courtney L. Shadle, daughter of Troy D. Shadle, Schuylkill Haven, and Misti L. Riva, Charleroi, and Navy Airman Michael K. Bourn, son of Donna Jo McElvaney,...
View ArticleCommunity helps business choose gift recipients
HAMBURG - Eric Savage, president of Freedom Toyota, recently launched a "Giving Thanks" campaign in which a total of $40,000 will be donated to charities nominated by area residents. "The need to help...
View ArticlePolice log, Dec. 2, 2012
Girardville fireruled accidentalGIRARDVILLE - The cause of a fire that destroyed a landmark business Wednesday was accidental, fire officials said Saturday.Flames tore through the former Jiffy Mart...
View ArticleNeighbors in the news, Dec. 2, 2012
Award recipientThe Philadelphia Psychiatry Society presented the Benjamin Rush Award to David A. Dinich, Pottsville, on Nov. 3 at the College of Psychiatrists, Philadelphia. The award is given to a...
View ArticleDistrict court, Dec. 2, 2012
Carol A. PankakeTREMONT - A Pine Grove man faces Schuylkill County Court action after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing Thursday on three charges.Michael Betz-Coleman, 22, of 18 Beecher St.,...
View ArticleWarrior Boot Camp hosts intense fitness competition for charity
DEER LAKE - In January, it will be exactly a year since two Blue Mountain graduates and former Marines returned home and started the Warrior Boot Camp in a two-car garage. The camp, now located in the...
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n Mount Carmel: Lift Your Spirits Performing Arts will present "Christmas Spirits," a special Christmas concert, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, 47 S. Market St., Mount Carmel, at 6...
View Article'Hansel and Gretel' entertain at Girardville's Deck the Halls
GIRARDVILLE - The second day of the Deck the Halls weekend in Girardville focused on children as the story of "Hansel and Gretel" was told Saturday with a large gingerbread house as the backdrop and...
View ArticleFirst responders take extra precautions with fires that involve drug labs
No amount of training can prepare firefighters for the special dangers posed by fires at crime scenes, particularly drug operations, but safety is always the highest concern.County firefighters have...
View ArticleDeeds, Dec. 2, 2012
DeedsAshland - BBL Chiropractic LLC to Falcon 31 LLC; 1026-1028 Centre St.; $60,000.Butler Township - Ivan W. Quick Sr. to Jason E. Quick, Ivan W. Quick Jr. and Brian Quick; 447 Dutchtown Road; $1.Mark...
View ArticlePottsville, Schuylkill Haven celebrate Spirit of the Holidays
Local art venues had visitors doing some early holiday shopping this weekend as Schuylkill County got into the Christmas spirit with a variety of holiday events.The elaborately decorated Yuengling...
View ArticleMother, daughter open pie shop in Haven
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - The borough's newest downtown business has residents always wondering what's in the oven. After baking pies at the Schuylkill Haven Farm Market for five years and developing quite a...
View ArticlePine Grove Borough Council keeps taxes in check
PINE GROVE - The borough council approved the 2013 budget for advertising last month with no sign of a tax increase. Keeping the budget in check didn't come easy, however. "We worked hard and did a...
View ArticleHegins-Hubley finds savings in next year
VALLEY VIEW - The Hegins-Hubley Water Authority is tightening the belt. Although illness kept three members home from the Nov. 21 meeting, - Susan Troup, Robert "Whitey" Klinger and Tim Klinger - the...
View ArticleDeeds, Dec. 03, 2012
DeedsNorth Manheim Township - Ronald W. Umphrey to Mark D. Umphrey and Kari S. Richards; property on Second Mountain Road; $1.North Union Township - Charlton Vergara to Eagle Rock Resort Co.; 2 percent...
View ArticlePolice log, Dec. 3, 2012
2 injured in Port Carbon crash PORT CARBON - A 73-year-old Middleport man and a 73-year-old Middleport woman were injured in a two-vehicle collision on Route 209, about a mile north of Wood Street,...
View ArticleBar association honors past presidents
John B. Lieberman III believes he served his fellow lawyers and everyone else in the area in his two years as Schuylkill County Bar Association president."The bar association ... tries to provide the...
View ArticleCriminal court, Dec. 03, 2012
A Pottsville man who did not appear Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court for his case nevertheless violated a temporary protection from abuse order, a judge ruled.Joseph J. Cappella, 21, is guilty of...
View ArticleLocal school districts ready for new Keystone Exams
Pennsylvania school districts will be administering Wave 1 of the new Keystone Exams within the next two weeks, with many local school districts beginning the testing of 11th-graders with the algebra...
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