Ashland council raises taxes by 1 mill
ASHLAND - Property owners will see a 1-mill increase in real estate taxes in 2013 after the borough council formally approved the operating budget at Wednesday's regular meeting with a 5-2...
View ArticleBirths, Dec. 21, 2012
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson StreetTo Karl R. Houtz and Heather L. Weller, Orwigsburg, a daughter, Dec. 4.Geisinger Medical Center, DanvilleTo Corey Fetterolf and Amanda Canavan, Ashland, a...
View ArticleTamaqua man charged with sexually assaulting girls
TAMAQUA - A 44-year-old Tamaqua man was arrested Thursday and charged with raping a young girl and sexually abusing another more than a decade ago. Robert Lee Raeder Jr., 107 Gay St., was arraigned...
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n Fountain Springs: At its Dec. 5 meeting, the North Schuylkill school board: Authorized Business Manager Robert Amos to open a certificate of deposit with Riverview Bank for $500,000 at .75 percent;...
View ArticlePenn State Schuylkill graduates show perseverance
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Kenneth Knittle is a testament to perseverance. The 33-year-old former staff sergeant in the Army Reserve took 12 years to finish his degree with the routines of normal life, such...
View ArticleMost in Schuylkill County doubt doomsday hoopla
Although fanatics have said the end of the Mayan calendar today will bring global doomsday, Schuylkill County residents aren't believers. According to The Associated Press, the Mayan Long Count...
View ArticleSchuylkill Haven budget approved with no tax increase
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Taxes are not going up in Schuylkill Haven Borough in 2013. The borough council passed its $16,087,260 budget unanimously Wednesday. That reflects an increase over the 2012 budget of...
View ArticleChristmas model railroad display a lesson in history of 1940s- era
The Christmas trains are running on time in the Hazleton area, and the conductor is calling, "All aboard!" The trains are owned and operated by members of the Anthracite Model Railroad Club, which is...
View ArticleGillingham plans event to generate community involvement
The Gillingham Charter School is planning a community event for National School Choice Week next month.At the board of trustees meeting Thursday night, Christie Werkheiser, director of organizational...
View ArticleJudge cuts values of 2 properties
by peter e. bortner A Schuylkill County judge on Thursday reduced the fair market values of two properties, one in Branch Township and the other in Pottsville.In separate five-page opinions and orders,...
View ArticlePolice log, Dec. 21, 2012
Police: Deer cause of crashSAINT CLAIR - A 26-year-old Mahanoy City man escaped injury when the 2008 Volkswagen Jetta he was driving crashed on the Burma Road in Blythe Township at 12:30 a.m....
View ArticleKBM Authority approves required 2013 budget
MCADOO - The KBM Regional Authority adopted a 2013 budget, a requirement as it repays a state loan it secured for construction of its sewage treatment plant.The budget estimates expenditures and...
View ArticleCriminal Court, Dec. 21, 2012
A Luzerne County man is headed to state prison after admitting Dec. 12 in Schuylkill County Court that he possessed a stolen firearm in July in McAdoo. Gerard P. Graham, 22, of Hazleton, will spend one...
View ArticleForecasters predict colder temperatures for Schuylkill County this year
The first day of winter will be warm in Schuylkill County but residents shouldn't get used to it. John LaCorte, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, State College, said today would be...
View ArticleShelter workers: Holidays not best time to get pet
Think twice about getting a pet for Christmas, shelter workers say."That is the worst time of the year," to introduce a new four-legged member to your family, said Barb Umlauf, Hillside SPCA director....
View ArticleGun sales up at store in Orwigsburg
ORWIGSBURG - A local gun shop owner said his sales have increased since last week's school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn."If I said it was minimal, I'd be lying" said Josh...
View ArticleAlleged retail thief gets hearing continued
A Pottsville man charged for his role in connection with a theft at a Rite Aid in the city had his preliminary hearing continued Friday morning before Magisterial District Judge James K. Reiley,...
View ArticleSaint Clair increases tax rate
SAINT CLAIR - During a special meeting Thursday night, the borough council adopted an ordinance setting the real estate tax rate and occupation tax for 2013.According to a flier announcing the meeting,...
View ArticlePolice log, Dec. 22, 2012
Sheppton mancharged with DUIGILBERTON - A 49-year-old Sheppton man was charged with DUI by state police at Frackville after an accident on Route 924, the southbound Gilberton off-ramp, at 10:10 p.m....
View ArticleButler Township approves budget with 2.5-mill tax increase
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - The Butler Township supervisors held a special meeting Friday morning to formally adopt the 2013 operating budget that includes a real estate tax increase of 2.5 mills.Supervisors...
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