Commissioners to seek 2 upgraded lights for Route 61 project
Pennsylvania transportation officials should start work next winter on widening and improving Route 61 through Schuylkill Haven, a project engineer said Wednesday.At the Schuylkill County commissioners...
View ArticleBlue Mountain high schoolers stage walkout to protest proposed teacher...
ORWIGSBURG - Shortly after the first bell rang Wednesday morning, students at Blue Mountain High School marched down the hill to the football field to protest threatened teacher layoffs and program...
View ArticleJudges uphold state prisoner's guilty plea to having weapon in cell
by peter e. bortner A Philadelphia man serving time at State Correctional Institution/Mahanoy cannot withdraw his guilty plea to a charge of possessing a weapon in May 2011 in his cell, a three-judge...
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n Frackville: The Frackville Rotary Club will participate in the Schuylkill Keep It Pretty cleanup, with club members and volunteers meeting at South Line Street and Industrial Highway at 4 p.m. April...
View ArticlePa. school districts struggle with higher costs, less funding
It's not just the Schuylkill Haven Area and Blue Mountain school districts that are struggling to balance their budgets.Data from the Pennsylvania State Education Association show the effects of state...
View ArticleState prison inmate acquitted of possessing marijuana in his cell
by peter e. bortner A state prison inmate was acquitted Monday in Schuylkill County Court of possessing marijuana last August in his cell.Akil A. Johnson, 34, of Altoona, did not react as the jury of...
View ArticlePolice log, April 18, 2013
Incident probedat coal companyNEW PHILADELPHIA - State police at Frackville are investigating a theft and arson incident that occurred between 7 p.m. April 5 and 8 a.m. April 6 at Kuperavage Coal Co....
View ArticleHaven Area ends property assessments but takes no action on teacher furloughs
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Hundreds of people attended the Schuylkill Haven Area school board meeting Wednesday, during which the council decided to stop doing assessment appeals but took no action on...
View Article6 silos, tank approved for Yuengling in Mill Creek
PORT CARBON - The Port Carbon Zoning Hearing Board unanimously approved a variance Wednesday night for America's Oldest Brewery to add six storage silos and a liquid adjunct tank to its operation at...
View ArticleBirths, April 19, 2013
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson StreetTo Shawn and Tiffani Nesbitt Kreiser, Donaldson, a daughter, March 29.To Keith Kuzio and Celeste Reilly, Pottsville, a son, April 2.To Bruce and Brittany...
View ArticleDeeds, April 19, 2013
DeedsCass Township - Joseph G. Groody, sheriff of Schuylkill County, to Federal National Mortgage Association; 42 Mountain View Lane; $1,141.82.Coaldale - Richard C. Bekesy to Albert Caltagirone Jr.;...
View ArticleAccused Oyster Bar shooter waives hearing
SHENANDOAH - A Reading man charged with a March 3 shooting outside of the Oyster Bar on South Main Street in the borough waived his right to a preliminary hearing Thursday.Jose M. Arroyo, 24, of 211 S....
View ArticleMahoney Brothers return to Mount Carmel
MOUNT CARMEL - The annual fundraising concert featuring the Mahoney Brothers is scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday at the Mount Carmel Area High School Auditorium.Organized by Joe Cesari, Kulpmont, the...
View ArticleGillingham board president resigns
The Gillingham Board of Trustees accepted the resignation of board President Mary Rushanan on Thursday night.Rushanan, Llewellyn, a broker/appraiser based in Minersville, according to newspaper...
View Article7th annual Block of Art planned for this weekend
Beginning today, artists representing a variety of talents will come together in Pottsville for the seventh annual Block of Art.The festival will be held in various locations in the downtown district...
View ArticlePottsville includes Union Station in citywide yard sale
Jaime Burke plunked $5 down at City Hall on Wednesday to participate in Pottsville's citywide yard sale set for May 4. "I've never done a yard sale. We have a small house and I just want to get rid of...
View ArticleIntimidation charges dismissed after witness fails to show
SHENANDOAH - Two men jailed for intimidating a witness in an ongoing arson case in Shenandoah had charges against them dismissed Thursday after the man who accused them failed to appear for a court...
View ArticleCommittee gears up for 'City Sweep' on Sunday
A Pottsville jeweler is hoping more than 100 people join him Sunday morning to clean up the streets and sidewalks of downtown Pottsville."I think we had about 60 or 65 volunteers last year, and we're...
View ArticlePolice log, April 19, 2013
3 vehicles crashin PottsvillePottsville police responded to a three-vehicle accident in Garfield Square Thursday night.While Pottsville/Schuylkill Haven Area EMS was on scene for a patient evaluation,...
View ArticleFairlane Village tax dispute settled
by peter e. bortner Schuylkill County will be settling an assessment dispute, which has lasted more than three years, concerning the fair market value of one of its shopping malls.At Wednesday's...
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