Students of the month, Dec. 18, 2011
Pine Grove AreaRachel Brown and Chris Rossi were named seniors of the month for November at Pine Grove Area High School.Rachel is enrolled in the advanced placement and college prep curriculum. During...
View ArticleMemories of loved ones honored at special services
The holidays are seen as a joyous time of the year. Images of adults singing "Silent Night" at a candlelight service and wonder-eyed children on Christmas morning are part of the scene we relive in our...
View ArticleCollege notes, Dec. 18, 2011
AlbrightErika E. Snyder, Ashland, a senior biology/Spanish major at Albright College, Reading, was selected to be a part of the college's residential life staff for the 2011-12 academic year as a...
View ArticleNeighbors in the news, Dec. 18, 2011
Juris doctorJessica A. Ritsick, Washington, D.C., formerly of Tamaqua, received her juris doctor, cum laude, from American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.In law school, she was...
View ArticleSchool notes, Dec. 18, 2011
St. JeromeThe Middle States Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools announce that St. Jerome Regional School, Tamaqua, has been awarded re-accreditation by the Middle States Association of...
View ArticleStudents of the month, Dec. 18, 2011
Pine Grove AreaRachel Brown and Chris Rossi were named seniors of the month for November at Pine Grove Area High School.Rachel is enrolled in the advanced placement and college prep curriculum. During...
View ArticleArt imitates life, and vice versa
After realizing that his apartment has been burglarized, losing TVs, computers and other valuables, Dr. Sheldon Cooper runs frantically into his bedroom to check to see if his most prized possessions...
View ArticleWinter holidays aren't so different after all
Today begins the week before Christmas. This year, I've become reflective and, while there are other religious and cultural celebrations also occurring, I realize I am woefully ignorant about their...
View ArticleCriminal court, Dec. 18
A Minersville man returned to prison Thursday, and could stay there for more than four years, after a Schuylkill County judge decided he had violated his parole on a driving under the influence charge....
View ArticleForeign language educators encourage fluency, but students say it's a challenge
Spanish is the foreign language of choice in Schuylkill County high schools with German a close second.Meanwhile Latin, a traditional part of the curriculum 50 years ago, is still taught in Schuylkill...
View ArticleInformation needed on man who stole from Rite Aid store in Mahanoy City
MAHANOY CITY - Schuylkill County Crime Stoppers and Mahanoy City police are asking for the public's help in finding the man responsible for a theft at a borough business last week.The theft occurred at...
View ArticleWilliams Valley band students wrap gifts to fund Washington D.C. trip
TOWER CITY - Braving the cold and snow, students from the Williams Valley Marching Band stood outside Saturday in Tower City to raise funds for their trip to the 2012 National Memorial Day Parade in...
View ArticleCandy shops in Pottsville, Cressona to satisfy the county sweet tooth
Candy lovers will have two new places to satisfy their sweet tooth in Schuylkill County. The Sweet Barista opened Saturday at 17-19 Centre Street, Pottsville, and Mother Bears Candy is opening Monday...
View ArticleDoing chores important to get on Santa's nice list
FRACKVILLE - The chores may have changed during the years, but children still make sure they help out around the house, especially when Santa is watching, according to local parents.Tiffany Pesansky,...
View ArticleChildren have breakfast with Santa in Schuylkill Haven
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - With Christmas only one week away, children had an opportunity to visit with Santa before he has to get ready to deliver presents. Arriving at 9:25 a.m. at the Liberty Fire Company...
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n Fountain Springs: "Peace on Earth," the Christmas program by students of Trinity Academy in the Father Walter J.Ciszek Education Center, Shenandoah, will be performed at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the...
View ArticlePolice log, Dec. 18
Car crashes into barriers SHOEMAKERSVILLE - State police at Hamburg are investigating a crash that occurred at the Sheetz parking lot in Shoemakersville, Berks County, at 8 a.m. Saturday.Crysta...
View ArticleLight snow adds to ambience of Ashland Old-Fashioned Christmas
ASHLAND - A light snow fell in Ashland on Saturday evening for the seventh annual Old-Fashioned Christmas, adding to the ambience of the popular holiday event.With temperatures hovering around 32...
View ArticleHolden's district welcomes Scranton, Wilkes-Barre
HARRISBURG - The self-described Blue Dog Democrat and Saint Clair native is on track to become the new congressman representing Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Pittston provided he wins re-election next...
View ArticlePolice log, Dec. 23
Tractor-trailer hits embankmentFRACKVILLE - A Lebanon man suffered minor injuries when the tractor-trailer he was driving crashed in the northbound lanes of Interstate 81, at mile marker 128.3 in Ryan...
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