Police log, Sept. 9, 2012
Door damaged at Hamburg residenceHAMBURG - State police at Hamburg are looking for the burglar who caused $50 in damage to a door, but did not enter the residence, police said Saturday.The incident...
View ArticleMilitary, Sept. 9, 2012
Navy chief retiresChief William J. Schweikert, a 1985 graduate of Pottsville Area High School, retired from the Navy on July 31. A retirement ceremony was held at the National Naval Aviation Museum,...
View ArticleSchool notes, Sept. 9, 2012
Pottsville AreaThe National Society of High School Scholars has announced that Pottsville Area High School student Sienna Rae Smith, Pottsville, was selected for membership. The society recognizes top...
View ArticleRarity is complex, but important
For years, I have presented appraisal events to live audiences across the country. I tell people the truth about their antiques. I don't hold back my opinion either. I just say it: "It's a wonderful,...
View ArticlePolice searching for suspects in robbery from Wal-Mart in Saint Clair
SAINT CLAIR - Schuylkill County Crime Stoppers and Saint Clair police are asking for the public's help in identifying three people who allegedly stole more than $5,000 worth of merchandise from a...
View ArticleDean's list, Sept. 9, 2012
MessiahShaun Soliday, a business administration major, was named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Messiah College, Grantham.He is a son of Jeff and Lisa Soliday, Tower City.
View ArticleOpen house part of Redner's grand opening in Hegins
HEGINS - Final preparation, stocking and a few finishing touches are being applied to Redner's newest store in Hegins. Redner's Warehouse Markets, Reading, invites the public to get a first glimpse of...
View ArticleMore inheritance tax money could stay in Schuylkill County if legislation passed
Schuylkill County Register of Wills Theresa Santai Gaffney wants more state inheritance tax money collected locally to stay in the area, and she is pushing legislation that would make that happen."We...
View ArticleSagittarius looks more like a teapot
Right around 9 p.m., when enough evening twilight has been chased away, look in the low south-southwest sky and without too much trouble, you'll see a teapot hanging diagonally by its handle. A...
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n Elizabethville: New this year at Upper Dauphin Area High School are the Keystone exams for students enrolled in Algebra 1, literature and biology. UDA has a few years to transition from the PSSAs,...
View ArticleFarmers Market in Schuylkill Haven celebrates tomatoes
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Local farmers and chefs spiced up Saturday's farmers market in the borough with tomatoes. There was even a tomato-dish contest. Becky Hoover, Schuylkill Haven, was voted the winner...
View ArticleGraduates, Sept. 9, 2012
St. JosephMichael Joseph Greco graduated summa cum laude from St. Joseph University, Philadelphia, with a bachelor's degree in biology and a minor in environmental chemistry. He was a-warded the...
View ArticleRepublican congressional candidate comes to Pottsville
When she stopped in Pottsville while on the campaign trail Saturday, Laureen Cummings, Old Forge, Lackawanna County, said if elected to Congress, she'll establish an office in Schuylkill...
View ArticleCargo airport trying to get off the ground for years
During the past 14 years, an attempt to build an international cargo airport on the border of Luzerne and Schuylkill counties encountered turbulence but never crashed.Proposals for the operations,...
View ArticleMinersville shows spirit with music and dance
MINERSVILLE - Wearing a stylish cowboy hat emblazoned with a studded peace sign, singer Leilani Chesonis, Mahanoy City, encouraged the crowd to dance in the streets. At the borough's 17th annual...
View ArticlePast, present in fashion at Frackville Museum
FRACKVILLE - Brooke Urzendowski-Jordan, 12, of Fountain Springs, approached the vintage coat closet Sunday at the Frackville Museum and Heritage Hall with a curious eye. A moment later, she was...
View ArticleHistorical society to present coroner's inquest of Girardville murder
GIRARDVILLE - A reenactment of the coroner's inquest into the 1875 murder of Squire Thomas Gwyther was held Sunday as part of the third annual Girardville Town Tour. The testimony presented during the...
View ArticleBloomsburg Fair looking to roar back
BLOOMSBURG - The Bloomsburg Fair hopes to come roaring back from its one-year flood hiatus with several new attractions, including The Stinger, a pendulum-like thrill ride the operator said has been...
View ArticleWilliams Valley school board approves hiring of coaches
TOWER CITY - About a dozen people, including parents and players, attended the Williams Valley school board meeting on Aug. 23 to show their support for boy's basketball head coach Dennis Kasper Sr.One...
View ArticleDeeds, Sept. 10, 2012
DeedsAuburn - Joseph G. Groody, sheriff of Schuylkill County, to Deutsche Bank National Trust Co.; 409 Market St.; $1,044.Stephen J. and Cynthia D. Svenson to Cynthia D. Svenson; 244 Market St.;...
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