Hopscotch patterns at Schuylkill Haven Elementary link play with learning
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Children have a new way to learn as they play at the Schuylkill Haven Area Elementary Center. Seven hopscotch patterns in light blue and yellow are on the playground at the school...
View ArticleCriminal court, Sept. 17, 2012
A New Philadelphia man is headed to prison after admitting Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court that he drove with a license that had been suspended for alcohol-related reasons.William Scarborough, 46,...
View ArticlePower plant builder awards contract
GOOD SPRING - A Canadian company planning to operate a power plant in Schuylkill County has awarded the contract to build it. It won't use coal, but it is better for the environment and it will create...
View ArticleGillingham Charter School athletics denied entry into Schuylkill League
Varsity sports teams at Gillingham Charter School will not be participating in the Schuylkill League for two years.During the board of trustees meeting Thursday, Nicolle M. Hutchinson, director of...
View ArticleLawyer could face disbarment despite no contest plea
by peter e. bortner Although she will not spend any time in prison for what prosecutors said was her billing Schuylkill County for conferences she did not hold as custody conciliator, Pottsville...
View ArticleMany gather in Tamaqua for polycythemia vera cancer forum
TAMAQUA - Each time a discovery is made in the search for why an unusually large number of local residents are developing a rare form of cancer, it generates more questions than answers. There are no...
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n Ashland: The Ashland Recreation Committee will hold a townwide yard sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. For more information, call 570-875-4734.n Orwigsburg: The Penn State Extension Master Gardener...
View ArticleJudges uphold drug conviction, prison sentence
A three-judge state Superior Court panel has upheld the conviction and prison sentence of a Berks County man who possessed marijuana in November 2009 in Schuylkill Haven.Dawud F. Felton, 25, of...
View ArticleFor the record, Sept. 21, 2012
Marriage licensesEdward F. Hepner, Schuylkill Haven, and Patricia A. Hoffman, Schuylkill Haven.Barry D. Strause, Auburn, and Barbara A. Long, Auburn.William S. Knapick, Coal Township, and Tiffany A....
View ArticleSchuylkill BrewFest on tap for Saturday
The second annual Schuylkill BrewFest is going to be an even bigger party than the first one.Gina Gargano, executive director of the Schuylkill County Visitors Bureau, which is hosting Schuylkill...
View ArticleHeritage Heights and Hills residents get active with Sunshine Club
MAR LIN - While they may be retired, residents at Heritage Heights and Hills in Norwegian Township don't like to sit around. About four months ago, members of the living community formed the Sunshine...
View ArticleCertified habitat part of Saint Clair walking tour
SAINT CLAIR - Borough residents got to see a designated National Wildlife Federation garden Wednesday night, right in their own neighborhood. Organized by the Walk Saint Clair! committee, the two-mile...
View ArticleBirths, Sept. 21, 2012
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson StreetTo Gary S. Palik Sr. and Shannon M. Sonoski-Kline, Saint Clair, a daughter, Sept. 4.To Robert and Nicole Hnatishion Lewis, Saint Clair, a daughter, Sept....
View ArticleTamaqua council urges update wage law
TAMAQUA - The borough council is urging the Pennsylvania Legislature to modernize the state and local prevailing wage law.Act 442 of 1961 requires workers on public construction jobs costing more than...
View ArticleLocal officials: No texting law lacks sting, hard to enforce
Although the state's ban on texting while driving is in its seventh month, most police officers in the county have yet to give anyone a ticket."It doesn't have much teeth," Schuylkill Haven police...
View ArticlePolice log, Sept. 21, 2012
Thousands stolenat Auburn homeAUBURN - The theft of more than $20,000 in cash from a borough home between midnight Aug. 3 and 1:40 p.m. Wednesday is being investigated by state police at Schuylkill...
View ArticleBursts of yellow, red leaves welcome 1st day of fall today
There are hints of red on Sharp Mountain as the turn of the season was evident on the trees Friday. There were also a few brown leaves on the ground at Terry Reiley Memorial Park just off Gordon Nagle...
View ArticleWest Nile virus found in Minersville
MINERSVILLE - The West Nile virus has been detected in Minersville. It was detected Tuesday and was the first time the virus was found in mosquitoes in the borough. Colleen Connolly, northeast...
View ArticleTest scores down slightly in Pennsylvania's schools
HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania students scored slightly lower on their 2011-12 achievement tests because of a state crackdown on alleged cheating by educators in some districts, state Education Secretary...
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n Elizabethville: The Upper Dauphin Area School District welcomed several new staff members for the 2012-13 school year, including: Jennifer Unverdorben, first grade; Renee Forney, part-time nurse;...
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