Schuylkill United Way kicks off Tamaqua campaign
TAMAQUA - The Sexual Assault Resource and Counseling Center is a Schuylkill United Way member agency that counsels victims of sexual violence.Stephanie Barron of SARCC showed a video of some of the...
View ArticlePolice log, Sept. 22, 2012
Results released from checkpoints The North Central PA Regional DUI Enforcement Program has released the results of three enforcement details conducted earlier this month. On Sept. 6, three officers...
View ArticleSheetz on Gordon Nagle to close gas pumps starting Monday
The gas pumps at Sheetz on the Gordon Nagle Trail will be shut down starting Monday. On Friday, Jerry Weger, director of core product sales at Sheetz, said the pumps will be taken down for maintenance...
View ArticleDeeds, Sept. 22, 2012
DeedsAshland - John J. Fanelli, by attorney in fact Anita L. Fanelli, to Paul E. and Irene A. Hardnock and Paul E. Hardnock Jr.; property on Spruce Street; $25,000.Butler Township - Michael W. and...
View ArticleHazleton residents share limelight with Ellen DeGeneres
HUMBOLDT - The video playing on national television showed Cheryl Spare and Lisa Stawick peering into a computer, but the audio was mostly shrieks and laughs when the two women realized they were...
View ArticleNew Shenandoah councilman welcomed, another councilman resigns
SHENANDOAH - The borough council welcomed its new councilman at Monday's meeting and accepted the resignation of another. Mayor Andrew Szczyglak swore in Robert Shortt before the main business was...
View ArticleCriminal court, Sept. 22, 2012
A Coaldale man was found not guilty Tuesday in Schuylkill County Court of driving under the influence last October in his hometown.Roy A. Penberth Jr., 41, was not DUI about 12:30 a.m. Oct. 2, 2011, as...
View ArticleLegacy Plaza dedicated at Marian High School
HOMETOWN - The Most Rev. John O. Barres, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown, dedicated the Legacy Plaza at Marian High School on Friday prior to the Colts playing Pius X.Cheerleaders and...
View ArticleGillingham Charter School could be in sports league in 2014
After Gillingham Charter School announced Thursday night that its varsity sports would not be participating in the Schuylkill League for two years, on Friday, the league president offered reasons for...
View ArticleN.C. man sent to prison on 13-year-old charges
by peter e. bortner After 13 years, Anthony M. Hasenauer said Thursday in Schuylkill County Court that he got tired of not being completely honest with his family about his past and decided to face...
View ArticleOwners credit experienced workers for adapting 'continuous miner' machines
MOUNT CARMEL - Harmony Mine is one of just seven underground anthracite mines still in operation in northeastern Pennsylvania.It is, however, producing a large quantity - and high quality - of...
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n Hegins: Tri-Valley Lady Dawgs will hold its fourth annual Pink Night on Wednesday. The Tri-Valley Lady Dawgs and the Minersville Lady Miners are joining together in a cooperative PINK game at Bulldog...
View ArticleCamo wearing couple wed at Seltzer Gun Club
SELTZER - A bride and groom took their wedding to new heights as they married in camouflage Saturday in a large tree stand at the Seltzer Gun Club. Surrounded by family and friends, Brian Murray, 37,...
View ArticlePolice log, Sept. 23, 2012
3 injured in fight outside bar Three Pottsville residents were the victims of assault Saturday morning outside Goodfellas bar in the city. Two of the victims were taken to a hospital. State police at...
View ArticleMilitary, Sept. 23, 2012
Marine graduatesMarine Corps Pvt. Tia R. Gototweski, daughter of Sharon J. Gototweski, Lykens, and Jeffrey C. Gototweski, Elizabethville, earned the title of Marine after graduating from recruit...
View ArticlePolice probe Philly man who failed to appear at county court 8 years ago
Schuylkill County District Attorney Karen Byrnes-Noon and Chief County Detective Dennis Clark are asking for the public's help in finding a Philadelphia man who failed to appear at the county...
View ArticleMahanoy Township responds to complaints of township road incidents
MAHANOY CITY - The Mahanoy Township police, engineers and solicitor are looking into complaints about a local sports club allegedly restricting access to a township road near leased land.At Thursday's...
View ArticleGraduates, Sept. 23, 2012
King'sFour local residents, Anna Domday, Summit Hill, Colleen Lizewski, Pine Grove, Elyssa Nieddu, Shenandoah, and Jenna Schappell, Ringtown, were among 38 students who received their master's degree...
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If you're a Community Contact, congratulations. The CC Program has won another award, thanks to your dedication and drive to help others. This is our third award since the program's inception in 1997....
View ArticleDeeds, Sept. 23, 2012
DeedsDelano Township - Jane A. Taris to Ioana Teodora Lucan; 10 Trenton; $10,000.Hegins Township - Kristi K. Clark to Molly J. Otto; 200 Fountain Road, Fountain; $1.Tremont - Sandra Cleary to Todd M....
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