Police investigate stolen steel cable
CUMBOLA - Schuylkill County Crime Stoppers and state police at Frackville are asking for the public's help in finding the person or persons responsible for the theft of steel cable that occurred last...
View ArticleNeighbors in the news, Oct. 14, 2012
Senior VPPort Carbon native Susan Doran Finlayson, Ph.D., as been named senior vice president of operations for Mercy Medical Center, one of the top 100 hospitals in the U.S. and recognized nationally...
View ArticleWarmth of Italy served in Shenandoah on a chilly afternoon
SHENANDOAH - It was chilly in downtown Shenandoah on Saturday, but the warmth of Italy was felt in Legion Memorial Garden for the first Columbus Day Italian Garden Party.The park, located next to the...
View ArticleHawk Mountain Council expanding retail store for Boy Scouts of America
SUMMIT STATION - Boy scouts residing in Schuylkill County or northern Berks County will no longer have to travel to Reading for registration, administrative services, equipment or uniforms as the Hawk...
View ArticleStudents of the month, Oct. 14, 2012
Shen Valley The following were nam-ed students of the month for September at Shenandoah Valley Elementary School:Kindergarten-1 - Morgan Labosky; K-2 - Brayden Maksimik; K-3 - Kierstin Kilkenny; K-4 -...
View ArticleGraduates, Oct. 14, 2012
SusquehannaArthur DiCasimirro graduated from Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, with a bachelor's degree in business administration with an emphasis in marketing. A 2008 graduate of Pottsville Area...
View ArticleGordon thanks Wal-Mart for baseball field renovations
GORDON - The Borough of Gordon has a beautiful new baseball and softball field, courtesy of Wal-Mart Distribution Center No. 7030, whose representatives were thanked Saturday afternoon for their...
View ArticleSt. Nicholas Union Church heritage continues to live on
There is a new addition to the outside of St. Nicholas Union Church in the Mahanoy Township village of Suffolk, an addition that the five remaining church members would rather have never seen...
View ArticleA long way from a Wurlitzer
Looking back a century or two, we find many objects that allow us to enjoy music. From the early Edison phonographs, Regina music boxes and Wurlitzer free-standing jukeboxes dating from the late 1880s...
View Article‘Evil Eagle’ flying high this fall
There are a number of bird constellations winging their way onto the celestial stage we call our night sky. One of the more than 60 constellations we can see is Aquila the Eagle. According to Greek...
View ArticleOne more week to ‘Make a Difference’
Make A Difference Day is next week. Time's running out to register your project, so we encourage you to do so ASAP. There are still projects awaiting adoption ranging from remodeling to counting...
View ArticlePolice log, Oct. 14, 2012
Thief nabs radio,drink case of CokeFREDERICKSBURG - A thirsty person broke into the Sweet Arrow Rod and Gun club recently and drank a case of diet Coke and stole an antique radio, police said.State...
View ArticleClark announces plans to retire as Hegins Twp. supervisor
VALLEY VIEW - Hegins Township will need a new supervisor to be in place by the end of the year after Supervisor Chairman Lyle Clark announced at Monday's meeting that his term as supervisor expires...
View ArticleAround the Region
n Ashland: In a release, Frank Rice, a retired police sergeant with the Capitol Police and a borough resident, said anyone interested in establishing a crime watch in the borough is encouraged to call...
View ArticleMilitary, Oct. 14, 2012
Siblings promotedA brother and sister were recently promoted within the ranks of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.Edward F. Heffron has been promoted to sergeant first class with the Guard. He has...
View ArticleDeeds, Oct. 14, 2012
DeedsAshland - Alfred and Lori Waizenegger to Joseph Schmidt; 1300 Walnut St.; $1.Barry Township - Robert H. Kimmel to Randy R. Dengler and Nicole Nolen; 0.74-acre property on Deep Creek Road;...
View ArticleCongressional candidates spar over future of health care
Editor's note: This is part of a series of stories on issues in the local congressional races, leading up to the election next month. This story focuses on health care. Future stories will look at...
View ArticleSandusky, attorney prepare for appeal, but will it matter?
Jerry Sandusky cried "conspiracy" last Tuesday as a judge sentenced him to 30 to 60 years in prison, a veritable life sentence, for sexually abusing 10 boys over the last two decades.In a rambling...
View ArticleApple cider prices on the rise, say local farmers
Local farmers say apple cider will cost more this year. "We almost lost 80 or 90 percent. It's that bad," Steven Dunn, owner of Dunn's Fruit Farm, New Ringgold, said about his apple crop. Frost, hail,...
View ArticleTamaqua fetes fall, heritage at 28th annual fest
TAMAQUA - Don Campbell struck a glowing piece of metal with hammer, slowly flattening and rounding its form, inside the 1848 Hegarty Blacksmith Shop on Sunday afternoon. "Anything you can do with...
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