Mahanoy City woman wins weekly football contest
A Mahanoy City woman won national recognition and $500 in the Power Points Football Contest for Week Six and $50 from The Republican-Herald.Rita Boczkowski was chosen by Tim McGovern, commissioner of...
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n Mahanoy City: First United Methodist Church, Fourth and Mahanoy streets, will stage an indoor craft show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 27 in Fellowship Hall, Fourth Street entrance. The event will...
View ArticleDocumentary on Schuylkill Haven to air this year
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - A 30-minute documentary on the borough of Schuylkill Haven will air on Channel 7 this year."It's going to be very interesting," said Neil Rodino, a sales consultant with Sam-Son...
View ArticleFourth annual Buddy Walk for Down syndrome this Sunday
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - Take a walk this Sunday at North Schuylkill Junior/Senior High School at the fourth annual Schuylkill County Buddy Walk to support Down syndrome awareness.The Schuylkill County Buddy...
View ArticleCriminal court, Oct. 20, 2012
Jennifer T. Hollywood-Kramer appeared in Schuylkill County Court twice on Monday, leaving the second time for prison after being sentenced in her two cases. Hollywood-Kramer, 35, of Pottsville, must...
View ArticlePolice log, Oct. 20, 2012
Police releasecrash information TAMAQUA - A New Ringgold woman remained in critical condition Friday following a two-vehicle crash Thursday morning on Route 309 in West Penn Township.Township police...
View ArticleReading man gets 7 years in federal prison for West Brunswick bank robbery
For participating in the April 2011 robbery of a West Brunswick Township bank, Orlando L. Velez Jr. must forfeit seven years of freedom, a federal judge said Friday in Scranton. Velez, 24, of Reading,...
View ArticleRenovation work reveals 'ghost signs' in Pottsville
A masonry contractor upgrading the south side of the M&T Bank building in downtown Pottsville has uncovered a part of the city's past. As workers were chipping away the weathered, cement-based...
View ArticleFiles reveal molestation, sodomy cases in NEPA
A pair of Northeast Pennsylvania men who were eventually charged with sodomy of boys and another accused of sexual molestation were monitored by the local and national leadership of the Boy Scouts of...
View ArticleLegionnaires retire American flags in Shenandoah
SHENANDOAH - American flags serve their lifetimes with honor and when their service time is up, organizations such as the Anthony P. Damato American Legion "Medal of Honor" Post 792 retire them with...
View Article15 jury trials set for criminal court term
The trial of a Shenandoah man charged with firing a gun into an occupied house in March in the borough is one of the highlights of a busy criminal court term scheduled to begin today in Schuylkill...
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n Pine Grove: The Actors Guild of Schuylkill County will present "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" in the clubhouse at Sweet Arrow Lake County Park in what's being called the "Sweet Arrow Dinner...
View ArticlePolice log, Oct. 22, 2012
Man, woman die in crashFREDERICKSBURG - A Hamburg woman and Lebanon man were killed in a one- vehicle crash at 3:57 p.m. Saturday on Allentown Boulevard at Pine Grove Road in Bethel Township, Lebanon...
View ArticleCiszek named patron of 'Year of Faith' in Allentown Diocese
SHENANDOAH - Borough native Father Walter J. Ciszek, S.J., has been adopted as the patron of the "Year of Faith" by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown. The Most Rev. John O. Barres, bishop of...
View ArticleCounty residents lose power
County residents lost power for an hour due to a blown transformer about 3:30 p.m. Sunday. A supervisor at the Schuylkill Communications Center said a transformer blew in Pottsville and he was unsure...
View ArticleDeeds, Oct. 22, 2012
DeedsPalo Alto - Thomas W. and Suzanne C. Beveridge to Thomas W. and Suzanne C. Beveridge; 302 E. Savory St.; $1.Pine Grove Township - Willard W. Heinbach to the Pennsylvania Department of...
View ArticleFamilies, friends participate in 4th Buddy Walk
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - People from the county and beyond took a walk Sunday at North Schuylkill's Ghosh Orthodontics Field at Spartan Stadium for the fourth annual Buddy Walk to benefit Down syndrome...
View ArticleCareers in trades focus of meeting
WEST HAZLETON - Grade-school children should be taught that trades like plumber and electrician are respectable occupations in which they can make a good living, rather than the old notion of a...
View ArticleUpgrades to begin at Cass Twp. play area
HECKSCHERVILLE - While it's in good condition, the Heckscherville Playground is scheduled for upgrades in the coming months. The improvements include a basketball court, a play structure for children...
View ArticleBirths, Oct. 22, 2012
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson StreetTo Jonathan Kintzel and Sarah Kreider, Saint Clair, a son, Oct. 1.To TJ and Lindsay Case Trout, Pottsville, a daughter, Oct. 4.To Kyle Smerlick and Amanda...
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