The Tamaqua Police Department was in full force to meet the public during Tuesday’s National Night Out. Shown here, front from left, are Maria Derr, police clerk; Caitlyn Ashleman, mental health co-responder; Schuylkill County Commissioner Larry Padora, and Chief Michael Hobbs. At back are officers Joseph Krebs, Mike Weaver, Mike Sniscak and Sgt. Tom Rodgers. JILL WHALEN/TIMES NEWS

St. Luke’s University Health Network/Star Community Health brought representatives to Tamaqua’s National Night Out. From left, are Micah Gursky, rural health clinic administrator; Dr. Bridget Smith, Dr. Mounika Mukherjee Peethala, and Dr. Muhammad Shahbaz, all medical residents completing their training locally; Dr. Thomas McGinley and Tamaqua Mayor Nathan Gerace. JILL WHALEN/TIMES NEWs

Autumn Falls Entertainment performs during Tamaqua’s National Night Out. JILL WHALEN/TIMES NEWS

Many community groups were represented during Tamaqua’s National Night Out held from the Tamaqua Arts Center and the parking lot of St. Luke’s in Tamaqua. JILL WHALEN/TIMES NEWS

Sharon Chromiak, Sophia Tenisci, and Kyle Whitley, all of the Tamaqua Arts Center, served up free hot dogs at Tamaqua’s National Night Out. The center organized the event. JILL WHALEN/TIMES NEWS

Fire companies from Tamaqua brought apparatus to Tamaqua’s National Night Out. JILL WHALEN/TIMES NEWS