Thoughts By BOB URBAN rurban@tnonline.comYou have to go back some time, but a lot of pre-baby boomers who live in Tamaqua will re... What's up? Last week's column, which listed a lot of English words that have double or triple meanings, got a lot of response. One ... The art of kite flying It's been a beautiful spring so far and I became reacquainted with one of the simpler pleasures in life, flying a kite. ... Perceptions of reality In one of William Shakespeare's most famous and longest plays comes the line that I have pondered many times especially ... Umpire Hurst knew how to take charge By jim zbick jzbick@tnonline.comAt the turn of the century, The New York Times referred to Tim Hurst, who earned most of... Press helps the police to clean out a 'dirty dive' By JIM ZBICK jzbick@tnonline.comLike any good lawman - or U.S. Marine - George Hahn, Tamaqua's police chief during the f... Packing up old insecurities I walked toward the door of the video store and it wouldn't open. Then I noticed the sign with an arrow that said, "Plea... Not all reporters were kind in reviewing Mark Twain In 1909, Mark Twain was quoted as saying: "I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I ex... Many meanings I took two years of Spanish in high school. Even though I passed the course, I'd be hard pressed today to deliver 20 wor... Another shot of winter Earlier this week it was difficult to believe winter was ever going to give up its hold even though spring has been here... Latest Photo GalleriesPhoto gallery: Germantown youth fishing2026-04-08Outdoor Expo2026-03-30Photo gallery: Cardboard Race at Blue Mountain2026-03-30Pen Argyl-Jim Thorpe Softball 2026-03-30Opinion The Vote Heard Round The World The Hungarian people exercised their constitutional rights and chose democracy over Victor Orban’s sixteen-year authoritarianism. Orban’s po... A guide to vetting primary candidatesE-bikes bring old dangers to new scaleLetter to editor: Concerned about e-bikesLetter to the editor: Bravo to ‘Hello Girls’ musicalOn This Date - News ON THIS DATE APRIL 14, 1982 An American Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Jim Thorpe’s Memorial Park yesterday netted 103 pints of blood. Mrs. Charles D. Neast, R.N., serv... APRIL 13, 1988ON THIS DATE APRIL 10, 1974ON THIS DATE APRIL 9, 1976APRIL 8, 1972AP News Artemis II astronauts rocket toward the moonSoaring cof fee prices rewrite some daily routinesEric Dane, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star and ALS awareness advocate, dies at 53The Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies at 84After 800 episodes, ‘The Simpsons’ creators look backJames Van Der Beek, the ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star has died at 48Kennedy Center to close for 2 years for renovations in July, Trump says, after performers' backlashTop Justice Department official plays down chance for chargesSpeaker Johnson faces tough choices on partial government shutdown and debate over ICE « Previous 112 113 114 » Next Tamaqua businessman battles cancerMissing woman from Summit Hill safe in FloridaAndreas woman donates $1M amid telethon successPASD superintendent on leaveTributes pour in for Palmerton barber who died
What's up? Last week's column, which listed a lot of English words that have double or triple meanings, got a lot of response. One ... The art of kite flying It's been a beautiful spring so far and I became reacquainted with one of the simpler pleasures in life, flying a kite. ... Perceptions of reality In one of William Shakespeare's most famous and longest plays comes the line that I have pondered many times especially ... Umpire Hurst knew how to take charge By jim zbick jzbick@tnonline.comAt the turn of the century, The New York Times referred to Tim Hurst, who earned most of... Press helps the police to clean out a 'dirty dive' By JIM ZBICK jzbick@tnonline.comLike any good lawman - or U.S. Marine - George Hahn, Tamaqua's police chief during the f... Packing up old insecurities I walked toward the door of the video store and it wouldn't open. Then I noticed the sign with an arrow that said, "Plea... Not all reporters were kind in reviewing Mark Twain In 1909, Mark Twain was quoted as saying: "I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I ex... Many meanings I took two years of Spanish in high school. Even though I passed the course, I'd be hard pressed today to deliver 20 wor... Another shot of winter Earlier this week it was difficult to believe winter was ever going to give up its hold even though spring has been here... Latest Photo GalleriesPhoto gallery: Germantown youth fishing2026-04-08Outdoor Expo2026-03-30Photo gallery: Cardboard Race at Blue Mountain2026-03-30Pen Argyl-Jim Thorpe Softball 2026-03-30Opinion The Vote Heard Round The World The Hungarian people exercised their constitutional rights and chose democracy over Victor Orban’s sixteen-year authoritarianism. Orban’s po... A guide to vetting primary candidatesE-bikes bring old dangers to new scaleLetter to editor: Concerned about e-bikesLetter to the editor: Bravo to ‘Hello Girls’ musicalOn This Date - News ON THIS DATE APRIL 14, 1982 An American Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Jim Thorpe’s Memorial Park yesterday netted 103 pints of blood. Mrs. Charles D. Neast, R.N., serv... APRIL 13, 1988ON THIS DATE APRIL 10, 1974ON THIS DATE APRIL 9, 1976APRIL 8, 1972AP News Artemis II astronauts rocket toward the moonSoaring cof fee prices rewrite some daily routinesEric Dane, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star and ALS awareness advocate, dies at 53The Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies at 84After 800 episodes, ‘The Simpsons’ creators look backJames Van Der Beek, the ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star has died at 48Kennedy Center to close for 2 years for renovations in July, Trump says, after performers' backlashTop Justice Department official plays down chance for chargesSpeaker Johnson faces tough choices on partial government shutdown and debate over ICE « Previous 112 113 114 » Next Tamaqua businessman battles cancerMissing woman from Summit Hill safe in FloridaAndreas woman donates $1M amid telethon successPASD superintendent on leaveTributes pour in for Palmerton barber who died
The art of kite flying It's been a beautiful spring so far and I became reacquainted with one of the simpler pleasures in life, flying a kite. ... Perceptions of reality In one of William Shakespeare's most famous and longest plays comes the line that I have pondered many times especially ... Umpire Hurst knew how to take charge By jim zbick jzbick@tnonline.comAt the turn of the century, The New York Times referred to Tim Hurst, who earned most of... Press helps the police to clean out a 'dirty dive' By JIM ZBICK jzbick@tnonline.comLike any good lawman - or U.S. Marine - George Hahn, Tamaqua's police chief during the f... Packing up old insecurities I walked toward the door of the video store and it wouldn't open. Then I noticed the sign with an arrow that said, "Plea... Not all reporters were kind in reviewing Mark Twain In 1909, Mark Twain was quoted as saying: "I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I ex... Many meanings I took two years of Spanish in high school. Even though I passed the course, I'd be hard pressed today to deliver 20 wor... Another shot of winter Earlier this week it was difficult to believe winter was ever going to give up its hold even though spring has been here... Latest Photo GalleriesPhoto gallery: Germantown youth fishing2026-04-08Outdoor Expo2026-03-30Photo gallery: Cardboard Race at Blue Mountain2026-03-30Pen Argyl-Jim Thorpe Softball 2026-03-30Opinion The Vote Heard Round The World The Hungarian people exercised their constitutional rights and chose democracy over Victor Orban’s sixteen-year authoritarianism. Orban’s po... A guide to vetting primary candidatesE-bikes bring old dangers to new scaleLetter to editor: Concerned about e-bikesLetter to the editor: Bravo to ‘Hello Girls’ musicalOn This Date - News ON THIS DATE APRIL 14, 1982 An American Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Jim Thorpe’s Memorial Park yesterday netted 103 pints of blood. Mrs. Charles D. Neast, R.N., serv... APRIL 13, 1988ON THIS DATE APRIL 10, 1974ON THIS DATE APRIL 9, 1976APRIL 8, 1972AP News Artemis II astronauts rocket toward the moonSoaring cof fee prices rewrite some daily routinesEric Dane, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star and ALS awareness advocate, dies at 53The Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies at 84After 800 episodes, ‘The Simpsons’ creators look backJames Van Der Beek, the ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star has died at 48Kennedy Center to close for 2 years for renovations in July, Trump says, after performers' backlashTop Justice Department official plays down chance for chargesSpeaker Johnson faces tough choices on partial government shutdown and debate over ICE « Previous 112 113 114 » Next Tamaqua businessman battles cancerMissing woman from Summit Hill safe in FloridaAndreas woman donates $1M amid telethon successPASD superintendent on leaveTributes pour in for Palmerton barber who died
Perceptions of reality In one of William Shakespeare's most famous and longest plays comes the line that I have pondered many times especially ... Umpire Hurst knew how to take charge By jim zbick jzbick@tnonline.comAt the turn of the century, The New York Times referred to Tim Hurst, who earned most of... Press helps the police to clean out a 'dirty dive' By JIM ZBICK jzbick@tnonline.comLike any good lawman - or U.S. Marine - George Hahn, Tamaqua's police chief during the f... Packing up old insecurities I walked toward the door of the video store and it wouldn't open. Then I noticed the sign with an arrow that said, "Plea... Not all reporters were kind in reviewing Mark Twain In 1909, Mark Twain was quoted as saying: "I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I ex... Many meanings I took two years of Spanish in high school. Even though I passed the course, I'd be hard pressed today to deliver 20 wor... Another shot of winter Earlier this week it was difficult to believe winter was ever going to give up its hold even though spring has been here... Latest Photo GalleriesPhoto gallery: Germantown youth fishing2026-04-08Outdoor Expo2026-03-30Photo gallery: Cardboard Race at Blue Mountain2026-03-30Pen Argyl-Jim Thorpe Softball 2026-03-30Opinion The Vote Heard Round The World The Hungarian people exercised their constitutional rights and chose democracy over Victor Orban’s sixteen-year authoritarianism. Orban’s po... A guide to vetting primary candidatesE-bikes bring old dangers to new scaleLetter to editor: Concerned about e-bikesLetter to the editor: Bravo to ‘Hello Girls’ musicalOn This Date - News ON THIS DATE APRIL 14, 1982 An American Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Jim Thorpe’s Memorial Park yesterday netted 103 pints of blood. Mrs. Charles D. Neast, R.N., serv... APRIL 13, 1988ON THIS DATE APRIL 10, 1974ON THIS DATE APRIL 9, 1976APRIL 8, 1972AP News Artemis II astronauts rocket toward the moonSoaring cof fee prices rewrite some daily routinesEric Dane, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star and ALS awareness advocate, dies at 53The Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies at 84After 800 episodes, ‘The Simpsons’ creators look backJames Van Der Beek, the ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star has died at 48Kennedy Center to close for 2 years for renovations in July, Trump says, after performers' backlashTop Justice Department official plays down chance for chargesSpeaker Johnson faces tough choices on partial government shutdown and debate over ICE « Previous 112 113 114 » Next Tamaqua businessman battles cancerMissing woman from Summit Hill safe in FloridaAndreas woman donates $1M amid telethon successPASD superintendent on leaveTributes pour in for Palmerton barber who died
Umpire Hurst knew how to take charge By jim zbick jzbick@tnonline.comAt the turn of the century, The New York Times referred to Tim Hurst, who earned most of...
Press helps the police to clean out a 'dirty dive' By JIM ZBICK jzbick@tnonline.comLike any good lawman - or U.S. Marine - George Hahn, Tamaqua's police chief during the f... Packing up old insecurities I walked toward the door of the video store and it wouldn't open. Then I noticed the sign with an arrow that said, "Plea... Not all reporters were kind in reviewing Mark Twain In 1909, Mark Twain was quoted as saying: "I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I ex... Many meanings I took two years of Spanish in high school. Even though I passed the course, I'd be hard pressed today to deliver 20 wor... Another shot of winter Earlier this week it was difficult to believe winter was ever going to give up its hold even though spring has been here... Latest Photo GalleriesPhoto gallery: Germantown youth fishing2026-04-08Outdoor Expo2026-03-30Photo gallery: Cardboard Race at Blue Mountain2026-03-30Pen Argyl-Jim Thorpe Softball 2026-03-30Opinion The Vote Heard Round The World The Hungarian people exercised their constitutional rights and chose democracy over Victor Orban’s sixteen-year authoritarianism. Orban’s po... A guide to vetting primary candidatesE-bikes bring old dangers to new scaleLetter to editor: Concerned about e-bikesLetter to the editor: Bravo to ‘Hello Girls’ musicalOn This Date - News ON THIS DATE APRIL 14, 1982 An American Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Jim Thorpe’s Memorial Park yesterday netted 103 pints of blood. Mrs. Charles D. Neast, R.N., serv... APRIL 13, 1988ON THIS DATE APRIL 10, 1974ON THIS DATE APRIL 9, 1976APRIL 8, 1972AP News Artemis II astronauts rocket toward the moonSoaring cof fee prices rewrite some daily routinesEric Dane, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star and ALS awareness advocate, dies at 53The Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies at 84After 800 episodes, ‘The Simpsons’ creators look backJames Van Der Beek, the ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star has died at 48Kennedy Center to close for 2 years for renovations in July, Trump says, after performers' backlashTop Justice Department official plays down chance for chargesSpeaker Johnson faces tough choices on partial government shutdown and debate over ICE « Previous 112 113 114 » Next
Packing up old insecurities I walked toward the door of the video store and it wouldn't open. Then I noticed the sign with an arrow that said, "Plea... Not all reporters were kind in reviewing Mark Twain In 1909, Mark Twain was quoted as saying: "I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I ex... Many meanings I took two years of Spanish in high school. Even though I passed the course, I'd be hard pressed today to deliver 20 wor... Another shot of winter Earlier this week it was difficult to believe winter was ever going to give up its hold even though spring has been here... Latest Photo GalleriesPhoto gallery: Germantown youth fishing2026-04-08Outdoor Expo2026-03-30Photo gallery: Cardboard Race at Blue Mountain2026-03-30Pen Argyl-Jim Thorpe Softball 2026-03-30Opinion The Vote Heard Round The World The Hungarian people exercised their constitutional rights and chose democracy over Victor Orban’s sixteen-year authoritarianism. Orban’s po... A guide to vetting primary candidatesE-bikes bring old dangers to new scaleLetter to editor: Concerned about e-bikesLetter to the editor: Bravo to ‘Hello Girls’ musicalOn This Date - News ON THIS DATE APRIL 14, 1982 An American Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Jim Thorpe’s Memorial Park yesterday netted 103 pints of blood. Mrs. Charles D. Neast, R.N., serv... APRIL 13, 1988ON THIS DATE APRIL 10, 1974ON THIS DATE APRIL 9, 1976APRIL 8, 1972AP News Artemis II astronauts rocket toward the moonSoaring cof fee prices rewrite some daily routinesEric Dane, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star and ALS awareness advocate, dies at 53The Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies at 84After 800 episodes, ‘The Simpsons’ creators look backJames Van Der Beek, the ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star has died at 48Kennedy Center to close for 2 years for renovations in July, Trump says, after performers' backlashTop Justice Department official plays down chance for chargesSpeaker Johnson faces tough choices on partial government shutdown and debate over ICE
Not all reporters were kind in reviewing Mark Twain In 1909, Mark Twain was quoted as saying: "I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I ex... Many meanings I took two years of Spanish in high school. Even though I passed the course, I'd be hard pressed today to deliver 20 wor... Another shot of winter Earlier this week it was difficult to believe winter was ever going to give up its hold even though spring has been here... Latest Photo GalleriesPhoto gallery: Germantown youth fishing2026-04-08Outdoor Expo2026-03-30Photo gallery: Cardboard Race at Blue Mountain2026-03-30Pen Argyl-Jim Thorpe Softball 2026-03-30Opinion The Vote Heard Round The World The Hungarian people exercised their constitutional rights and chose democracy over Victor Orban’s sixteen-year authoritarianism. Orban’s po... A guide to vetting primary candidatesE-bikes bring old dangers to new scaleLetter to editor: Concerned about e-bikesLetter to the editor: Bravo to ‘Hello Girls’ musicalOn This Date - News ON THIS DATE APRIL 14, 1982 An American Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Jim Thorpe’s Memorial Park yesterday netted 103 pints of blood. Mrs. Charles D. Neast, R.N., serv... APRIL 13, 1988ON THIS DATE APRIL 10, 1974ON THIS DATE APRIL 9, 1976APRIL 8, 1972AP News Artemis II astronauts rocket toward the moonSoaring cof fee prices rewrite some daily routinesEric Dane, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star and ALS awareness advocate, dies at 53The Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies at 84After 800 episodes, ‘The Simpsons’ creators look backJames Van Der Beek, the ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star has died at 48Kennedy Center to close for 2 years for renovations in July, Trump says, after performers' backlashTop Justice Department official plays down chance for chargesSpeaker Johnson faces tough choices on partial government shutdown and debate over ICE
Many meanings I took two years of Spanish in high school. Even though I passed the course, I'd be hard pressed today to deliver 20 wor... Another shot of winter Earlier this week it was difficult to believe winter was ever going to give up its hold even though spring has been here...
Another shot of winter Earlier this week it was difficult to believe winter was ever going to give up its hold even though spring has been here...
The Vote Heard Round The World The Hungarian people exercised their constitutional rights and chose democracy over Victor Orban’s sixteen-year authoritarianism. Orban’s po...
ON THIS DATE APRIL 14, 1982 An American Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Jim Thorpe’s Memorial Park yesterday netted 103 pints of blood. Mrs. Charles D. Neast, R.N., serv...