Opinion: Salary dilemma for Carbon commissioners Just as many employers in the private sector of our economy are feeling the need to balance the salaries of their employ... Opinion: Climate change — our Achilles’ heel As my sons and I sat on the beach in Hilton Head, South Carolina, last month watching one of the resort community’s spec... Opinion: Turnpike finances one big pileup There may be no such thing as a free lunch, if the old saying is to be believed, but for far too many drivers there is s... Opinion: 1,000 reasons to keep writing This is my 1,000th column published in the Times News since Publisher Emeritus Fred Masenheimer invited me to share my t... Opinion: Is it fair to forgive students’ debt? There is a lot of happiness and anger over the proposed $10,000 student loan forgiveness program, $20,000 for those who ... Opinion: Right leaders to deal with disaster In a column last June I introduced readers to the Lee County Sheriff’s Department’s Citizens Academy, a 12-week interact... Opinion: Guns and children A 15-year-old Allentown boy was gunned down in broad daylight Sept. 25 by a 16-year-old after an argument between them, ... Opinion: Pa. senior tax rebate needs an update I have some good news and some bad news for those on Social Security who also get the Pennsylvania real estate tax rebat... Opinion: Drilling ban devastating to impoverished Navajo Nation While the Biden administration gloats that gasoline prices have trickled down during the summer, it fails to mention tha... Opinion: Short-term rentals challenge resort communities Imagine this scenario: You live in New York City, and you have been among the horde of visitors to the Poconos for years... Latest Photo GalleriesNesquehoning 202/America 250 celebration2026-06-15Palmerton America 250 celebration2026-06-15Photos: 'Big Boy' steams into Nesquehoning2026-06-14Franklin Fire Company car show2026-06-11Opinion Opinion: Tobacco police update a step in right direction There’s not much to see this time of year in area schools. Classrooms are empty and cafeterias quiet, except for the sounds of maintenance s... Opinion: PASD tax hike has surcharge for silenceTobacco policy update step in right directionOp-Ed: Residents deserve a voice in Pennsylvania’s data center futureHow our area senators votedOn This Date - News ON THIS DATE JUNE 29, 1980 Ground was broken early this month at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Towamensing, in order to erect a Christian Education Building. Joining Pas... ON THIS DATE JUNE 27, 1974ON THIS DATE JUNE 25, 1977ON THIS DATE JUNE 24, 1978ON THIS DATE JUNE 23, 1976AP News Trump visits Mack Trucks’ facility in Lehigh ValleyHere are five ways you can avoid tax penalties in 2026U.S. forces bomb military sites inside IranRescuers search for 2 still missing in Laos caveHundreds protest outside ebola centerKenya court suspends U.S. plan for Ebola quarantine facilityBondi defends how Epstein files release handledJudge blocks Kennedy Center closure, renamingShrey Parikh bounces back, battles nerves and dominates spell-off to win the National Spelling Bee « Previous 35 36 37 » Next Coroner on scene in East Penn Twp.Coroner: Carbon man’s body found on D & L Trail in E. PennSH man sentenced for 51 counts of child pornographyOne injured in Towamensing shootingLCCC instructor fired; faces indecent exposure charges
Opinion: Climate change — our Achilles’ heel As my sons and I sat on the beach in Hilton Head, South Carolina, last month watching one of the resort community’s spec... Opinion: Turnpike finances one big pileup There may be no such thing as a free lunch, if the old saying is to be believed, but for far too many drivers there is s... Opinion: 1,000 reasons to keep writing This is my 1,000th column published in the Times News since Publisher Emeritus Fred Masenheimer invited me to share my t... Opinion: Is it fair to forgive students’ debt? There is a lot of happiness and anger over the proposed $10,000 student loan forgiveness program, $20,000 for those who ... Opinion: Right leaders to deal with disaster In a column last June I introduced readers to the Lee County Sheriff’s Department’s Citizens Academy, a 12-week interact... Opinion: Guns and children A 15-year-old Allentown boy was gunned down in broad daylight Sept. 25 by a 16-year-old after an argument between them, ... Opinion: Pa. senior tax rebate needs an update I have some good news and some bad news for those on Social Security who also get the Pennsylvania real estate tax rebat... Opinion: Drilling ban devastating to impoverished Navajo Nation While the Biden administration gloats that gasoline prices have trickled down during the summer, it fails to mention tha... Opinion: Short-term rentals challenge resort communities Imagine this scenario: You live in New York City, and you have been among the horde of visitors to the Poconos for years... Latest Photo GalleriesNesquehoning 202/America 250 celebration2026-06-15Palmerton America 250 celebration2026-06-15Photos: 'Big Boy' steams into Nesquehoning2026-06-14Franklin Fire Company car show2026-06-11Opinion Opinion: Tobacco police update a step in right direction There’s not much to see this time of year in area schools. Classrooms are empty and cafeterias quiet, except for the sounds of maintenance s... Opinion: PASD tax hike has surcharge for silenceTobacco policy update step in right directionOp-Ed: Residents deserve a voice in Pennsylvania’s data center futureHow our area senators votedOn This Date - News ON THIS DATE JUNE 29, 1980 Ground was broken early this month at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Towamensing, in order to erect a Christian Education Building. Joining Pas... ON THIS DATE JUNE 27, 1974ON THIS DATE JUNE 25, 1977ON THIS DATE JUNE 24, 1978ON THIS DATE JUNE 23, 1976AP News Trump visits Mack Trucks’ facility in Lehigh ValleyHere are five ways you can avoid tax penalties in 2026U.S. forces bomb military sites inside IranRescuers search for 2 still missing in Laos caveHundreds protest outside ebola centerKenya court suspends U.S. plan for Ebola quarantine facilityBondi defends how Epstein files release handledJudge blocks Kennedy Center closure, renamingShrey Parikh bounces back, battles nerves and dominates spell-off to win the National Spelling Bee « Previous 35 36 37 » Next Coroner on scene in East Penn Twp.Coroner: Carbon man’s body found on D & L Trail in E. PennSH man sentenced for 51 counts of child pornographyOne injured in Towamensing shootingLCCC instructor fired; faces indecent exposure charges
Opinion: Turnpike finances one big pileup There may be no such thing as a free lunch, if the old saying is to be believed, but for far too many drivers there is s... Opinion: 1,000 reasons to keep writing This is my 1,000th column published in the Times News since Publisher Emeritus Fred Masenheimer invited me to share my t... Opinion: Is it fair to forgive students’ debt? There is a lot of happiness and anger over the proposed $10,000 student loan forgiveness program, $20,000 for those who ... Opinion: Right leaders to deal with disaster In a column last June I introduced readers to the Lee County Sheriff’s Department’s Citizens Academy, a 12-week interact... Opinion: Guns and children A 15-year-old Allentown boy was gunned down in broad daylight Sept. 25 by a 16-year-old after an argument between them, ... Opinion: Pa. senior tax rebate needs an update I have some good news and some bad news for those on Social Security who also get the Pennsylvania real estate tax rebat... Opinion: Drilling ban devastating to impoverished Navajo Nation While the Biden administration gloats that gasoline prices have trickled down during the summer, it fails to mention tha... Opinion: Short-term rentals challenge resort communities Imagine this scenario: You live in New York City, and you have been among the horde of visitors to the Poconos for years... Latest Photo GalleriesNesquehoning 202/America 250 celebration2026-06-15Palmerton America 250 celebration2026-06-15Photos: 'Big Boy' steams into Nesquehoning2026-06-14Franklin Fire Company car show2026-06-11Opinion Opinion: Tobacco police update a step in right direction There’s not much to see this time of year in area schools. Classrooms are empty and cafeterias quiet, except for the sounds of maintenance s... Opinion: PASD tax hike has surcharge for silenceTobacco policy update step in right directionOp-Ed: Residents deserve a voice in Pennsylvania’s data center futureHow our area senators votedOn This Date - News ON THIS DATE JUNE 29, 1980 Ground was broken early this month at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Towamensing, in order to erect a Christian Education Building. Joining Pas... ON THIS DATE JUNE 27, 1974ON THIS DATE JUNE 25, 1977ON THIS DATE JUNE 24, 1978ON THIS DATE JUNE 23, 1976AP News Trump visits Mack Trucks’ facility in Lehigh ValleyHere are five ways you can avoid tax penalties in 2026U.S. forces bomb military sites inside IranRescuers search for 2 still missing in Laos caveHundreds protest outside ebola centerKenya court suspends U.S. plan for Ebola quarantine facilityBondi defends how Epstein files release handledJudge blocks Kennedy Center closure, renamingShrey Parikh bounces back, battles nerves and dominates spell-off to win the National Spelling Bee « Previous 35 36 37 » Next Coroner on scene in East Penn Twp.Coroner: Carbon man’s body found on D & L Trail in E. PennSH man sentenced for 51 counts of child pornographyOne injured in Towamensing shootingLCCC instructor fired; faces indecent exposure charges
Opinion: 1,000 reasons to keep writing This is my 1,000th column published in the Times News since Publisher Emeritus Fred Masenheimer invited me to share my t... Opinion: Is it fair to forgive students’ debt? There is a lot of happiness and anger over the proposed $10,000 student loan forgiveness program, $20,000 for those who ... Opinion: Right leaders to deal with disaster In a column last June I introduced readers to the Lee County Sheriff’s Department’s Citizens Academy, a 12-week interact... Opinion: Guns and children A 15-year-old Allentown boy was gunned down in broad daylight Sept. 25 by a 16-year-old after an argument between them, ... Opinion: Pa. senior tax rebate needs an update I have some good news and some bad news for those on Social Security who also get the Pennsylvania real estate tax rebat... Opinion: Drilling ban devastating to impoverished Navajo Nation While the Biden administration gloats that gasoline prices have trickled down during the summer, it fails to mention tha... Opinion: Short-term rentals challenge resort communities Imagine this scenario: You live in New York City, and you have been among the horde of visitors to the Poconos for years... Latest Photo GalleriesNesquehoning 202/America 250 celebration2026-06-15Palmerton America 250 celebration2026-06-15Photos: 'Big Boy' steams into Nesquehoning2026-06-14Franklin Fire Company car show2026-06-11Opinion Opinion: Tobacco police update a step in right direction There’s not much to see this time of year in area schools. Classrooms are empty and cafeterias quiet, except for the sounds of maintenance s... Opinion: PASD tax hike has surcharge for silenceTobacco policy update step in right directionOp-Ed: Residents deserve a voice in Pennsylvania’s data center futureHow our area senators votedOn This Date - News ON THIS DATE JUNE 29, 1980 Ground was broken early this month at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Towamensing, in order to erect a Christian Education Building. Joining Pas... ON THIS DATE JUNE 27, 1974ON THIS DATE JUNE 25, 1977ON THIS DATE JUNE 24, 1978ON THIS DATE JUNE 23, 1976AP News Trump visits Mack Trucks’ facility in Lehigh ValleyHere are five ways you can avoid tax penalties in 2026U.S. forces bomb military sites inside IranRescuers search for 2 still missing in Laos caveHundreds protest outside ebola centerKenya court suspends U.S. plan for Ebola quarantine facilityBondi defends how Epstein files release handledJudge blocks Kennedy Center closure, renamingShrey Parikh bounces back, battles nerves and dominates spell-off to win the National Spelling Bee « Previous 35 36 37 » Next Coroner on scene in East Penn Twp.Coroner: Carbon man’s body found on D & L Trail in E. PennSH man sentenced for 51 counts of child pornographyOne injured in Towamensing shootingLCCC instructor fired; faces indecent exposure charges
Opinion: Is it fair to forgive students’ debt? There is a lot of happiness and anger over the proposed $10,000 student loan forgiveness program, $20,000 for those who ...
Opinion: Right leaders to deal with disaster In a column last June I introduced readers to the Lee County Sheriff’s Department’s Citizens Academy, a 12-week interact... Opinion: Guns and children A 15-year-old Allentown boy was gunned down in broad daylight Sept. 25 by a 16-year-old after an argument between them, ... Opinion: Pa. senior tax rebate needs an update I have some good news and some bad news for those on Social Security who also get the Pennsylvania real estate tax rebat... Opinion: Drilling ban devastating to impoverished Navajo Nation While the Biden administration gloats that gasoline prices have trickled down during the summer, it fails to mention tha... Opinion: Short-term rentals challenge resort communities Imagine this scenario: You live in New York City, and you have been among the horde of visitors to the Poconos for years... Latest Photo GalleriesNesquehoning 202/America 250 celebration2026-06-15Palmerton America 250 celebration2026-06-15Photos: 'Big Boy' steams into Nesquehoning2026-06-14Franklin Fire Company car show2026-06-11Opinion Opinion: Tobacco police update a step in right direction There’s not much to see this time of year in area schools. Classrooms are empty and cafeterias quiet, except for the sounds of maintenance s... Opinion: PASD tax hike has surcharge for silenceTobacco policy update step in right directionOp-Ed: Residents deserve a voice in Pennsylvania’s data center futureHow our area senators votedOn This Date - News ON THIS DATE JUNE 29, 1980 Ground was broken early this month at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Towamensing, in order to erect a Christian Education Building. Joining Pas... ON THIS DATE JUNE 27, 1974ON THIS DATE JUNE 25, 1977ON THIS DATE JUNE 24, 1978ON THIS DATE JUNE 23, 1976AP News Trump visits Mack Trucks’ facility in Lehigh ValleyHere are five ways you can avoid tax penalties in 2026U.S. forces bomb military sites inside IranRescuers search for 2 still missing in Laos caveHundreds protest outside ebola centerKenya court suspends U.S. plan for Ebola quarantine facilityBondi defends how Epstein files release handledJudge blocks Kennedy Center closure, renamingShrey Parikh bounces back, battles nerves and dominates spell-off to win the National Spelling Bee « Previous 35 36 37 » Next
Opinion: Guns and children A 15-year-old Allentown boy was gunned down in broad daylight Sept. 25 by a 16-year-old after an argument between them, ... Opinion: Pa. senior tax rebate needs an update I have some good news and some bad news for those on Social Security who also get the Pennsylvania real estate tax rebat... Opinion: Drilling ban devastating to impoverished Navajo Nation While the Biden administration gloats that gasoline prices have trickled down during the summer, it fails to mention tha... Opinion: Short-term rentals challenge resort communities Imagine this scenario: You live in New York City, and you have been among the horde of visitors to the Poconos for years... Latest Photo GalleriesNesquehoning 202/America 250 celebration2026-06-15Palmerton America 250 celebration2026-06-15Photos: 'Big Boy' steams into Nesquehoning2026-06-14Franklin Fire Company car show2026-06-11Opinion Opinion: Tobacco police update a step in right direction There’s not much to see this time of year in area schools. Classrooms are empty and cafeterias quiet, except for the sounds of maintenance s... Opinion: PASD tax hike has surcharge for silenceTobacco policy update step in right directionOp-Ed: Residents deserve a voice in Pennsylvania’s data center futureHow our area senators votedOn This Date - News ON THIS DATE JUNE 29, 1980 Ground was broken early this month at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Towamensing, in order to erect a Christian Education Building. Joining Pas... ON THIS DATE JUNE 27, 1974ON THIS DATE JUNE 25, 1977ON THIS DATE JUNE 24, 1978ON THIS DATE JUNE 23, 1976AP News Trump visits Mack Trucks’ facility in Lehigh ValleyHere are five ways you can avoid tax penalties in 2026U.S. forces bomb military sites inside IranRescuers search for 2 still missing in Laos caveHundreds protest outside ebola centerKenya court suspends U.S. plan for Ebola quarantine facilityBondi defends how Epstein files release handledJudge blocks Kennedy Center closure, renamingShrey Parikh bounces back, battles nerves and dominates spell-off to win the National Spelling Bee
Opinion: Pa. senior tax rebate needs an update I have some good news and some bad news for those on Social Security who also get the Pennsylvania real estate tax rebat... Opinion: Drilling ban devastating to impoverished Navajo Nation While the Biden administration gloats that gasoline prices have trickled down during the summer, it fails to mention tha... Opinion: Short-term rentals challenge resort communities Imagine this scenario: You live in New York City, and you have been among the horde of visitors to the Poconos for years... Latest Photo GalleriesNesquehoning 202/America 250 celebration2026-06-15Palmerton America 250 celebration2026-06-15Photos: 'Big Boy' steams into Nesquehoning2026-06-14Franklin Fire Company car show2026-06-11Opinion Opinion: Tobacco police update a step in right direction There’s not much to see this time of year in area schools. Classrooms are empty and cafeterias quiet, except for the sounds of maintenance s... Opinion: PASD tax hike has surcharge for silenceTobacco policy update step in right directionOp-Ed: Residents deserve a voice in Pennsylvania’s data center futureHow our area senators votedOn This Date - News ON THIS DATE JUNE 29, 1980 Ground was broken early this month at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Towamensing, in order to erect a Christian Education Building. Joining Pas... ON THIS DATE JUNE 27, 1974ON THIS DATE JUNE 25, 1977ON THIS DATE JUNE 24, 1978ON THIS DATE JUNE 23, 1976AP News Trump visits Mack Trucks’ facility in Lehigh ValleyHere are five ways you can avoid tax penalties in 2026U.S. forces bomb military sites inside IranRescuers search for 2 still missing in Laos caveHundreds protest outside ebola centerKenya court suspends U.S. plan for Ebola quarantine facilityBondi defends how Epstein files release handledJudge blocks Kennedy Center closure, renamingShrey Parikh bounces back, battles nerves and dominates spell-off to win the National Spelling Bee
Opinion: Drilling ban devastating to impoverished Navajo Nation While the Biden administration gloats that gasoline prices have trickled down during the summer, it fails to mention tha... Opinion: Short-term rentals challenge resort communities Imagine this scenario: You live in New York City, and you have been among the horde of visitors to the Poconos for years...
Opinion: Short-term rentals challenge resort communities Imagine this scenario: You live in New York City, and you have been among the horde of visitors to the Poconos for years...
Opinion: Tobacco police update a step in right direction There’s not much to see this time of year in area schools. Classrooms are empty and cafeterias quiet, except for the sounds of maintenance s...
ON THIS DATE JUNE 29, 1980 Ground was broken early this month at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Towamensing, in order to erect a Christian Education Building. Joining Pas...