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Published: Nov 29, 2025 at 07:10 AM
We get our first nighttime temperatures in the 30s and we dig out the winter coats from the closet, put our gloves in the car, find the winter hats and make sure the thermostats are working.
We rush o...
Published: Nov 22, 2025 at 09:06 AM
A pair of horses recently towed an antique piece of farm equipment through a cornfield in Kresgeville.
In their wake, columns of cornstalks fell to the ground, already bound together and tied with twi...
Updated: Nov 15, 2025 at 04:19 AM
Carbon County Career & Technical students put their lenses in practice recently with a daylong educational trip to the famed Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square
Mark Barthel, the graphic design instruc...
Published: Oct 18, 2025 at 08:39 AM
Catacombs.
Caves.
Cold cellars.
Whatever you want to call two rooms dug into the base of the mountain behind 44 Susquehanna St., Jim Thorpe, most people would just say, “cool.”
Recently, Carbon County...
Published: Oct 11, 2025 at 09:24 AM
A long-stemmed pink rose, left by unknown hands on the grave of a woman who died more than a century ago, leans against a weathered tombstone in the Mauch Chunk Cemetery in Jim Thorpe.
The spot marks ...
Published: Sep 27, 2025 at 09:27 AM
Evidence indicates that Tamaqua soldier William Heath was present and on duty at the Battle of Little Bighorn and lived to tell about it.
He made muster with George Armstrong Custer’s 7th Cavalry on t...
Published: Sep 20, 2025 at 07:37 AM
One hundred and fifty years ago, on Oct. 9, 1875, a Tamaqua man enlisted in the U.S. Army.
Today, his service under Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer is reshaping a narrative in one of America’s most l...
Published: Sep 13, 2025 at 09:19 AM
For the last 35 years the Palmerton Concourse Club has been showcasing local art during the Palmerton Community Festival.
The display in the Sacred Heart Church across the street from the park provide...
Published: Aug 30, 2025 at 07:24 AM
When Richard Reade traveled with his wife, Barbara, to the Ark Encounter in Kentucky, he was inspired and decided he wanted to create his own.
Based on the dimensions in the Bible, Noah’s Ark is 510 f...
Published: Aug 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Not including animals like the bald eagle or Eastern bluebird, the monarch butterflies have garnered much interest in people.
This beautiful insect with a 3½-inch to 4-inch wingspan has seen its numbe...