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Published: Dec 30, 2023 at 08:06 AM
It will soon be 7 years that I have been submitting my nature column. I enjoy the opportunity to share the passion I have for nature, and in particular, to focus on local nature opportunities. I hope ...
Published: Dec 30, 2023 at 08:05 AM
The pandemic is over and new businesses are making their way to Carbon County.
Progress continues to be made at a stand-alone Starbucks in Mahoning Township.
In November, township supervisors agreed t...
Published: Dec 30, 2023 at 08:05 AM
John H. Durning of 99 Broadway, Jim Thorpe, is serving the Mauch Chunk Historical Society in the role of administrative assistant at the Opera House on West Broadway.
A native of Vandergrift, PA, he w...
Published: Dec 30, 2023 at 08:05 AM
As the sun sets on 2023, lingering memories of traffic standstills during Jim Thorpe’s annual Fall Foliage Festival have become emblematic of the challenges faced by the tourism-centric borough.
The s...
Published: Dec 30, 2023 at 08:04 AM
When I started this column back in 2016, my primary purpose was to find things to laugh about in the crazy insanity that comes with raising three kids, remodeling an old house, trying to balance work ...
Published: Dec 30, 2023 at 08:04 AM
Well, here we are again, turning over another calendar for another new year.
Has it really been a year that I finally had gotten used to writing the year as 2023?
It seems like it was only a few month...
Published: Dec 30, 2023 at 07:59 AM
Ten years ago, my wife Carol and I bought a home in the Mahoning Valley. This home is located four miles from the Panther Creek Power Plant in Nesquehoning. I personally object to Panther Creek’s use ...
Published: Dec 30, 2023 at 07:59 AM
On the heels of the massive ID Logistics XPH8 warehouse on Route 940 east of White Haven, Kidder Township has announced the approval of a land development plan for a second mega-warehouse along Route ...
Updated: Dec 31, 2023 at 03:58 PM
Plans for a new police department and community center in Tamaqua are in the works.
The department headquarters and center will be created inside the former Moose building at 133 E. Broad St. Communit...
Published: Dec 30, 2023 at 07:59 AM
Work to preserve the 173-year-old Welsh Congregation Church on West Abbott Street began this past year.
Construction on the church began in 1849, and time had taken its toll on the historic building, ...