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A pair of middle-of-the-night false alarms at Lehighton Area School District’s administration building has pushed its school board toward replacing the facility’s aging security system, with the lowes...

An Allentown man is charged with striking and killing a pedestrian on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike early New Year’s Day as the victim helped a tow truck load a disabled vehicle...

Weissport Borough Secretary/Treasurer Cheryl Miller reported this month that $5,460 in garbage fees was collected in March. A total of $54,648.59 has been collected so far this year. Miller also repor...

The Tamaqua Area School District is considering a nearly $500,000 paving contract for its administration building, middle school and one elementary school. The finance committee advanced a COSTARS con...

Jim Thorpe Area School District’s board of directors voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt “Cengage: Math & You” as the new math curriculum for grades six through eight, approving a six-year contract t...

The Carbon County commissioners acted on the following items this month: • Approved agreements with Robert Miller of Nesquehoning, Suzette Kurtz of Lehighton and Raymond Donnelly of Jim Thorpe to serv...

Lehighton Borough Council took the following action recently: • Agreed to award $22,140 in facade grant funding to 125-127 S. First St., at the recommendation of the Facade Grant Committee. • Reclassi...

The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 360 in Weatherly will host Poppy Night on May 22 at the post from 6 to 8 p.m. during Poppy Month in May. There will be story time by the Poppy Lady, crafts and refre...

Carbon County must provide health care services to all inmates as part of a requirement for operating the correctional facility. Last week, the board of commissioners, in a 2-1 vote, selected a new pr...