Dear Editor:
I've been hearing a lot about the troops having to do two or more tours of duty, and how beat up they get being shoved from here to there.When I was young, you had to serve eight years ei...
Flail - 1. (noun) hand threshing instrument consisting of a wooden handle at the end, of which a shorter stick is hung as to swing freely;
2. (verb), to thrash, to beat hard;3. North Schuylkill junior...
There were no balloons. No cake. No party in the barn.
It was just another day at Hahn's Cloverleaf Dairy, Inc. in Palmerton.Well, not quite.On Sept. 17, brothers Roger (Rocky) Hahn, 63 and Dean Hahn,...
According to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the 871,499 fishing licenses sold through September 13 has eclipsed the total yearly sales for each of the last four years and represents the la...
A Tamaqua man was among nine people who had their probations and/or paroles revoked recently by Schuylkill County judges as follows:
Gary Keach, of 228 W. Cottage Ave., had his probation revoked by Ju...
Lehighton Borough Manager John Wagner envisions a "good, old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration" in the borough.
"To the best of my research and after many conversations with a number of residents a...
A Slatington man was arrested on a warrant this week.
Borough police said on Thursday, Oct. 8, about 1:17 p.m. officers responded to a call at the Turkey Hill market at 610 Main St. At the scene offic...
A couple weeks ago I received an email from a friend inviting me to sign up for Belly dancing classes.
After I picked myself up off the floor from laughing so hard, I tried to envision myself at the c...
Dear Editor:
Section 112 of the Borough Code of the State of Pennsylvania is not confusing, ambiguous, or unclear. THE MAYOR OF THE BOROUGH IS IN CHARGE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.The so called State Lo...
Dear Editor:
In response to the letter received concerning seating for people with disabilities, I have a suggestion. When the Tamaqua School District corrects the problem, I suggest they publically a...