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The Jim Thorpe Band would like to thank all emergency personnel for their help in our time of need during the Memorial Day Parade. Two of our marching band students passed out during the ...
By jim zbick
jzbick@tnonline.com@$: America's fascination with aerial flight was in a fast climb during the summer of 1910.Leading the popularity surge were the pioneers of flight, Wilbur and Orville ...
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Who would attempt to shake down a volunteer fire company for money?Who would demand dues for the lots purchased for a new firehouse?Who would say it was their right to the vital funds tha...
Two accidents within 18 hours on two separate Monroe County highways resulted in two deaths and numerous injuries.
The first happened on Route 209 at Shafer's Schoolhouse road in Stroud Township in wh...
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In February 2009, my mother needed to enter a long-term care facility. My own career as a social worker and an RN had me work in a retirement community in Mt. Airy, Philadelphia for 25 years. ...
In Shakespeare's "Hamlet," the title character yells at Ophelia - supposedly his love interest - that she should get to a nunnery. He was being cruel to her in Elizabethan talk. Going to a nunnery in ...
All junior students at Marian Catholic, Tamaqua, recently participated in the 2010 National Financial Capability Challenge offered through the NFCC Team at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and U.S....
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What is the value of human life today?When will companies who operate under extremely dangerous conditions such as in coal mining and large oil refineries begin to realize that human life...
Theresa Patten, senior, daughter of Dr. Donald and Mary Patten, Sugarloaf, presented a paper and received a 1st Award in the Behavioral Science category at the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium ...
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Everyday we make decisions that affect us for the rest of our lives; some we benefit from, others do harm no sacrifice, no progress. The health care issues had to be addressed and I am so...