July 17, 1953 Jesse Nardini collects two hits, one of them a two-run homer, and scores two runs to help Lansford post a 7-5 Tri-County League win over Nesquehoning. Bobby Piscelli also delivers two hi...
Marian High School recently held its grade school volleyball camp. In the photo on the left are the camps' individual award winners. They include, front row, from left, Gianna Agosti (Coaches Choice A...
The original discovery in 2009 was so significant that the researchers all became Nobel Laureates. What they determined was the tiny pieces of DNA at the ends of chromosomes called telomeres had a job...
The Eastern Schuylkill Recreation Commission's summer basketball league completed only one night of games this week due to rain on Monday. The crossover games that were rained out Monday will be playe...
A Hazeton man has been cited by Tamaqua Police following a July 11 accident on SR309 at the bottom of the Hometown Hill.
Officers were dispatched to the Hometown Hill, near the Taggertsville intersect...
By GORDON SMITH
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWSThe NAACP passed a resolution Tuesday night declaring that the Tea Party had racist elements. As I member of the Tea Party movement, let me say that I am not a...
The Carbon County Retirement Fund took a hit in June, but has slowly been increasing in value this month.
During the monthly meeting of the county retirement board on Thursday, Robert Crampsie, county...
More than 80 friends bade farewell to Denise O'Donnell on a rainy Saturday, July 10 morning at the Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Jim Thorpe. The Buddhist ceremony overseen by a saffron and maroon-...
By STACEY SOLT
tneditor@tnonline.comIt's been six months since I joined the social networking website Facebook.com. It began as a professional experiment I was writing a column about the benefits of s...
After 50 years, the fire hydrant situated on the curb outside the Jim Thorpe home of Frank Hunadi has been removed. And while the borough deemed the alteration necessary, the longtime resident is less...