The Sept. 13 meeting of the Palmerton Area Historical Society was held at the Lehigh Gap Nature Center. It was the first group to visit the new facility at night.
Director Dan Kunkle led a "short walk...
The Tamaqua Area School Board accepted the resignation of Amanda Luna as Tamaqua's head varsity softball coach during the board's meeting Tuesday evening.
Luna served as the Lady Raiders' softball coa...
Carbon County Court Judges on Thursday accepted guilty pleas from 13 offenders.
Senior Judge Richard W. Webb accepted pleas from:Peter R. Abbruzzi, 45, of Lehighton, pleaded to fraud by altering or fo...
Jimmy Hoover knew his Northwestern boys' soccer team could have beat Salisbury in regulation.
But for the fourth time this season and third time in league play, the senior forward and his Tiger teamma...
Schuylkill County commissioners are requesting that residents reduce water use voluntarily by 10 to 15 percent in action taken by the Schuylkill County Commissioners at their public meeting held Wedne...
Halloween parade
The Jim Thorpe Halloween Parade is back! Save the date Sunday, Oct. 31 and help make this year's parade the biggest and best ever.Everyone in the community is invited to march in the ...
These are really a couple of cute Peepsters. Abigail Strohl, 6, of Lehighton, in her Peep costume poses in front of the Peepster Mobile and she is her grandparents' top Peep. She is the Grandest Kid o...
Property transactions
Linda A. Lee, Langhorne, to Deidre Parker-Mount, Elmer, N.J., lot in ER Subdivision, Eagle Rock Resorts, East Union Township, $340,000.Brian P. Seitz to Kevin L. and Adreienne C....
Tamaqua picked up victories in boys soccer, girls soccer, tennis and volleyball on Thursday. Pleasant Valley also had multiple wins, picking up decisions in boys soccer and golf. The Northwestern fiel...
The 2010-2011 Marian Catholic Peer Listeners were inducted at a special Mass Thursday, Sept. 16 at the high school in Hometown. Inducted as peer listeners were: front, center, Alexa Nemeth. Second row...