Q. Have you ever heard of sarcopenia?
This one made me go to the dictionary. Sarcopenia, a Greek word meaning loss of flesh, is the decrease in muscle tissue that comes with age.Sarcopenia (pronounced...
It's Kick-Off Time for the annual Relay For Life of Palmerton and Surrounding Communities. Relay For Life is the nation's largest overnight, 24-hour, nonprofit walk event.
This year's Relay marks the ...
To date, 54 properties in Summit Hill have been exonerated from trash collection fees.
The borough council was warned last night that in the long run, this could prove to become very expensive for its...
One person was injured Monday morning when involved in a crash in West Penn township. The crash occurred shortly after 9 a.m. at the intersection of Archery Club and Hecla roads. The crash involved a ...
Students at Tamaqua Elementary and St. Jerome Regional schools recently learned some life-saving lessons as the Tamaqua Fire Department conducted its Fire Safety Program.
In one of the emergency scena...
Wildlife photographer Shawn Carey will present the multi-media program Scenes from the Gulf Oil Disaster at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton, on Saturday, October 23.
The presentation is part of the S...
HELLERTOWN - Ben Andrews would have loved the district title. And he gave it his best shot. But by finishing second Monday at the the District 11 Golf Championship Tournament, the Palmerton junior cam...
The Carbon County Salary Board approved the following changes during its monthly meeting on Thursday. The changes are as follows:
Domestic Relations• Change the rate of one domestic relations assistan...
State police at the Schuylkill Haven are investigtaing the theft of fuel from a rig in Schuylkill County.
The victim is Western Express Inc., Nashville, Tenn. Police said the incident happened between...
If there's one message that will strike a nerve with voters at the polls in three weeks, it's the economy - specifically jobs - a focus that this administration has been trying hard to deflect in rece...