The Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown has filed appeals in the Schuylkill County Court from the recent action by the Schuylkill County Assessment Board which removed, on request of the school distri...
A couple of weeks ago, I was singing, "A haunting we will go, A haunting we will go, Heigh ho the dairy-o, a haunting we will go."
I was excited about a night of ghost hunting with the Blue Mountain P...
It's a sunny spring morning in the late 1950s. I'm 8 years old, and, arms outstretched to keep my balance, I'm jumping from tie to tie along the rails of the tracks that run through my small home town...
Although my scariest Halloween ever was 64 years ago, I remember it as if it were today.
I was 7-years old at the time and incredibly excited about Halloween. Each year, scores of kids would parade in...
A permit to allow employees of Riverwalck Saloon in Parryville to park in the Lehigh Canal parking lot was revoked Thursday night by the Lehigh Canal Recreation Commission.
The parking lot is along bu...
Last week, my article on unintended consequences resulted in several responses asking what I would do to fix government. I have a list of items that can be implemented to correct many of the issues fa...
A century ago Philadelphia sports fans followed their beloved Athletics as rabidly as the fans of today support their Phillies.
The Athletics christened a new baseball stadium, Shibe Park, in 1910. Co...
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 502 Lafayette Ave., Palmerton will feature a new series for adults between the two worship services beginning the first Sunday in November.
Titled "Bad Girls of the Bible...
The Pocono Mountain Visitors Bureau announced that operations are looking up.
During the Carbon County Commissioners' meeting on Thursday, Carl Wilgus, president and CEO of PMVB, presented the board w...