Summit Hill Borough Council has yet to put together a tentative budget for 2011 and has met just once to discuss the pending spending plan.
Although the budget figures haven't been formulated, the one...
The Tamaqua Area School District will hold its annual winter "Meet the Raiders Night" on Thursday, Dec. 2, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Athletic Center.
Members of the boys and girls basketball teams, t...
By JIM ZBICK
jzbick@tnonline.comName identity is big business today, evidenced by the new sports stadiums that have risen up in the last decade bearing the names of giant financial institutions.The th...
Clients of the Palmerton Hospital Adult Day Center have been collecting canned goods to donate to Christians in Action Council of Palmerton Area Churches (CACPAC). Pictured are clients Herman Smith (k...
In her first year of collegiate soccer, Alvernia College freshman Katie Hummel was recognized for her play on the Crusaders' defensive with a spot on the 2010 All-Commonwealth All-Star Second Team.
Th...
When I was a young girl, I used to ask my mother "Why does my sister Judy learn things faster than I do?" I always had to study at the dining room table every night. Math was especially hard for me. J...
Dear Editor:
On Sunday, Nov. 7 I took part in the Carbon County Veterans Day Parade.It was cold and the people watching were few.But I heard a lot of people saying thank you to the veterans.When the c...
A 9-year old Tamaqua boy sustained a wrist injury after being struck by a car in the borough on Tuesday afternoon.
Mary Ann Rowlands of South Greenwood Street, Tamaqua, was traveling north on South Gr...
According to nearly 80,000 responses gathered by the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rogue, Louisiana, on any given day less than half of U.S. adults engage in what's considered by the ...
Dear Editor:
Last week's elections will usher in a new Congress, who will be expected to consider the recommendations of the Deficit Reduction Commission.I implore both the Commission and our incoming...