The Nesquehoning Woman's Club donated more than 80 pairs of gloves to less fortunate students at the Panther Valley Elementary School in Nesquehoning. The school will distribute the gloves for Christm...
A Virginia woman who recently relocated to the area had her purse stolen earlier this week.
Patricia Hill, 47, of 14 W. Broad St., Tamaqua, was shopping in Boyer's Food Mart on Center Street Monday ev...
A one-vehicle accident on Pine Street in Tamaqua Sunday morning, Dec. 12, snapped a utility pole but did not cause a major power outage.
According to police, Carl Caso, 27, of Pottstown, was traveling...
St. Peter's Evangelical Congregational Church, 177 Main Road, Lehighton (Franklin Township), will hold a Christmas program at the 10:30 a.m. Dec. 19 service. The theme will be "Voices of Christmas." T...
Franklin Township supervisors are planning to enact an ordinance that restricts large trucks from driving on select streets within the township.
Supervisors plan to adopt the ordinance to make it unla...
Weissport Area Recreation Committee, formerly Concerned Citizens of Weissport, will host a Christmas party at the Weissport Municipal building from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 18. Children and grand...
Motorists traveling Route 209 in Mahoning Township, namely at the bottom of the Mansion House Hill, which enters Jim Thorpe, will see work along the shoulder of the roadway later this week, in the hop...
Senior citizens
The Tamaqua Senior Citizens group meets every Thursday, at 1 p.m., in the Tamaqua Community Center, located to the rear of Boyer's Food Mart.The Dec. 2 meeting included the annual Chri...
Lower Towamensing Township residents will see no increase in their property tax rates in 2011.
The township's board of supervisors unanimously agreed on Tuesday to adopt next year's budget with no tax...
A Monroe County resident is facing a charge of retail theft following an incident at the Weis Market located along SR209 in Brodheadsville, Chestnuthill Township.
State police at Fern Ridge said on Mo...