A four-page, full-color spread in the newly released issue of the state's official history publication showcases Tamaqua's renaissance by examining the restoration of an 1875 industrial complex.
The s...
Try this brief true-or-false quiz:
1. The common word for a gratuity given in a restaurant is an acronym for To Insure Promptness.2. A U.S. Civil War general named Joseph Hooker lent his name to a sla...
The West Penn Fire Co #1 hosted a four-hour Hazardous Materials and First Responder Awareness training class recently at the fire house. Local volunteer firefighters and personnel from West Penn Fire,...
Mike Trubilla tries to clear drains and relieve pockets of accumulating water by shoveling ice, snow and wet slush built-up in front of a home on West Broad Street in Tamaqua.
Family Fun Night
Pleasant Valley Elementary will have a family fun night on Friday, Jan. 24 from 6-8 p.m. in the school cafeteria. All students of PVE and their families are welcome to attend.PAC meet...
At halftime of last night's Colonial League girls' basketball showdown, Southern Lehigh head coach Megan Dellegrotti challenged her squad to pick up the intensity and limit the amount of offensive reb...
An inmate serving a life term in a state correctional insititution (SCI) in Schuylkill County has been charged with assaulting a state corrections officer causing serious injuries.
State police at Fra...
The next Navy Club auxiliary meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 24, at the Nesquehoning VFW.
Any family member, age 12 and older, of a Navy, Marine, or Coast Guard veteran may join the auxiliary....
Deeds recorded
Banks TownshipGary D. Zima to Melissa Kasarda, 4 E. Maple St., Tresckow, property at 4 E. Maple St., $116,500.Jim ThorpeDan Rimsky to Krista Marie Rimsky, 350 Main St., Jim Thorpe, prop...
Small icicles are usually just an after effect of warming and refreezing snow and ice from the winter sun.
Excessive or hefty icicles on your gutters and eaves are usually an indication of attic air l...