Lansford council on Friday evening reminded residents that their sidewalks must be cleared within 24 hours after a snowfall. And, Councilman Andrew Snyder warned, do not throw the snow onto cleared st...
Immaculata University students Ariel Makowski of Kunkletown and Meagan Fritzgerald of Saylorsburg attained the dean's list for the 2010 fall semester. Immaculata University is a Catholic, coeducationa...
In my early career, I stumbled upon a book called How To Lie With Statistics by Darrell Huff. Written in 1954, this book described how statistics could be used to support an erroneous or entirely fals...
Somewhere at the Philadelphia Naval Yards and in the highest state government office, millions of dollars are being haggled in private negotiations.
But it's not the Department of Defense working on c...
Lansford council, working with auditors to get its money matters on an even keel, on Friday held a special meeting to transfer funds to pay bills.
As of Friday, the borough had $861,479.65 in its cash...
Dear Dr. Smith,
I have been reading your column for a long time and never thought I would have a need to write to you. My family is pretty normal and my children are grown up, so I have a fairly evenl...
State police at Schuylkill Haven are investigating a roof top theft incident in Schuylkill County.
Troopers said unknown criminals climbed onto the roof of the Cressona Mall, located off SR61 in North...
American Hose firefighter Thorn Devlin takes a break while responding to a house fire on Pleasant Row in Tamaqua earlier this week. Devlin was one of the first responders to arrive on scene to quell t...
There was a story in our paper today about an 83-year-old woman who volunteers each day at an arts center.
"What's so special about that?" was my first thought when I glanced at the story. There are p...