Patty Baresse of Nutrition, Inc., the lunch contractor for the Jim Thorpe Area School District, gave a report to the board at its meeting on Monday regarding the federal government's new rules on prov...
Boy Scout James McElhenney of Jim Thorpe was presented with a citation for personal valor. The presentation was made by Hawk Mountain Council executive Robert F. Meinholtz. McElhenney, son of Mr. and ...
Pocono Mountain Regional police reported on two driving under the influence (DUI), drug and other arrests made recently by officers.
A DUI crash occurred about 8:48 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, along Locus...
Korean War veteran William Gaddes' Message to America: "We Americans live in the world's finest Democracy. We are free to worship our God, and to pursue a life of our own choosing. However, with Democ...
Q. Every so often, my left eye twitches. It goes away after a while, but it's annoying. Is there a remedy?
Eye-twitching also called eye spasms or blinking disorder is known technically as blepharospa...
JROTC
The Panther Valley High School JROTC meeting will be held on Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. All are cordially invited.PV senior centerFran Craigie, manager of the Panther Valley Senior Center, has announced ...
Army National Guard Col. Glenn M. Skawski has graduated from the U.S. Army War College Department of Distance Education program at Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle. The college is the Army's senior educati...
November 10, 1950 George Welsh throws a pair of touchdown passes to lead Coaldale to a 13-6 victory over Minersville. Welsh opens the scoring with a seven-yard TD toss to Bob "Butch" Zebian and finds ...
It's not too early to start thinking about yuletide. Allen Breiner, Tamaqua Borough code enforcement officer and electrician, gets a jump on the holiday season early Monday by installing wreaths along...
Melissa M. Rodgers, daughter of JoAnn and Charles Rodgers of Tamaqua, became the bride of Eric R. Smith Jr., son of Dianne and Eric R. Smith Sr., and the late Donna Smith, of Carlisle, on Sept. 5, 200...