Recent warmer weather has encouraged more outdoor activities. Pictured learning how to skip a rock on top of the water of the Little Schuylkill River in Tamaqua from their older brother, Joe Rush, 14,...
By BOB URBAN
rurban@tnonline.comMother's Day has come and gone. But here's a belated gift for all moms, sent by a reader who values the worth of a mother's logic. See if any of these situation strike ...
Filmmaker Noah Berlow, a Palmerton native, is taking a deep breath this week and appreciating that fact that he's living out his dream of making movies that tell great stories through the art of film....
The borough of Palmerton has been awarded $8,160 from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) under the Recycling Performance Grant Program, Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon) announced.
"This gra...
For landowners who want to see fewer deer on their property, time is running out for those who qualify to file an application with the Pennsylvania Game Commission to participate in the agency's Deer ...
On "Good Morning America" this morning, my jaw dropped when it featured an 8-year-old girl who competes in beauty pageants and gets Botox injected in her face because she has wrinkles.
Seriously?At 8 ...
The Carbon County Area Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame will induct its 2011 class at a banquet on Sunday, May 29 at Memorial Hall in Jim Thorpe.
This will be the 18th class to be induc...
In recognition of local military veterans, Poho Poco Rod and Gun Club is hosting a "Youth Fishing" day tomorrow in the newly-dredged dam at the Phifer Ice Dam Park, Main Road, in Franklin Township. Th...
Dear Editor:
I had a good discussion with the Palmerton Area School Board at their May 3 meeting when I spoke about the difference between pay cuts and pay freezes. There may be people in the communit...
Dear Editor:
The appeal process of the parishioners of the closed/ locked churches, in the Allentown Diocese and beyond, has been a roller-coaster ride of ups and downs/joys and sorrows.I wish I could...