KAST A daughter, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Kast, was born at 4:14 p.m., March 22, 2011 at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center to Jackie and Tim Kast, of Mohrsville.
She weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and mea...
First Steps
First Steps, a support group for mothers, will have its monthly meeting on Wednesday, June 1, at the Primitive Methodist Church, 55 Hunter St., Tamaqua. The meeting will be held in the chu...
Historical society
The Eldred Township Historical Society will meet on Tuesday, May 24 at 7 p.m. at the Eldred Township municipal building in Kunkletown. Gail Boscia will be giving a presentation on V...
A resolution to establish a Marcellus Shale Task Force was approved by the Schuylkill County Commissioners at their work session held Wednesday at the courthouse in Pottsville.
Fifteen professionals w...
The Pennsylvania Vegetable Marketing and Research Program is looking for recipe entries from Pennsylvania residents for the "Simply Delicious, Simple Nutritious" vegetable recipe contest. The entry de...
The election cycle has started again. In the 40 years I have been an investor, I noticed a pattern that often repeats itself in the run up to the election.
What does this mean to the average American?...
Bishop Peggy Johnson, Bishop of the Eastern Pennsylvania and Peninsula Delaware Conferences of the United Methodist Church, will be visiting Effort United Methodist Church on Merwinsburg Road, Effort,...
Richard Swartley, Jim Thorpe, was injured during an accident in which a car collided head-on with a dump truck at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on Route 61 in Hamburg.
According to police, Swartley and Rich...
Tried and true, school newspapers afford students an opportunity to express their thoughts to an audience of their peers.
The Northern Lehigh Middle School newspaper "The Bulldog Bark" is one example,...
We would cordially like to thank the Red Cross of Schuylkill County, the Salvation Army, Schuylkill Community Action, all churches, the Ministerial Association of Mahanoy City, all five companies, the...