Students from Weatherly Area High School have been named "Best in State" Division One winners in the 2011 JETS (Junior Engineering Technical Society) teams competition which was held at Bucknell Unive...
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A half an hour before it was scheduled to begin; I heard that the Tamaqua School board was having a meeting. In this day of budget constraints, they were going to be discussing elementary...
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The Eldred Beagle Club in Kunkletown would like to give a hearty "Thank You" to all those who sponsored our Derby Trial on April 24 and for their support. They are: the Times News, West E...
I'm craving chocolate. More specifically, two yummy chocolate cakelike cookies with delicious creamy vanilla filling. In other words, I want Whoopie Pies!
Years ago, my aunt introduced Whoopie Pies in...
Sometimes thoughtful acts become so ingrained in our everyday routine that we stop noticing.
I think about that as I sit at the breakfast table with my husband, sipping a cup of perfectly brewed coffe...
State police at Schuylkill Haven reported on an unusal crash that occured in Schuylkill County.
Troopers said the incident occurred on Monday, May 16, about 2:45 p.m. along SR183, a quarter-mile north...
The kitchen at Carbon County Technical Institute was filled with future chefs busily preparing the last dinner of the year at the Harvest Cafe on Wednesday.
The Harvest Cafe is student run under the s...
Lansford Police Chief John Turcmanovich has released his report for the month of April:
Calls for service - 354; criminal arrests - 2 misdemeanors including resisting arrest, simple assault; traffic c...
Members of the Central Carbon County Comprehensive Planning Committee were told by a transportation consultant at Thursday's meeting that traffic volumes will increase by 17.3 percent in the area over...
Genetic engineering could be coming to the TIDEwood Industrial Park in Hometown - genetic engineering for chickens.
The Rush Township Planning Board listened to a proposal from a representative of Ben...