The Tamaqua Area School Board passed its budget for 2011-12 which does not include a tax hike, but does eliminate 10 professional employees and other staff cuts, during its regular meeting held last n...
Park concert
The group Who Knows Best will be performing at 7 p.m., Sunday, June 26 in the Palmerton Borough Park Bandstand. Bring a lawn chair.In the event of rain, the concert will be held in the Pa...
After months of consternation, the Palmerton High School boys' basketball team finally has a mentor in place.
The school board unanimously agreed n a 9-0 vote on Tuesday to appoint Michael Stefanek as...
ALLENTOWN - Some walls are too big to climb. For starters, a last minute switch of Indianapolis starting pitchers set the tone for the night. The Indians then threw out five pitchers backed by stellar...
State police at Fern Ridge reported investigating a three-vehicle, rear-end type crash along SR115 near Marian Lane, in Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County.
Troopers said Shannon E. Kelly-Acconzo, 32...
The Lehighton Area Middle School held their Academic Awards Program on June 8. Awards were presented to the following students:
The American Legion Auxiliary Award: Kelsey Andrews.The American Legion ...
Carbon/Schuylkill Community Theatre will host auditions for "Broadway on Broadway," a production of 10-minute plays and musical numbers to be staged Aug. 12-13 in Jim Thorpe.
Needed are actors and act...
Honor students for the fourth marking period have been announced at Panther Valley Middle School.
The list is as follows:Sixth GradeDistinguished Honors - Kiley Boswell, Sophia Damian, Catlan Guinn, A...
Organ donor awareness
This Friday is Kinsley's ShopRite's First Annual Organ Donor Awareness Day.The activities will run from noon until 4 p.m.Driver safety programAn eight-hour driver refresher cours...
It's easy to put on blinders and dismiss the possibility that our children may abuse drugs and alcohol. "That doesn't happen to people like us. Our children are good kids from a good home."
Guess what...