Diane Danielson, Palmerton Area Library director, held a spinner and each child of the Summer Reading Program took a turn spinning it.
If it landed on the United States, that child sat at the US table...
Gillingham Charter School in Pottsville has become Schuylkill County's first brick and mortar charter school under the Pennsylvania Charter School Law.
The school received approval from the Harrisburg...
Kidder Township police are investigating the theft of 22 cases of beer from a township business.
Police said the beer was taken from an outside bar at Split Rock Resort. The theft occurred sometime be...
Traveling along SR534 in Kresgeville, passers-by have noticed pretty purple "boxes" around the Polk Township Nature Park entrance. They look like some kind of Japanese lanterns. No, there was not a pa...
Divorces granted
Raymond Poveca was granted a divorce from Tina M. Poveca, both of 554 Fairview St., Tamaqua. They were married Dec. 15, 2006.Carol J. Hoenstine, Muir, Porter Township, was granted a d...
The Panther Valley Public Library, 117 E. Bertsch St., Lansford, has scheduled summer programs for children.
Both reading programs are going strong. Story time for 3-5 year olds is being held at 10 a....
Janelle Farkas, of Palmerton, recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., with a bachelor of science degree in industrial and management engineering.
She was the RPI Formula ...
The 30th annual Carbon County Art League show will take place at the Anita Shapolsky Art Foundation, 20 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., July 9 and 10.
This is an open judged competition.The...
Alyssa Campomizzi, 11, of the Tamaqua area, had her hair cut on June 13, and donated the tresses to Locks of Love. Alyssa's new hair style was created by JEM Hair Design of Hometown. Locks of Love is ...
The Palmerton Jr. High Principal, Mr. Thaddeus Kosciolek, is pleased to announce the students who achieved Principal's List and Honor Roll for the fourth marking period.
PRINCIPAL'S LIST: 90-100, no g...