At the Mountain Laurel Autoharp Gathering in Newport, Pennsylvania, an event that drew nearly 300 autoharp performers, Amy Clarke of Jim Thorpe was selected by the audience as the Favorite Open Stage ...
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When laws need to be passed immediately concerning critical health and safety issues of extreme importance regarding public liability, there should be no prolonged process hindering a spe...
After winning the first game in the best-of-three District 18 9-10 Little League Championship Series Thursday night, Tamaqua Blue knew what it had to do in Friday night's second game.
With its job lai...
We are just a few weeks away from the impending debt ceiling limit. Our government has borrowed in excess of the debt limit and will have to raise the limit to continue operations after August 2, 2011...
At the June quarterly meeting of the Pennsylvania Game Commission board of game commissioner's meeting, executive director Carl Roe reminded hunters that county treasurers will begin accepting antlerl...
Nathan Halenar of Summit Hill graduated with a bachelor of science degree from The Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus on May 11, 2011. Halenar acquired a degree in secondary educati...
Last week's high winds caused havoc for PPL crews, as power lines throughout our area suffered the similar consequences. Pictured is a snapped pole located next to the White Birch Golf Course in Barne...
About two dozen visitors at the Tuscarora State Park in Barnesville were suprised Saturday evening when a 110 pound black bear came out of nowhere and started foraging for food in garbage cans located...
The Panther Valley Running & Fitness Club (PVRFC) recently honored John Martino of Jim Thorpe as the "Club Member of the Year" for 2011. The award, in memory of club founder Mike Mogilski, is in "reco...
The Tamaqua Area School District will host an informative presentation about the benefits of using solar energy and the energy efficiencies created to power the district area's schools. The proposed p...