Dear Editor:
We are writing this letter in defense of our 6-year-old daughter who has been wronged by LABC (Lehighton Area Booster Club). Our daughter cheered for football but is not allowed to cheer ...
Dear Editor:
Saturday evening, Nov. 14, 2009, I had the pleasure to witness an excellent football game and the atmosphere of a playoff game. Wow! What a game! Players who exhibited skills and abilitie...
Lehighton head field hockey coach Shawn Hindy has played on numerous US National teams.
He's been named the US Field Hockey Male Athlete of the Year and has traveled all over the world.But despite all...
Marian Catholic High School has announced the names of students on the school Honor Roll for the First Quarter of the 2009-2010 school year.
Distinguished Honors(93 or above in all major subjects)Seni...
Members of the Summit Hill Historical Society are disappointed in the state's move to close Eckley Miner's Village and they plan to make their disapproval known through a letter to the Governor and lo...
Are you a lexophile?
No, no, that's not someone who has to register with police before he moves into a neighborhood.A lexophile is a lover of lexicology, the science of the derivation and meaning of w...
The Tamaqua Public Library received citations from the Pennsylvania State Senate and U.S. House of Representatives on the occasion of the library's 75th anniversary this year. Participating in the pre...
Dear Editor:
This year we seniors who are on Social Security will not get a cost of living raise in benefits. Is Washington D.C. on another planet? Since they said the cost of living has not gone? The...
The Carbon Career & Technical Institute Joint Operating Committee during its regular monthly meeting, held on November 19, approved a number of motions that will see some new equipment coming into the...
Plotinus, a Hellenistic philosopher who was influenced by both Plato and Hinduism, reportedly said, "It is a wise man that can learn one thing from another." While it is less than clear if the "anothe...