Lehighton is getting a new, major downtown shopping center. An agreement was signed by the Patron & Winters Development Compnay of Miami, Fla. for the purchase of a tract of land owned by the Kovatch ...
The Schuylkill County Commissioners on Wednesday announced they plan to furlough between 30-50 union employees in an effort to balance the 2010 budget.
During the board's weekly meeting, it was noted ...
Tax exemptions
The Schuylkill County and Tamaqua Borough Per Capita and Occupation Tax Exemption forms for the year 2010 are currently available for Borough of Tamaqua residents.The exemption forms ca...
Controller Melinda G. Kantner informed the Schuylkill County Commissioners Wednesday she is unable to verify that employees are using county-owned cell phones 100-per cent of the time for county busin...
Last week, when Bob Mitchell decided to relinquish his football coaching duties at Northwestern High School after 28 years, it got me thinking.
First of all, it made me realize how long I have been co...
Words spelled correctly were sweet as honey, while misspellings assuredly stung like a bee.
Welcome to the pressure-cooker known as the District 5 CYO Spelling Bee, which was held last week at St. Joh...
Tamaqua Salvation Army volunteers provided their time to help provide its guests with free meals on Thanksgiving Day.
The volunteers also made free take-out orders and delivered free meals to anyone w...
State police at the Lehighton barracks said a car parked in a driveway of a Weissport residence was entered sometime after midnight Tuesday.
Police said the vehicle is owned by Matthew Bryant Maupin, ...
A Wilkes-Barre man has been cited by Tamaqua police for passing a bad check.
James Lee Weaver, 46, of 526 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre, reported wrote a check for $353 to the office of District Magistra...
First grade students at Tamaqua Elementary School presented a program titled The ABCs of Thanksgiving on Wednesday in the school gymnasium. The program included the students of instructors Debbie Davi...