Progress on Tamaqua's wildcat sewer situation is continuing, slowly, but surely. Borough manager Kevin Steigerwalt informed council that 34 individual discharges from 27 properties have either been co...
Several residents who live on Meadow Avenue were unhappy at last month's Rush Township board of supervisors meeting when a 2-1 majority approved a 120-day contract extension to replace a sewer line on...
Family members and friends of inmates at the Carbon County Correctional Facility will soon have more ways to put money in the inmate's accounts.
During the monthly meeting of the county prison board, ...
Due to the combined effort of Carbon County, Lehighton Borough and Advanced Green Solutions, the two-day electronics recycling event held on Sept. 26 and Sept. 27 was a success.
The items collected fr...
Five-year reunion
The Lehighton High School Class of 2006 will be holding a five-year class reunion on Saturday, Nov. 26, at the Lehighton American Legion.Information on the following class members is...
It's fair to say that it has been an up and down year for the Tamaqua Blue Raiders (3-4, 3-2 Anthracite) this season. Although the Raiders haven't been consistent as a whole this season there is no do...
A Monroe County man is facing multiple theft and related counts.
Pocono Mountain Regional police said Tashaun Normand, 28, of Tobyhanna, has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of credit ca...
Carbon County is already seeing significant savings on its inmate medical bills, thanks to Act 22.
During the county prison board meeting, Robert Crampsie, county controller, updated the board on a re...
Salem UCC Al-Anon meeting
Al-Anon Adult Children meetings are on Monday evenings, from 7:30-8:30 p.m., at Salem United Church of Christ, Route 209 and Gilbert Road, Gilbert, (behind the Turkey Hill).D...
The Kunkletown Vol. Fire Co. held an open house for the community to learn more about fire safety during Fire Prevention Week. Grant Conarty, 6 and Zachary Strohl, 9, learn what could be safety and fi...