Jim Thorpe Borough Council is working on its budget for 2012. The proposed 2012 budget was introduced and tentatively approved at the regularly scheduled council meeting. The council will look to vote...
State police at Frackville said three juveniles were apprehended inside th former St. Bartholomew Catholic Church and Rectory, in Brockton, Schuylkill Township, about 1:45 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12.
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Tamaqua High School Leadership Council is holding a coat drive for needy students in the Tamaqua school district this winter. Anyone can bring in coats to the high school main office during the day or...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. A 44-year-old Carbon County man is the first person to face criminal charges stemming from the riot that broke out last Wednesday after the Penn State board of trustees announced th...
Carbon County Chamber of Commerce will hold a Christmas party/mixer from 6 to 10 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12, at the All Lit Up Plaza, 450 Interchange Road, Lehighton. There will be a buffet of finder foods,...
At Monday's Nesquehoning Water Authority meeting, James J. Rhoades, Jr., a representative from Alfred Benesch & Co. presented his firm's proposal to identify and design what will be the most efficient...
After more than a year of listening to a West Ridge Street couple's pleas to Coaldale borough council to do something about a vacant, mold-infested house that's attached to theirs, officials on Tuesda...
Slatington Lions Club
The Slatington Lions club is in need of trucks, trailers and manpower for its annual Christmas tree sale. On Nov. 25, at 9 a.m., the club will meet and setup at the storage garag...
Christine Mary Farole, daughter of Danny and Nina Farole, of Lehighton graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in nursing degree from Drexel University, Philadelphia, on October 1, 2011, and recently r...
Senior citizens
The Tamaqua Seniors met Nov. 10 at the Tamaqua Community Center with 86 members in attendance. President Jean Machamer conducted the business session.Rose Vallee provided the invocatio...