Distinguished Honors/ Honor Roll for the Second Marking Period at the Panther Valley Middle School have been announced by Mrs. Lisa Mace, Principal:
6th GradeDistinguished HonorsErica Baba, Loudon Bre...
Palmerton Area School District will save nearly $145,000 through the refinancing of a bond issue.
The board at a special meeting on Tuesday unanimously agreed to adopt a resolution to refinance and is...
Boys will be boys, whether in harmless pastime, daring, or courage. This was exemplified by Lawrence Farrell, nine-year-old son of Frank Farrell, East Mauch Chunk. He climbed a tree despite the threat...
The Lehighton Area Democratic Club held their annual election of officers at Johnnie's Restaurant on Wednesday, Jan. 4. Jesse Walck was elected President, Linda Benner, Vice President, Duane Watson, S...
Despite a sagging global economy, Rotary clubs around the world have succeeded in raising more than $200 million in new funding for polio eradication.
The fundraising milestone, announced recently at ...
Often in basketball the outcome of a game between two talented opponents can come down to one moment.
That moment on Tuesday night happened to be when Jim Thorpe senior Jeanna McEmoyle stepped up to t...
Rick Santorum's three victories last night in Missouri, a non-binding primary, and the Colorado and Missouri caucuses re-energized a campaign that only a few weeks ago, appeared to be running on fumes...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday proposed a hold-the-line budget of $27.1 billion, with no tax increases, deep cuts to higher education assistance and a range of cost-cutting in servic...
Senator David G. Argall (R-29) and Representative Neal Goodman (D-123) today announced a grant for the City of Pottsville to improve water quality in the Schuylkill River.
"This is great news for the ...
'Eternity in Our Hearts,' an exhibition of paintings by award-winning African artist and Arts Ambassador for Nigeria to the United Nations, Ibiyinka Alao, opens Feb. 21 in the ballroom of the Mauch Ch...