It's time to submit your original recipes for the annual TIMES NEWS Cookbook and Recipe Contest.
Deadline for submissions is Saturday, March 10 at midnight.For more information, call our Lifestyle Dep...
The Advisory Board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bridge serving Carbon County will hold their annual "Bowl for Kid's Sake" bowl-a-thon from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 31 at Fritz's Lanes a...
A 17-year-old Tamaqua male has been cited for underage drinking.
Borough officer Matt Houser was on patrol at 12:20 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27, when he saw two males in the area of the Wells Fargo Bank on W...
Major Sharon Whispell is looking for 3 to 5 community members (ages 18 and up) who are able to volunteer two or more hours a week at the Tamaqua Salvation Army providing supervision to youth playing i...
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan In the past decade, the war on terror has changed dramatically. American troops are now out of Iraq, and their presence in Afghanistan is downsizing.
In late 2003, Operat...
Two juveniles were cited following a Feb. 2 incident in Tamaqua.
A 12-year-old Tamaqua male went to the police station that day to report being grabbed by a 14-year-old girl. He reported that he almos...
With good weather outside, the Cub Scouts of Pack 209 moved winter indoors at the Palmerton Rod and Gun Club for its Blue and Gold dinner. The annual event was held Feb. 25 with snowmen wearing blue a...
Trinity Lutheran Church, 175 S. Third St., Lehighton will begin its midweek Lenten series asking "Good God Questions" Wednesday, Feb. 29. "Why does God allow suffering?" will be probed. Services are a...
As a bookend to February's Black History month, Stephen Foster's Camptown Races song offers an insight into the composer's times, which spanned a brief 39 years and reflected the uneasiness of the nor...
Q. Have you ever heard of sarcopenia?
This one made me go to the dictionary. Sarcopenia, a Greek word that means loss of flesh, is the decrease in muscle tissue that comes with age.Sarcopenia (pronoun...