The Carbon County Emergency Management Agency has announced the following emergency services training sessions available to emergency personnel.
Registration is required. To register, call, email or f...
TN Correspondent
editor@tnonline.comThe Schuylkill Township supervisors paid tribute to the Tamaqua Blue Raiders swim team at their monthly meeting.Chairperson Linda DeCindio expressed how proud the s...
Application period for the 2012 Troop N Camp Cadet program is now open and applications are being accepted.
This week-long camp is designed to give young people a better understanding of law enforceme...
Just because something may appear to have outlived its usefulness doesn't mean it's past its shelf life.
Take, for example, the 27,225 old phone books that were collected as part of the Carbon County ...
The pressure of being a senior at the PIAA wrestling tournament and not having a state medal on your resume can work on your conscience.
Pleasant Valley senior Michael Dahlstrom (126) wasn't shy to il...
Chris Hunt, a senior at Weaterly Area High School, has been named a National Merit Scholarship Finalist. As a finalist, Hunt will be in the final round of competition for three types of scholarships a...
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, PA-11, announced that several internships are available in both his Washington, D.C., and Northeastern Pennsylvania district offices during the late spring and summer months.
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In a story, published earlier this week in The TIMES NEWS, it was reported that cleanup week will be observed in Washington Township, Lehigh County, on April 16.
The correct date of the cleanup is Jun...
In 1812, the capital of Pennsylvania was relocated to Harrisburg, then a Susquehanna River jumping-off point for westward expansion.
Harrisburg, the ninth largest city in Pennsylvania, which has recen...
By JIM ZBICK
jzbick@tnonline.comYou can't fault the Tamaqua Courier for not trying to hype the old home town.In his 1912 opinion titled "Loyalty to one's Bread and Butter," a Courier writer said the w...