Walnutport Canal Association cleanup day
The Walnutport Canal Association's annual canal cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, April 28, beginning at 8 a.m.It will include a litter patrol over the entire...
State Sen. John Yudichak joined Governor Tom Corbett and state Sen. Lisa Baker Monday at the Luzerne County Courthouse as Senate Bill 815, which requires legal counsel be present at juvenile delinquen...
The fight against hunger within the West End community will be addressed next month thanks to the new partnership between Tractor Supply Company and The Garden of Giving in a "Fill the Truck" event on...
Board of health
The Tamaqua Board of Health held its April meeting with Earl Boettger, James Gormley and Shirley Becker in attendance.Health Enforcement Officer James Barron submitted his monthly repo...
Dr. Mark McGalla, principal at Lehighton Area Middle School, announces the honor roll for third marking period of the 2011-12 school year.
Principal's list(95 or higher composite average with no grade...
James Kishbaugh, Nesquehoning Fire Chief and president of the Carbon County Firemen's Association, has been named the recipient of Nesquehoning VFW Post's Outstanding Citizen Award.
Presentation will ...
Girl Scout Junior Troop 50363 members of West End Service Unit of Girl Scouts are working to achieve their Bronze Award with an event named "Scouts Sharing Stories" The event will be held on Saturday,...
Coroner at Rotary
The West End Rotary Club will host Monroe County coroner Bob Allen at its breakfast meeting at 7:30 a.m., Thursday, April 12, at the Western Pocono Community Library, Brodheadsville....
WASHINGTON (AP) - From obscure former senator driving a pickup truck across Iowa, Rick Santorum made a surprising - he calls it miraculous - leap to become the most formidable threat to Mitt Romney's ...
Jose Garcia swings a sledgehammer, bringing it down onto a piece of wood that once supported the front steps of the house at 6 Leisenring St. in Lansford. With the steps and support gone, he and co-wo...