Weissport Council is closer to adopting an amendment to manage and protect parks in the borough.
Council said on Monday that more suggestions will be added to the amendment that will regulate hours of...
The youth group of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Summit Hill, recently visited the Carbon County Environmental Center to build bird boxes. The children are involved in a church curriculum that stresses ta...
The Pleasant Valley School Board approved (8-0) Business Manager Susan Famularo's request to advertise the 2012-2013 proposed budget. (Director Harvey Frable was absent.)
The proposed 2012-2013 budget...
"Titanic" is worth a second look, especially in 3D on the big screen.
The 3D enhancement of the 1997 blockbuster gives the moviegoer even more of a visceral sense of peril, with rushing water, claustr...
Ever since he joined the Pleasant Valley wrestling team as a freshman in 2009, big things have been expected of Sean Bianco.
The then 103-pounder was destined for greatness and didn't disappoint in hi...
Smoke detectors
The Jim Thorpe Fire Department still has smoke detectors available for any borough resident who needs one. If you are interested, contact Bill Diehm, fire chief, at (570) 325-3890. He ...
Facing a $1.3 million budget shortfall, the Tamaqua Area School District is looking to take drastic and dramatic cost-cutting measures across the board.
The cuts might even include elimination of scho...
A Barnesville man faces charges pending the investigation into a crash in Jim Thorpe Wednesday afternoon.
The crash happened at about 4:15 p.m. in the 300 block of West Broadway when John Jasinsky, 44...
Alex Kalista, Carbon County mason, left; and Mindy Graver, chairwoman of Carbon County Safe Kids, center; hold a scooter, donated by Tractor Supply in Lehighton for the upcoming Fifth Annual Fun-N-Saf...
Northwestern Lehigh Athletic Director Jason Zimmerman was elected as the new District 11 chairman, replacing the retiring Jack Wabby, at the annual spring meeting on Wednesday at the Pottsville Club.
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