The Towamensing Elementary Chorus helped get everyone in the mood for the holidays with its "Lights of the Season" concert. The songs celebrated Chanukah, Kwanzaa and Christmas. In the "Joy of Kwanzaa...
With the rate caps that have frozen electrical rates in northeastern Pennsylvania since the passage of the 1997 Electricity Generation Choice and Competition Act coming off at the end of this year, PP...
Karissa Nenscel, 8, is the winner of the 2009 Miss Snowflake Pageant, held Dec. 7 at the Lehighton annex building in Lehighton.
She was presented with a tiara, sash and trophy.A dozen other girls part...
The West Penn Andreas Fire Company No 1 in Andreas held their annual Toys For Tots fundraiser breakfast. Patrons were asked to bring in a new toy or monetary donation to the Schuylkill Carbon Marine C...
"There's no such thing as an 'ex-Marine'", a veteran of the Marine Corps once corrected me, after I used the term in a column.
"There are only Marines and former Marines," he explained.His point was t...
During the ladies auxiliary's Christmas partyat the New Columbus Fire Company, the auxiliary donated a large amount of money through their hoagie sales to the firemen. The $10,000 check will be put to...
The third of three men charged with a series of burglaries last spring and summer in the western part of Schuylkill County entered a guilty plea and was sentenced recently.
Jeremy James McHenry, 20, P...
Time is ticking away for the holder of a Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball ticket worth $50,000.
The winning ticket was purchased at Dugan's Store in Jim Thorpe for the Dec. 27, 2008 drawing.The ticket w...
Deeds recorded
East Penn TownshipBradley E. Christman to Bradley E. Christman, 1120 Mahoning Drive West, Lehighton, lots 1 and 2, Bradley E. and Angela G. Christman Subdivision, $1.Franklin TownshipMa...
There's nothing quite like a hearty meal, holiday music and a visit from Jolly Old Saint Nick to evoke the Christmas spirt.
Indeed, there was a holiday atmosphere that permeated from the Family Christ...