Organizations and volunteers throughout our area have donated their time to spruce up various neighborhoods and parks in preparation for a busy summer. Tamaqua Area Willing and Skate Park Asssociation...
A Lower Towamensing Township man disagrees with the installation of a stop sign at the scene of multiple accidents.
Resident Herman Bollinger told the township's board of supervisors on Tuesday that h...
SCHRANTZ A son, Landon John Schrantz, was born at 5:26 p.m. March 27, 2012 at St. Luke's Allentown, to Kristen and Eric Schrantz of Jim Thorpe.
He weighed 8 pounds, and measured 21 inches long.The new...
Lansford's money woes have struck another blow: Borough council on Wednesday decided to close its zoning and code enforcement office, effective immediately.
Council president Rose Mary Cannon said the...
Coaldale
Mother's Day serviceMother's Day will be celebrated at First Congregational Church, Coaldale, at the 9 a.m. service Sunday, May 13, with the youth and children participating. Sunday school wi...
Tamaqua
Round Robin Play-offsMatches for 5-9-12East End I at Citizen'sEast End II at Pine Street ILast Week's ResultsCitizen's def. Quakake Legion, 4-1East End I def. Clamtown Tavern, 4-3 (no env.)Eas...
Cub Pack 138 of Jim Thorpe welcomes boys who will be entering first through fifth grades next year. Meetings are held at Christ Lutheran Church on Church Road in Penn Forest Township. Boys and their f...
State police at Lehighton are investigating several theft incidents.
Troopers said about 1,000 pounds of scrap metal was removed from D&B Services, located at 369 Fiddletown Rd., in Eldred Township, M...
Panther Valley Elementary School student Jaden Fontana looked a little skeptical as he pondered whether to taste the chunk of Kumato tomato he held in his hand. He took a small bite of the purplish co...
The Tamaqua Elementary School held its mini-Relay For Life recently at the school. The children were given a half hour to run or walk around the school track. Every year the Tamaqua and Rush Elementar...