A Lehighton business plans to purchase the bereft Palmerton West Plant and convert it into a 100-acre-plus sustainable high tech office park that could create thousands of jobs.
Also as part of the ac...
December 16, 1993 Mark Makovec scores a team-high 25 points and pulls down 10 rebounds to help lead Marian to a 77-65 victory over North Schuylkill. The Colts, who break open a 16-16 game in the secon...
SHENANDOAH, Pa. (AP) - After taking part in a fight that left a Mexican immigrant mortally wounded on the street, teenagers Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick Donchak fled. They didn't get very far before ...
Faith Alive Church
Faith Alive Church, 678 Pine St., Palmerton (located in Bowmanstown), will hold Candle Light Christmas Eve services at 7 and 9 p.m. Dec. 24.For information, call (610) 852-2805. All...
The late Dr. David Newton was an animal lover.
That's why, the business he founded, Carbon-Schuylkill Endoscopy Center in Lehighton, decided to honor him by following in his footsteps.On Tuesday, the ...
Two Monroe County residents were arrested for retail theft recently.
Pocono Mountain Regional police officers responded to the Walmart store in Mt. Pocono about 6:50 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 11, to a repo...
Rush Township supervisors on Tuesday hired two Luzerne County attorneys at $125 an hour each to handle an employment hearing for former Police Chief Robert J. Romanick.
On a 2-1 vote, with Supervisor ...
St. Luke's Tamaqua Family Practice is providing H1N1 vaccinations.
The H1N1 flu clinic will be held on Thursday, Dec. 17 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., or until supplies are depleted, at St. Luke's Tamaqua Fa...
"The Princess and the Frog" is a delightful change in animated features.
"Princess" is a return for Disney to old-school, mostly hand-drawn animation, similar in style, pace and appearance to the succ...
Pleasant Valley picked up victories in boys and girls basketball on Tuesday night.
Also getting basketball victories were the Northwestern boys and the Northern Lehigh and Palmerton girls.BOYS BASKETB...