When it came to deciding on a vacation destination a century ago, Mauch Chunk was an easy choice for thousands of tourists.
And when you added a holiday like Independence Day to that choice, the selec...
JIM:
They say that everyone in California is writing a screenplay. And every journalist I've ever known has tried to write a novel. I'm no exception. In fact, to date I've made two attempts. The first...
By WILLIAM TAYLOR REIL
tneditor@tnonline.comWe are constantly told and taught that our government has three "co-equal" branches. But our historical documents prove that this is not what the framers of...
Nearly two decades ago, I left my heart by the ocean.
Every year, for one glorious week, I return to Ocean City, Md., searching for it, but instead I find that my love for the sea has grown even stron...
A single home in Lehighton sustained minor damage after a fire broke out at about 8:25 p.m. Friday.
It took firemen about 10-15 minutes to extinguish the fire at 219 Ochre Street. Samantha Frable live...
The 1935 Mauch Chunk Catholic football team, who were nicknamed "The Little Notre Damers" was one of the finest gridiron squads ever assembled in the now Jim Thorpe community.
Over a period of three s...
A dying Japanese child's mission in 1955 to create 1,000 paper cranes as symbols of hope has taken flight around the globe, coming to rest in Lehighton.
Sadako Sasaki was 2 years old when the atomic b...
A single home in Lehighton sustained minor damage after a fire broke out at about 8:25 p.m. Friday.
It took firemen about 10-15 minutes to extinguish the fire at 219 Ochre Street. Samantha Frable live...
The 1935 Mauch Chunk Catholic football team, who were nicknamed "The Little Notre Damers" was one of the finest gridiron squads ever assembled in the now Jim Thorpe community.
Over a period of three s...
Dear Editor:
From the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the present wars and all the sacrifices in between, those who gave their lives are too many to count. We must never forget those who...