Several Schuylkill County businesses have been cited by the Allentown enforcement office of the state liquor control board for violations of the liquor code.
M&T Enterprises, trading as M&T Take Outs,...
A special exception to the county's zoning ordinance was granted to Gladstone Partners, LLC by the Schuylkill County Zoning Hearing Board, which will allow the firm to construct a commercial cargo air...
Two Barnesville men face charges in an incident at the Hometown McDonald's Restaurant on July 29.
Officers were dispatched to the fast food restaurant at 2:05 p.m. after some type of incendiary device...
Will Daskal, who teaches ongoing art classes in watercolor and acrylics for the Pocono Arts Council, was honored with a First Place in Watercolor at the Pocono Mountains Art Group's 66th Annual Courth...
Freshman orientation
Stephen Toth, Tamaqua Senior High School principal, has announced that orientation for freshmen and students new to the district will be held Aug. 9. The session will begin at 6:3...
A Monroe County teen was charged with shooting a teenage girl in the head. The suspect was arrested following a manhunt on Thursday.
Pocono Mountain Regional police have charged Dominique Smith, 17, o...
Golden Agers
The Panther Valley Golden Agers began their July 23 meeting with a moment of silence for the victims of the shootings in Colorado. Sue Dopira led the group singing. Members of the chorus ...
Seems like a fitting thing to say as this full moon rises over Bear Mountain in Jim Thorpe. For those old enough to remember, "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" was the theme song of American sin...
Some states squander all they can collect from their taxpayers and more as they reward their contributors with fat contracts and government handouts. In Pennsylvania, past budget deficits have resulte...
By jim zbick
jzbick@tnonline.com@$: During the summer of 1912, a writer for the Tamaqua Courier reflected on the "old fashioned" sabbath when church congregations had three services a day."Nothing sho...