Loki Rucca sits at a picnic table on a recent sunny day, happily pulling small squares printed with math questions from a wooden box.
The 5-year-old takes one that asks "6 + 2 =" and ponders for just ...
The Friends of the Dimmick Memorial Library met at the Harry Packer Mansion in Jim Thorpe to celebrate National Friends of Libraries Week. Janet Hermann, far left, is the current president. For inform...
Dear Editor:
This September I read in the TIMES NEWS how Mahoning Township said "no" to the county in regard to an industrial park. Government moving outside its charter and competing with the private...
OK. So by now you know how fantabulous I think the Grand Canyon is.
Besides the incredible scenic vistas, here are some incredible moments I had.*Goose bumps at the Grand CanyonGeorge and I were sitti...
CLAIRE:
I don't want to be a traitor to my generation, but is there anyone less inspiring than the Mediocre White Kid? You know the one I mean: he (or she) sits somewhere in the middle of all of the h...
As the final step in her pursuit of the distinguished Girl Scout Gold Award, Katie Eidem of local Troop 34229 presented a hand made xylophone to the staff of the Carbon County Environmental Education ...
Here are the current numbers of home and cyber-schooled students in our local districts:
Jim Thorpe: 19 home schooled; 82 cyber schooled.Lehighton: 20 home schooled and 71 cyber/charter schooled stude...
When I went to see my friend Allen at the shop he manages, he had a wide grin and an announcement: "11 more months," he said gleefully.
Eleven more months until he can retire.Eleven more months until ...
Are those sheep?
Yes they are 45 to be exact.That's how many sheep have been "hired" by Pocono International Raceway to maintain the grass around its 25-acre solar field."This is a common sight in Eur...
Dear Editor:
After reading the article in THE TIMES NEWS on Saturday's Oct. 6, 2012 publication on the front page, "Four Suicides an Hour", I believe more can be done to save a life.I'm going to talk ...