The Aquashicola Volunteer Fire Company and First Northern Bank and Trust will be collecting new or slightly used unwrapped toys to give to the families directly affected by Hurricane Sandy. Donations ...
A classic Thanksgiving dinner is only complete with the classic finish - an aromatic pumpkin pie rich with cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg, and topped with pillowy soft mounds of whipped cream.
To sweeten...
For three centuries, the Spanish villages along the Rio Grande have been displaying their unique Christmas Lanterns or Luminaria, which symbolically light the way for Joseph, Mary and the Christ Child...
A Monroe County man was jailed on Sunday, Nov. 18, following a domestic assault incident.
Pocono Mountain Regional police were dispatched to 134 Ferncrest Rd., Blakeslee, about 3 a.m. for a reported d...
Former Marian High School and University of Conneticut lineman Phillip Michael "Mike" Ryan IV of Tamaqua was bound over for trial in the Schuylkill County Courts following his preliminary hearing on D...
The number of students who qualify for free and reduced lunch in the Palmerton Area School District is on the rise.
Superintendent Carol Boyce shared figures with the school board on Tuesday of the pe...
The Penn Forest Planning Commission meeting that was scheduled for Nov. 26 at the Penn Forest Volunteer Fire Company #1 has been canceled due to lack of agenda.
Any questions should be directed to Cin...
Dr. Arthur Riley, East Mauch Chunk dentist who recently enlisted in the Dental Corps of the United States Army, has received his call to duty. Dr. Riley will begin his active duty Dec. 10, and will re...
Carbon Mountaineers Marine Corps League 996 and Aquashicola Fire Company are again sponsoring a full course dinner for veterans, families and individuals and elderly people who reside in the Palmerton...
Kaitlyn Bentley, an eighth-grade student at Pleasant Valley Middle School in Brodheadsville, won the local level in the Lions International Peace Poster competition as sponsored by the Western Pocono ...