The title of this column was going to be "The Gecko in the Mailbox," in honor of our resident anole who loves to curl up inside our mailbox and scare the beejeebers out of me when I put my hand in for...
Rottet Motors, Tamaqua, has donated a 42-inch flatscreen Samsung TV to Tamaqua Area High School. The television has been hung in the lobby to be used by students. Students earning an Honors Card based...
If you enjoy art, then you don't have to look farther than your local businesses in the West End of Monroe County to view some excellent samples of what several of the area's local artists have create...
It was an easy scramble up and down the ice and snow covered Glen Onoko Falls Trail for 25 members of the Philadelphia Hiking & Adventure Group. So easy that some members climbed up and down the trail...
Class of 2010 All Night Party
The next parents' meeting for the Palmerton Area High School Class of 2010 All Night Party is scheduled for 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 13, in the library with a snow date of...
The Panther Valley Elementary School has announced the recipients of the Student of the Month Awards for November 2009.
Certificates of Achievement were presented in each classroom, grades 1-5. As wel...
Nine first time offenders in criminal cases were placed in Carbon County's Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition (ARD) probation program recently.
If a person successfully completes all conditions of...
Quick response by medics and firefighters saved the life of a Luzerne County motorist involved in a crash along the Northeast Extension of the turnpike Sunday afternoon. The crash occurred just before...
"I think entrepreneurship should be the primary economic development driver or strategy in Carbon County," said Dawn Ferrante, director of Economic Development for the county.
She has been talking to ...