Dear Editor:
Can you help me put a name to this?My U.S. Representatives, Paul E. Kanjorski, recently sent out a bulk mailing of a form letter expressing his "concern" for senior citizens who will not ...
A hit and run driver is being sought in Schuylkill County.
State police at Schuylkill Haven said the incident occurred about 2 a.m. Friday, Jan. 22, along Wilder St., in Cressona. Troopers said a vehi...
Marriage is easy. Divorce is hard.
That was the message in the information packet that was given to us when we applied for a marriage license.To tell the truth, it seemed a bit odd to be given informa...
By JIM ZBICK
jzbick@tnonline.comJanuary 1910 proved to be a deadly month for miners, not only locally but throughout the nation.The largest loss of life came on the last day of January a century ago w...
For the past three years I've spent New Year's Eve in New York City. I wasn't there for the pan-ultimate New Year's experience of standing in Times Square as the ball drops, but rather to spend the ho...
By TERRY AHNER
tahner@tnonline.comThe good, the bad, and the ugly.For better or for worse, that's what our readers have come to expect when they page through a copy of our newspaper.Quite frankly, the...
James Ostergaard an eighth grade student, won the Geography Bee competition for students in grades 4-8 at St. Jerome's Regional School in Tamaqua.
Ostergaard is a repeat school champion and qualified ...
Dear Editor:
Here we are, just several weeks into the new year and already 11 Pennsylvanians have died as a result of domestic violence. This comes on the heels of a stunningly high number of domestic...
Daisy Troop 33 of Mahoning Township recently participated in the Trees For Troops program. A small troop of just six girls, they were able to collectively raise $250 which was enough to purchase 10 tr...