By Bob urban
burban@tnonline.com@$:I spent the last two weeks trying to figure out who I wanted to win tomorrow's Super Bowl.My Steelers didn't even make the playoffs this year, so I didn't have any l...
The road to the District 11 playoffs just got a lot tougher for the Pleasant Valley boys' basketball team.
The Bears hung with the Pocono Mountain West Panthers for three quarters, however couldn't ke...
While scavenging through her family archives, Ruth Bush of Lehighton chanced upon a worn spiral-bound, orange-covered book entitled the Story of Carbon County.
As she curiously peered through its intr...
Between Halley's comet, the early "aeroplane" flights and reports of Unidentified Flying Objects, people living during the first decade of the 20th century had good reason to have their eyes glued to ...
A Tamaqua man faces charges after allegedly harassing his neighbors on mutiple occasions.
Marisa M. Kunkel of 212 Orwigsburg St., contacted police concerning her neighbor, Raymond L. Reinert, who live...
Ian Hook, a fourth grade student at Our Lady of the Angels Academy in Lansford, is someone who "put his money where his mouth is."
After hearing of the devastation in Haiti, Ian decided to use his own...
Divorces granted
The following divorce decrees were signed by the county court.Stephanie E. Freeby, 138 High St., Jim Thorpe, from Mark J. Freeby, 49 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe.Daniel J. Becker, 93 Mill ...
Lehighton and Pleasant Valley both suffered girls basketball setbacks on Friday.
In a boys game, East Stroudsburg South defeated Lehighton, 76-66. No other information on that game was received by the...
If asked what subject I thought was the most important one to study or the one I liked most when I was in school, I probably would have said I love literature. I liked history but not to the extent of...
When it comes to money, I'm not quite sure if I'm thrifty, a spendthrift, or, just plain silly.
Maybe the answer is "all of the above," depending on the financial decision.The one place where I'm "jus...