On Monday afternoon emergency personnel responded to a one-vehicle accident that occurred on Ye Old Hauto Road in Hometown, directly off SR309 north (Hometown Hill). The driver of the overturned Chevr...
A free nonprofit credit counseling service, sponsored by State Rep. Keith Mccall, originally scheduled for Feb. 10, has been postponed until Feb. 24 due to the forecast of inclement weather. The event...
Jim Thorpe High School students will have access to three additional college level classes next year thanks to a new dual enrollment agreement between the district and the Lehigh Carbon Community Coll...
Officials at Miller-Keystone Blood Center confirmed the donation of 25 units of red cells to Haitian relief efforts.
The contribution is part of a cooperative effort with Blood Centers of America, a c...
St. Jerome's Regional School, Tamaqua, has released its honor roll for the second quarter of the 2009-2010 school year. To earn Distinguished Honors, students must maintain a 95 or above in all subjec...
Snow rules
With another winter storm watch posted by the National Weather Service, Tamaqua residents are reminded of borough rules concerning sidewalks and streets.Property owners are required to main...
After approving the payment of all bills for January totaling $11,467.61, the directors of the Nesquehoning Borough Water Authority heard from Nesquehoning Conservation Club members, Sam Kitchko and G...
Tamaqua firefighters were dispatched to this home at 114 N. Lehigh St. Monday afternoon after a neighbor called reporting hearing the smoke detectors going off inside the house and smelling smoke. Whe...
During the monthly meeting of the Jim Thorpe Area School District Board of Education on Monday night, board members voted to make some human resources changes in the athletic department, to advertise ...
State police at Frackville said a snowmobile caused damages to a New Ringgold area orchard.
Troopers said they responded to Dunn's Orchard, a 150 acre property at 59 Peach Drive, in East Brunswick Tow...