Dear Editor:
It is very troubling to hear people say that health reform is unnecessary. Are costs constantly rising? Are out of pocket expenses continually rising? Is the number of uninsured continual...
Carbon County Chamber of Commerce will host a Business After Hours Mixer from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at Platz's Restaurant, Lehighton. For planning purposes, RSVPs are required by noon Monday, ...
Diane Husic of Kunkletown and Hilde Binford co-teach a course called Climate Crises: Past Present and Future, at Moravian College.
They applied for non-governmental observer status at the United Natio...
When we decided to move to South Carolina from Pennsylvania, everyone asked us "Why?" The answers were many and varied-
We hated the Pocono Mountain winters.I wanted to live where my Dad had lived as ...
February 13, 1987 Northern Lehigh rallies from an early hole to gain a 69-51 Centennial League win over Pleasant Valley. Darin DeLong, who goes 11-of-11 at the foul line, scores eight of his game-high...
For as long as I remember, there's been a cat who called my house home. When I was young, I think the number of feline friends numbered eight, coming in all shapes, sizes and colors.
But the one I rem...
When I was working full time, I loved walking into our newspaper office each morning. I was always greeted by the welcoming smell of coffee and the welcoming smile of Linda Koehler, my colleague and f...
By JIM ZBICK
jzbick@tnonline.comJust as there are numerous online and telephone scams going on today, persons living in the early 20th century also had to be wary of fraudulent print advertisements.On...
TV host Martha Stewart has a fondness for chow chow dogs, having owned several of them.
On her show Tuesday, she will have Maddox, which is co-owned by Karen Tracy of Franklin Township, as one of her ...
"Vladimer" is a neutered adult male domestic short hair cat available for adoption from the Carbon County Friends of Animals in Jim Thorpe. He is black in color and is up-to-date on all his shots. He ...