It’s getting to be crunchtime for those honey bees, and that means working overtime.
And that, in turn, means you’ll be seeing them far more often as fall takes over.
Normally, bees take a hint from M...
After 50 years, they are keeping it fresh at St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church — fresh pierogies, that is.
For decades, parishioners have been gathering at the church on a monthly basis t...
Once facing certain demolition, Lansford’s Old Welsh Church is proving to be as tough as the miners who built it.
The 1850 wood-frame building is a time capsule of truly historic proportions and has b...
Walking and hiking can be such a wonderful and rewarding experience. There is so much beauty surrounding us, and to be out in it, and experience it can really be amazing.
However, it’s always good to ...
I have been an outdoor nut since I was 5 or 6 years old.
I began identifying all the neighborhood birds then, but not until I had a pair of binoculars could I appreciate “all” the other species out th...
“Brutal.”
“Punishing.”
“Agonizing.”
Talk to any of the runners crossing the finish line at the Palmerton Super and Sprint Weekend Spartan Race, and you can count on these words coming up in a conversa...
The fact that Lehighton has one community band over 100 years old is unique.
But Lehighton doesn’t just have one band, they have two.
The Lehighton Band (formerly the Lehighton Men’s Band) started in ...
Whether it’s the video game Fortnite, or the dollhouses and G.I. Joes of the past, toys tend to reflect the time period in which they were created.
Historian Bruce Markovich of the Lansford Historical...
Lansford’s No. 9 Mine & Museum lays claim to having the oldest tourable coal mine in the United States, at 163 years old.
But since the mine tour itself only opened to the public in 2002, and the muse...
Being the first to do something new often has its critics. Being the first Boy Scout Troop of girls isn’t any different.
Sixteen months ago, the Boy Scouts of America announced that girls would be all...