Editor’s note: Beth Ritter-Guth of Palmerton, known as “Squeak,” is a trail angel, who helps hikers when they come off the Appalachain Trail. Here is a look at the trail in the year of the pandemic.
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Sometimes, childhood dreams do come true.
Growing up near Trenton, Rosita Johnson longed to be on a farm. That dream didn’t become a possibility until many years later.
In 2012, her husband, Carl, had...
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. president was Thomas Jefferson.
Philadelphia, which had enjoyed dual status as capital of the country and state, had just relinquished half of that role to the newly desi...
n my winter and early spring outings I usually take a shortcut and drive through Parryville to check on possible waterfowl and/or bald eagle sightings at the Parryville Dam.
On one of those mornings ...
It’s a collective effort to make a cat shelter or rescue organization work.
But without adopters and donors, it would be impossible.
In 2021, the Carbon County Friends of Animals once housed 300 total...
Throughout the history of Pennsylvania, countless men supported their families by working with anthracite coal.
Most of them toiled to bring it up from beneath the ground.
Charles Edgar Patience was ...
If you check the calendar for the Tamaqua Community Arts Center, it’s difficult to find a day when something is NOT going on.
There are concerts and plays on weekends, regularly scheduled art classes ...