Heritage Center
The feature room of the Palmerton Heritage Center, 410 Delaware Ave., Palmerton is now showing Palmerton Stores of 50 Years Ago. The center is open various hours, Wednesday through Saturday each week. Phone 610-824-6954 for a recording listing the hours each day; or simply try the door. If it is unlocked, someone is there who can show you around. Admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted.
Bake sale/basket raffle
State police at Lehighton said they charged a New Tripoli man who posted threatening messages directed to state police on Facebook.
Jason Duddek, 32, is facing charges of terroristic threats and harassment as a result of the incident that happened at 9:45 p.m. Aug. 6.
Police said after locating Duddek and talking to him, he was charged and arrangements were made for him to be arraigned before Magisterial District Judge William Kissner of Palmerton.
Eilen Jewell returns to the Mauch Chunk Opera House, 14 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe at 8 p.m. Friday.
The Boise native has recorded five studio albums for Signature Sounds with her road-tested touring band, and two more as a member of the Boston-based gospel-charged Sacred Shakers (also on Signature Sounds). Her latest, “Sundown Over Ghost Town,” is a culmination of Jewell’s work to date.
The Last Thursday Band, a virtuoso ensemble combining diverse musical backgrounds to present a fresh take on classic and contemporary jazz with hints of pop, rock and blues, performs at Miller Symphony Hall, 23 N. Sixth St., Allentown, at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 8.
Featuring the soaring and creative vocals of Vicki Doney and Chet Brown, the blazing skill and deep musicality of Lou Czechowski on keys, the sweet and energetic fretless six-string bass of Brian Bortz, and the remarkable stylings and feel of Daniel Gonzalez on drums and percussion.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A district judge in Pennsylvania will soon decide whether prosecutors have presented enough evidence to hold a trial for former members of a now-closed Penn State fraternity charged in connection with a pledge's death.
A preliminary hearing will resume for a seventh day on Thursday.
Attorneys for 11 of the 17 defendants are still waiting to make their final arguments, before District Judge Allen Sinclair will decide whether to send charges to county court for trial.
AccuWeather reports after inundating Texas and Louisiana for days, Harvey will race across the Ohio Valley and northeastern United States with rain during part of the Labor Day weekend.
While Harvey is not expected to bring widespread flooding, or flooding anywhere close to the disaster in Texas, enough rain is likely to fall to bring urban and isolated flash flooding to some states farther north.
This increase in forward speed will prevent Harvey from repeating the feet of rain which has fallen near the Gulf coast.
The Monroe County Women’s Commission will meetSept. 7 at the Eastern Pocono Community Library on Route 611 in Stroudsburg. The group is a branch of the Pennsylvania Commission for Women, which advises on policies and legislation which affect women, and to encourage mentoring programs for girls and women.
The group meets on the first Thursday of every month.
Members of Monroe County women’s advocacy groups are welcome to attend to discuss issues important to their goals. The commission is accepting new members; an application is available upon request.
Several Times News area teams are looking to remain undefeated, while several others are hoping to pick up their first win of the season.
Let’s take a look at the matchups as we head into Week 2 of the high school football season.
Lehighton at Sch. Haven
Friday, Sept. 1, 7 p.m.
Here’s what you need to know:
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — There was a night earlier this year when Rollie Massimino’s home was filled by family, friends and many members of the 1985 Villanova team that he led to the national championship. A half-dozen pounds of pasta was boiling on the stove, a massive tray of eggplant was warming in the oven and Massimino could not stop smiling.
He raised his glass and shouted over the noise.
“This is what it’s about,” Massimino said. “Family. All of you, family.”
Charges are pending against the owner of a trailer that caused a section of Route 248 to be closed as the result of a spill from a crash Wednesday morning in Lehigh Township.
Township police Sgt. John Henry said the trailer was being towed by a black GMC Sierra pickup truck operated by Amber Rex, 29, of Lehighton.
A CAT scan performed on the body of a 17-year old Lansford girl, found late Tuesday in a rugged area of Schuylkill Township, offered few clues as to what befell her.
Schuylkill County coroner Dr. David J. Moylan said Wednesday that the “virtual autopsy” of Cassidy R. Derr failed to produce enough information to allow him to determine the cause or manner of her death.
The scan was performed at Moylan’s Simon Kramer Institute, New Philadelphia.
WILKES-BARRE - The former cocktail waitress who swiped player's card information as part of an inside job to defraud Mohegan Sun Pocono out of more than $420,000 was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation. She was ordered to serve the first six months on house arrest.
Rochelle Poszeluznyj, 39, of Kingston, previously pleaded guilty to a federal money-laundering conspiracy charge in the case. U.S. District Judge A. Richard Caputo imposed the sentence Thursday.
September 1, 1995 — Tim Pfluger leads four Northern Lehigh runners in the top 10 as the Bulldogs sweep a quadrangular cross country meet with Nazareth, Bethlehem Catholic, Freedom and Northampton. Pfluger finishes first in the race in a time of 17:06, while teammate Tony Becker takes second in 17:27. Nolehi, coached by Dave Oertner, also receives a sixth-place finish from Scott Pomicter and a seventh from Brent Becker.
(AP) The former cocktail waitress who swiped players’ card information as part of an inside job to defraud Mohegan Sun Pocono out of hundreds of thousands of dollars was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation, the first six months on house arrest.
Rochelle Poszeluznyj, 39, of Kingston, previously pleaded guilty to a federal money-laundering conspiracy charge in the case.
U.S. District Judge A. Richard Caputo imposed the sentence Thursday, describing her role as “substantially less” than that of her co-conspirators.
The trend toward outdoor living, which uses comfy seating, bright rugs and weatherproof art to extend the al fresco season at home, is bringing new attention to a centuries-old architectural feature: the courtyard.
“It’s the original outdoor room,” said Philip Weddle, principal architect of Weddle Gilmore Black Rock Studio in Scottsdale, Arizona. “Courtyards are as much about enriching the indoor spaces as creating amazing outdoor spaces. That blurring of the boundary between indoors and out makes the experience of each space richer.”
Travis N. Everett, 40, of Lehighton, was charged by state police at the Lehighton barracks with driving under the influence of a controlled substance after a crash at 2:04 a.m.Sunday on Route 248 in Bowmanstown.
Police said he was traveling east in a 2008 Cadillac CTS and was texting on a hand-held phone when he lost control of the vehicle and it impacted with a guide rail.
The vehicle sustained disabling damages.
KNAUFT — A son, Lincoln James Knauft, was born at 8:32 a.m. Aug. 1, 2017, at Lehigh Valley Hospital – Muhlenburg, Allentown, to Marcy and David Knauft Jr. of Jim Thorpe.
He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and measured 19 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are James and Michele Walck of Penn Forest Township.
Paternal grandparents are Sherry and David Knauft Sr. of Penn Forest Township and Cheryl Toth of Norristown.
A Jim Thorpe area church will be holding a day of prayer this Saturday in Jim Thorpe.
The Calvary Chapel of the Poconos in Albrightsville will hosts its fourth annual Day of Truth in Josiah White Park from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Gilbert Henry, deacon of the church, said the event is a “family-oriented gathering of like-minded Christians who want to be a blessing to their community.”
I have recorded the long-eared owl, great horned owl, screech owl, barn owl, barred owl and short-eared owls in Carbon County.
Two others, the snowy and saw whet owl occasionally make an appearance here. The long-eared owls once nested here but I don’t believe there have been any records of that in 40 or more years.
The short-eared is an occasional winter visitor as is the even more rare snowy owl.
The saw whet owl appears more regularly after migrating into our region before winter. I’ll focus on the two most common, the screech owl and great horned owl.
Carbon County’s Children and Youth Services is continuing to see an increase in referrals and abuse reports, officials report.
On Thursday, the commissioners approved the agency’s needs based plan and budget for the fiscal year 2018-2019. The $4,591,057 budget breaks down to include $1,669,750 for in-home services; $1,176,399 for community placements; $1,567,361 for residential services and $177,547 for administrative costs.