Hometown rollover
An unidentified male driver escaped injuries Friday evening after his Ford van left the roadway and rolled over along Lafayette Avenue, Route 54, coming to rest on the front lawn of a private...
View ArticleLehighton cantata looking for singers
The music department at Zion United Church of Christ, 2nd and Iron Sts. in Lehighton will once again host an Ecumenical Christmas cantata. This year's cantata will be "Merry Christmas" by Don Wyrtzen...
View ArticleLehighton board meets on Monday
The Lehighton Area School Board will meet on Monday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Administration Building, Conference Room A. The public is encouraged to attend.
View ArticleParticipation in our democracy is a good thing
Dear Editor The Tea Party movement and Wall Street protests of late have shown us that some Americans believe we are mishandling our budget, while others see a problem with our rising income...
View ArticleCarbon County property transfers
Deeds recorded Beaver Meadows George Galada to Daniel F. Kisacky, 71 Third St., Beaver Meadows, property at 71 Third St., $32,000. East Penn Township Gloria A. Terry to Robert Alan Harris, 202 William...
View ArticleForgetting our defenders
Dear Editor: First there were problems with the care at the Walter Reed Hospital. Then problems at the Arlington National Cemetery. New problems with the ashes of the Fallen Heros at Dover Morgue. The...
View ArticleCarbon County court news
Divorce started Brian D. White Sr., 134 Bridge St., Lehighton, filed against Jeanmarie White, same address. They were married Nov. 13, 2010. Medical bills Remit Corporation, of Bloomsburg, filed three...
View ArticleStories to make you smile
Just when one thinks things will calm down this year, another scandal, political event or weather phenomenon seems to thrust itself into the forefront and eclipses everything prior to it. There seems...
View ArticleThe science of homemaking now preserved
Remember your Home Ec teacher? Was it Eliza Jane Reese, Bernadette Rodgers Marzen, or Maureen Kunz, who taught in Jim Thorpe? Or maybe it was Marian L. Miller Rumfield, Vilma D. Scholl, or Lois...
View ArticleSchuylkill County court news
File for divorce Jennifer Kanard, 55 Mantzville Road, Tamaqua, filed suit for divorce from Thomas Kanard, 3340 S. Fifth Avenue, Whitehall. They were married Sept. 25, 1999. Angela Marie Chandler, 523...
View ArticleHelpinga hospital
Dear Editor: Everyone knows that hospitals are always here for people - to help them and fix them when they are sick or injured. But what happens when a hospital needs to be helped or fixed? At St....
View ArticleUnthinkable shame in Pennsylvania
The most eye-opening piece of literature coming out of State College these days isn't a master's thesis on molecular biology. Instead, it's a grand jury report so shocking and upsetting that we almost...
View ArticleTo the rescue
Firefighter Jason Hannon, Citizens Fire Company, Mahanoy City, comforts a wet kitten rescued from a fire that burned a woman and destroyed a two story home last Saturday in Mahanoy Township. Despite a...
View ArticleHeffley's comments on Veterans Day
Dear Editor: Rep. Heffley's comments about respecting Veterans Day was welcome in Nov. 10 issue of the TIMES NEWS. However, in reading his short article the letter "I" was used seven times. Now we...
View ArticleReckless spending must end
Dear Editor: A recent letter by former State Representative Tim Seip, who was defeated in the 2010 election, criticized us for voting in favor of the 2011-12 fiscal year state budget back in June but...
View ArticleA hard time saying 'no'
Richard Ockenhouse is not quite sure how many kids he and his late wife, Mary, raised but he thinks it is between 50 and 60. He adopted 12 of them in one day. Richard was born in Lehighton in 1929. He...
View ArticleMeeting ejection brings lawsuit
The widow of an East Penn Township resident who was ejected from a supervisors' meeting has filed a lawsuit on behalf of her husband against the township, a specific supervisor, and a police officer....
View ArticleFeels secure because of veterans
Dear Editor: I hope your Veterans Day was a pleasant one. I feel very secure, not by anything I did but what has been sacrificed by our veterans and those serving today. THANK YOU SO MUCH VETERANS!! I...
View ArticleFranklin officials studying budget Taxes, garbage collection fees will not...
Franklin Township supervisors spent hours on Thursday going over line items in the 2012 budget. After some discussion, the supervisors said they didn't believe it was necessary to raise taxes or...
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