Prominent speaker inspired Tamaqua graduates in 1912
With Baccalaureate on a Sunday night, followed by class night Monday and then graduation on Tuesday, the 13-member Tamaqua graduating class was in a whirlwind of of activities for three days in 1912....
View ArticleWhy I owe my mother
By BOB URBAN rurban@tnonline.com The roles of mothers have changed since our youth. Today, most mothers hold an outside job in addition to their maternal responsibilities. But back in our youth, most...
View ArticleThorpe powerlifting squad finishes the season unbeaten
The Jim Thorpe High School Powerlifting Team finished another successful season. The team went undefeated and captured two state titles. Team members earned numerous individuals awards also. Their...
View ArticleON THIS DATE
June 2, 1970 Charlie Yuskauskas pitches a four-hit shutout to lead Tamaqua to a 2-0 Schuylkill Legion win over Schuylkill Valley. Yuskauskas strikes out two batters and pitches out of a bases-loaded...
View ArticleA great disservice
Dear Editor: Regarding "Speaker: Anti-coal proposal to cost jobs, hike electric rates," May 18: In his unquestioning account of the presentation to the Lehighton 9/12 Project by Jennifer Stefano, PA...
View ArticleGirls Scouts work to 'change' Special Olympics
Members of Junior Girl Scout Troop 3248 realize that a little bit of change can go a long way. The troop recently collected coins to donate to Carbon County Special Olympics through the "Coins for a...
View ArticleDangerous cyclists
Dear Editor: I would like to hear from your readers on this, an old problem while walking the canal towpath from Weissport to Jim Thorpe. Bicycles! I have no problem with bicycles, just the drivers!...
View ArticleAmerican Legion Award
Ruth Porter (right), of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 899 in Walnutport, presents an award to St. John Neumann Regional School eighth-grade student Riley Zelienka (left). The award is presented to...
View ArticleCopper taken from Penn Forest residence
State police at Fern Ridge are investigating a burglary at a Carbon County residence in which copper was taken. Troopers said the home of Vincent Keiper, 77, of 1676 Meckesville Road, Albrightsville,...
View ArticleThe gift
One of my favorite quotations is: "Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why they call it the present." When you learn to live each day as if it is a gift, the world...
View Article143 NL graduates are told: 'This is your life ...'
The pen is now in their hands. Exactly what tales their stories will tell will depend on how they apply the life lessons they were taught. Indeed, the time for the 143 members of the Northern Lehigh...
View ArticleDreamin' pretty
Do you ever have vivid dreams and then remember them? I had one last night. I think it might have come about because I watched "What Not to Wear" for four hours straight and then a new show, "Big...
View ArticleClass warfare stuff is getting old
Dear Editor: I am writing you in response to this past Saturday's "It's the Reader's Turn" portion of your paper. The question posed was, "Should Wealthy Americans pay a higher percentage in taxes?"...
View ArticleEasy question that's hard to answer
I've been asking people a simple question that doesn't get the easy response I anticipated. The question: What do you do for fun? I heard on the radio it was National Have Fun month. That's makes me...
View ArticleWarrior Hike to benefit veterans visits Walnutport VFW tomorrow
Mark Silvers and Sean Gobi, both United States Marine Corps captains and lifetime VFW members, are hiking all 2,180 miles of the Appalachian Trail to aid wounded veterans. They will be stopping at the...
View ArticleLansford woman gets jail term for drug dealing
A Lansford woman was sentenced to a county jail term on Thursday after pleading guilty in Carbon County court to a drug dealing charge. She was one of 16 defendants to enter a guilty plea before Judge...
View ArticleTwo local Lions honored at district convention
Two area Lions from District 14U, comprised of Schuylkill, Carbon, Monroe and Pike counties were among those honored at the Multiple District 14 Pennsylvania Lions annual convention held in Gettysburg...
View ArticleSt. Luke's awards academic scholarships
Bill Moyer, President of St. Luke's Hospital – Miners Campus; Craig A. Zurn, Chairman of the Board of Trustees; and radiologist James D. Bohri, MD, President of the Medical Staff, recently awarded the...
View ArticleSchuylkill mine sites awarded DEP remediation projects funds
HARRISBURG The Department of Environmental Protection has awarded $7,983,107 for remediation projects at and near abandoned mine sites, including ones in Blythe and East Norwegian townships, Schuylkill...
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