Jim Thorpe news
Penn Forest Township The Penn Forest Township Municipal Offices, located at 2010 State Route 903, Jim Thorpe, will be closed on Monday-Wednesday, Aug. 20-22 for employee training. Please plan...
View ArticleGilmore-Ruch
The engagement of Elizabeth Gilmore of Allentown to Mark Ruch of Lehighton, has been announced by her parents. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Christine Gilmore of Allentown and Jeffrey Gilmore of...
View ArticleShenandoah Fire destroys large downtown night club
For the second time in five years, flames destroyed a popular downtown night club this morning in Shenandoah. Around 5:30 a.m. today, emergency responders were called to the area around the 100 block...
View ArticleA.S. Art Foundation to host The Sonora Trio Saturday
The Anita Shapolsky Art Foundation will present The Sonora Trio in a program entitled "Melodies and Trees," at 4 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 11, at the A.S. Art Foundation, 20 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe. The...
View ArticleConditional approval given Antioch Church
Conditional final approval was given to the Antioch Church plan for the old White Christmas Tree Farm on High Hill Road in Washington Township. There were complaints from residents focusing on several...
View ArticleClass reunion
The Lehighton Area High School Class of 1967 is having its 45-year class reunion on Saturday, Oct. 13 at the Mahoning Valley Country Club, beginning with a cocktail hour at 5:30 p.m. Reservations are...
View ArticleMan falls under truck, is killed
A Schuylkill County man fell under a dump truck yesterday while crossing a street and was killed. The incident occurred about 3:10 p.m. in McAdoo. Borough police identified the victim as Michael...
View ArticleProblems surface at animal shelter
Carbon County officials are working to address a number of issues at the county-run animal shelter. During the county commissioners' meeting on Thursday, Commissioner Wayne Nothstein, chairman,...
View ArticleEldred column
Donations needed St. Matthew's UCC is looking for donations for a Chinese auction and cakes for a cake walk (adult and children's) for its picnic on Saturday, Aug. 18. Chinese auction items can be...
View ArticleGirls on the Run receives WERC donation
Representing the West End Rotary Club (WERC) Jim Mannello, chairman of the Bear 5k run and Jill Rehrig, president, presented a check for $1,200 to Girls on the Run, a nonprofit organization. It is a...
View ArticleRear-end type crash in Monroe
State police at Lehighton reported investigating a rear-end type crash about 1:24 p.m. on Aug. 5 along Old Route 115 at Mountain Road, in Ross Township, Monroe County. Troopers said the vehicle of...
View ArticlePromoted at McCann School of Business
Michael O'Brien of Auburn has been promoted to Assistant Director of Admissions at the McCann School of Business & Technology Pottsville Campus. O'Brien began working in the admissions department...
View ArticleBlue Raiders fall
Tamaqua lost to North Schuylkill in scholastic golf action on Friday. GOLF Tamaqua-N. Schuylkill North Schuylkill had three players shoot in the 70s and went on to defeat Tamaqua, 309-346 on the links....
View ArticleTamaqua Kindergarten orientation scheduled
Steven Behr, Tamaqua Elementary School Principal, has announced the date for orientation sessions for parents whose children will be entering kindergarten for the 2012-2013 school year. The date will...
View ArticleRev. vonFrisch leads final service Aug. 26
Rev. Robert vonFrisch will lead his final service on August 26 before he retires from parish ministry at Trinity Lutheran Church, Lehighton. Other upcoming events at Trinity include the return of...
View ArticleBoat ownership doesn't float
What's the biggest mistake you ever made in life? My answer is, I gave into a lifelong dream and bought a boat. When I landed my first job, the first thing I did after I saved some money was to buy my...
View ArticleNavy promotion
Navy Seaman Apprentice Jonathan L. Porcano, son of Marie M. Porcano of Lehighton, and Leonard M. Porcano, of Lehighton, was recently promoted to his current rank upon graduation from recruit training...
View ArticleJobs are the No. 1 priority in Carbon Co.
Sustaining and creating jobs for working families is the most important issue that Carbon County and the entire nation currently faces. In today's economic recession, families are still struggling to...
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