Tight squeeze
Talk about a test of one's driving ability, this truck driver threaded-the-needle through the tight confines of downtown Jim Thorpe in transporting this huge wide-load to its eventual destination.
View Article'October Baby'
Care Net of Carbon County will host screenings of the award-winning "October Baby" in our area this month. Care Net director Suzi DeMara first heard of "October Baby" online. After watching the movie...
View ArticleArts Center to hold Fall Festival
The Tamaqua Community Arts Center, 125 Pine Street Tamaqua, will hold its first annual Fall Arts & Music Festival in coordination with the 28th Annual Tamaqua Heritage Festival on Sunday. The...
View ArticlePalmerton stuns Nolehi
Palmerton upset Northern Lehigh in field hockey to highlight Thursday scholastic sports card. FIELD HOCKEY Northern Lehigh-Palmerton On the Lady Bombers' Senior Night, the hosts prevailed in a...
View ArticleAmy Lynn Rickert and Ryan Hnat are wed
Amy Lynn Rickert, daughter of Jack and Karen Rickert of Bethany, Pa., and Ryan Hnat, son of Joe and Mary Hnat of Coaldale, were united in marriage on July 7, 2012 at the Marion Chapel at Marywood...
View ArticleTouch a Truck event in West Penn
Fire trucks, dump trucks, tractor trailers, farm tractors and ladder trucks will all be part of the West Penn Fire Company's Touch-A-Truck show this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event, to be...
View ArticleDiesel fuel taken from Schuylkill site
State police at the Schuylkill Haven barracks are investigating the theft of approximately 300 gallons of diesel fuel from a site in Schuylkill County. The victim, Edward Padinske, 72, of Pottsville,...
View ArticleMarian High School announces Hall of Fame class
Marian High School's Hall of Fame will induct its fifth group of honorees at their bi-annual banquet, which will take place in the Grand Ballroom of Kelly's Irish Pub in Lansford on Sunday, Oct. 21...
View ArticleLocal talents entertains at TCAC
A number of local talent came out to entertain Thursday evening at the Tamaqua Community Arts Center's free Open Stage event. Local performers consisted of Faith Roberts, Andrea Whitley, Mike Kearman,...
View ArticleNesquehoning man admits to Redner's armed robbery
A Nesquehoning man who is serving a long stretch in state prison for armed robberies in York County has admitted to the armed robbery of a Redner's Warehouse Market clerk in January. Keith Michael...
View ArticleMan facing charges for allegedly trying to break into med center
A Jim Thorpe man was allegedly caught in act of attempting to break into a medical building in the borough, Thursday morning. James Schweibinz, 58, of North Street, Jim Thorpe, was reportedly trying to...
View ArticleCarbon County voter ranks have dropped
The number of registered voters in Carbon County has dropped from the last presidential election. During the monthly meeting of the county election board on Thursday, Lisa Dart, director of elections,...
View ArticleBollinger-Herchelroth
The engagement of Sarah Ann Bollinger of West Lawn, Pa. to Jeremiah Keith Herchelroth, also of West Lawn, has been announced by her mother. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Lorie Bollinger of...
View ArticleMan admits to sexually assaulting 6-year-old girl
A Pottsville man admitted in Carbon County Court on Thursday that he sexually assaulted a then-6-year-old girl over a two-year period from January 2008 to December 2010. Lawrence Scott Danforth, 27,...
View ArticleTamaqua news
Zion Lewistown Pastor Sunny Stock will officiate at the 10:45 a.m. church service. Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. The Zion fundraiser meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct 16 at 6:30 p.m., followed by...
View ArticleGetz-Kittrell
Diane Getz of Cherryvale, Kan. and James Kittrell of Sycamore, Kan. have announced their engagement. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Kattner Sr. of Jim Thorpe. She holds an...
View ArticleLDIC announces winners of the park bench painting contest
Lehighton Downtown Initiative Committee LLC has announced the winners of the downtown park bench painting contest. The competition was held from May to September, with the winning entries judged on...
View ArticlePalmerton to build 3-bay fire station
Palmerton will build a brand new fire station at the original site it chose nearly two years ago. Borough council, on a 6-0 vote Thursday, agreed to build a three-bay station in the borough lot at...
View ArticleMarriage licenses
Denise M. Branco and Timothy J. Correll, 208 Pine St., New Philadelphia. Ana K. Rodriguez and Glen T. Farley, 127 Bent Pine Trail, Hazleton.
View ArticleOfficials observe Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Carbon County. During the county commissioners' meeting on Thursday, the board adopted a proclamation in honor of raising awareness about domestic...
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