TASD meets with United Way
The Schuylkill United Way and the Tamaqua Area School District met briefly Monday to discuss the Schuylkill United Way campaign. Jeff Bowe, this year's Tamaqua Campaign Chairman, set a goal at $102,013...
View ArticleArea teams fall in second round
ALLENTOWN - Kasey Herman, Bryanna Kehrli, Nicki Mateyak and Sarah Zoba all returned to the West End Racquet and Fitness Club Thursday afternoon for a second chance. Tamaqua's Carly Fenstermacher and...
View ArticleActivities at WPCL
Western Pocono Community Library's Storybook Theatre will be hosting a Haunted Walking Track in the lower level of the library on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 27 at 1 p.m. It is...
View ArticlePanther Valley school board approves contracts
The Panther Valley School Board on Thursday approved contracts with the district's superintendent and business manager. Superintendent Rosemary Porembo will earn a salary of $107,120 for the 2012-13...
View ArticleCandidates debate issues in front of crowd at Penn's Peak, Jim Thorpe
Candidates for the House of Representatives Pa. 122nd District and 17th Congressional District appeared before a large audience during a program held Thursday night at Penn's Peak Jim Thorpe. The...
View ArticlePleasant Valley stays perfect in MVC
Pleasant Valley volleyball coach John Gesiskie knew that his Bears team was going to have a tough time with the Lehighton Indians on their home court. Gesiskie ended up being right, but was fortunate...
View ArticleTrying to stay close to the leader
BY ED HEDES Just four weeks to go in the regular season and it's been quit an interesting one at that. Tamaqua has flexed its muscle now and I sure as heck down't want to jinx them. It sure looks like...
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Blue Mountain Health System Women's Cancer Support Group is providing the opportunity for a Service of Healing at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at Zion UCC, Second and Iron streets, Lehighton. The Rev....
View ArticleEldred column
Operation: Touch of Home St. Matthew's UCC's benevolence for the month of October is Operation: Touch of Home (OTOH). OTOH is preparing for its holiday shipment and would appreciate any toiletries,...
View ArticleHauto Rt. 54 curve solved
Route 54 in between Nesquehoning and Hometown has fewer curves as PennDOT contractors are nearing completion of their realignment and straightening of the Hauto Curve. The project, which is located in...
View ArticleTwo tragic deaths rocked Lansford residents in 1912
Within a month during the fall of 1912, Lansford residents were shocked by the deaths of two noteworthy persons in town. In September, Spenser Herbert, who the Tamaqua Courier described as a fine...
View ArticlePGC to conduct free tours Sunday
Pennsylvania Game Commission personnel will conduct free tours Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. of State Game Lands 110 in Berks and Schuylkill counties and SGLs 211 in Dauphin and Lebanon counties will be...
View ArticleCreatine does more than add muscle
Time to tell you about a workout supplement that worked too well. Again. October is when serious cyclists get serious in the weight room, but last October I was feeling so beat up and weak that I...
View ArticleThoughts
By BOB URBAN rurban@tnonline.com Today some thoughts, along with some observations about today's economy, sent to me by a loyal reader. Tamaqua lost one of its good people last weekend, when Howie...
View ArticleFree seminar on weight loss surgery scheduled
Blue Mountain Health System bariatric surgeon, Vitaly Sawyna, MD, will offer a free educational seminar on Weight Loss Surgery on Thurs., Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. in the Ground Floor Community Room at the...
View ArticleEating daisies
Have you ever read the book "Please Don't Eat the Daisies"? It was written by the mother of small children. The title comes from one of the instructions she gave her children when she left them in the...
View ArticleJohnson, Marsh lead NL
Just 93 seconds into the game, Northern Lehigh wasn't looking very 'special.' The remaining 46+ minutes was another story, however. After digging itself an early hole with some shaky special team play,...
View ArticleNew format makes 'Monster Rockfish Tournament' bigger
SOLOMONS, Md. – Three years ago, knowing the attraction of catching giant striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay has for anglers in the mid-Atlantic states, a group of people hit upon an idea to benefit...
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