Fall at Onoko injures Lehighton teen
A Lehighton teenager was seriously injured Friday afternoon after he fell over 100 feet at Glen Onoko Falls just north of Jim Thorpe. Joshua Eremus, 18, was hiking with a friend when he fell. After the...
View ArticleHunkering down
Weather-weary Tamaqua area residents were hunkering down Monday as wind and rain ramped up during what is being called a superstorm. Shown here are sandbags at a storefront along West Broad Street. The...
View ArticleLarge response from volunteers
The aftermath of high winds last night resulted in a large response from all local fire companies. Here, a Quakake Fire Company volunteer firefighter uses a chain saw to cut a fallen tree on SR309 into...
View ArticleDelaware & Lehigh Heritage Marathon is this weekend
Gear up to make history. That's what participants who compete in the second annual Delaware & Lehigh Heritage Marathon & Half Marathon will have an opportunity to do. The event will be held on...
View ArticleA 'Master' of his film domain
"The Master" is one of those films that audiences and reviewers either love or hate. Since I try not be a "hater," put me in the category of "strongly dislike" regarding "The Master." My opinion has to...
View ArticleAre your shoes gettinga little tight?
Q. Do feet get larger as you age? Feet get bigger over decades of pounding. Some people over the age of 40 can gain half a shoe size every 10 years. Feet flatten out because their supporting tendons...
View ArticleRoad in Mahoning closed
Beisel Road in Mahoning Township is closed after a large tree was felled by high winds early Tuesday morning.
View ArticleOn this date
Recent rains have done little to ease water problems in Monroe County, county emergency services coordinator Marv Stuart reported to the county commissioners. Stuart said that although rainfall has...
View ArticleMore trees than manpower
The number of downed trees and power lines was more than the amount of emergency personnel were available. Rush Township police officer Carl Herring uses police tape to close Marian Avenue in Hometown...
View ArticleD&L Heritage Corridor seeks volunteer help
The Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor is in need of help later this week to assess damage, clear trees and branches, and fill in holes or washouts along the D&L Trail following...
View ArticleQuick response
Prepared for the storm, many municipalities had systems in place to operate blacked out intersections. Pictured hooking up a generator at the Five Points intersection in Tamaqua are Tamaqua Fire Chief...
View ArticleWith Halloween comes weird weather events
The very first predictions of Hurricane Sandy were that it would turn northeast in the Atlantic and miss the mainland of the United States. It should be no surprise that things took a turn for the...
View ArticleBirth: Garchinsky
A son, Charlton James Garchinsky, was born at 2:11 p.m. on Aug. 23, 2012 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon to Dr. Christopher and Janet Garchinsky of Lebanon. He weighed 9 pounds and measured 21.5...
View ArticlePalmerton area municipalities reschedule Trick-or-Treat night
Palmerton Borough, Lower Towamensing Township and Towamensing Township are among the local municipalities who have rescheduled Trick-or-Treat night due to Hurricane Sandy. As a result, Trick-or-Treat...
View ArticlePolice Log
Retail theft Criminal charges were filed against Denise Rex, 61, of 1105 Hamilton Street, Lehighton, for theft by deception, and five counts of forgery. The incident occurred on April 29, 2008, in the...
View ArticleTamaqua trash change
Due to Hurricane Sandy, there have been some changes announced for Tamaqua's trash collection schedule. Tuesday's customers will now have pick up on Wednesday, while recyclables will be collected on...
View ArticleStorm closes Jim Thorpe road
Route 209 in Jim Thorpe was closed this morning as a result of downed trees that fell over night as Superstorm Sandy moved through the area.
View ArticlePPL crews out in force
Hundreds of PPL crews are out in force following the aftermath of Sandy. As of 9:30 today, there were 40,6248 customers out of power in 28 counties in eastern Pennsylvania. Top counties affected...
View Article19,000 without power in Schuylkill County
As of 7 a.m. today, more than 1.2 million homes in Pennsylvania, about 20 percent of the state's electric consumers, were still without power after Hurricane Sandy delivered a knockout blow last night,...
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