Curry makes impressive return at Berwick
Time never stands still. Neither, it turns out, does George Curry. Curry, the state's leader in career high school football coaching victories, has made his return to sidelines at Berwick Area High...
View ArticleSummit Hill trash pickup
Tamaqua Transfer will be doing a sweep of the east side of Summit Hill again on Wednesday to ensure the pick-up of any missed trash.
View ArticleHelping out when needed
Pictured last night helping a family on Gay Street in Tamaqua place tarps on their damaged roof are two volunteers from the American Hose Company in Tamaqua.
View ArticleOLOAA celebrates Red Ribbon Week
Our Lady of The Angels Academy in Lansford celebrated Red Ribbon Week last week with a variety of activities, lessons, and theme days. On Monday students participated in "Are You Red-y To Be Drug...
View ArticleLansford Police teach safe Trick Or Treating
DARE instructor and Police Leutenant David Midas with the Carbon County Sheriff's office talked with children about the DARE program and Halloween Safety at the Panther Valley Public Library in...
View ArticleDog Days in the Park raises money for county animal shelter
Even though the weather Sunday was dark and damp, more the a hundred brave souls came out to Dog Days in the Park at Lehighton Park. The event was the brainchild of Lehighton Area High School junior,...
View ArticleTwo drug dealers plead guilty
Two Carbon County drug dealers entered guilty pleas in the county court on Monday and were immediately sentenced to state prison terms. Wendy Kaminitsky, 34, of Summit Hill, and Marcel Mamouzette Jr.,...
View ArticleSummit Hill Trick or Treat reslated
Summit Hill Mayor Paul McArdle has postponed the community's Trick or Treat activities that were planned for Wednesday of this week. The mayor said Trick or Treat night will be observed from 6-8 p.m....
View ArticleOTOH meeting postponed
Operation Touch of Home meeting scheduled for tomorrow Oct 30 will be postponed until Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Post 927, Rt. 209 Gilbert.
View ArticleVolunteers use mind over brawn
Lt. Marty Baddick, a firefighter from the West Penn Fire Company, utilized a vehicle to move a cut up tree from Zion Stone Church Road in West Penn Township.
View ArticleTribe, Raiders win
Lehighton and Tamaqua both recorded middle school football victories. MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL Lehighton-PM West Lehighton's defense registered its fourth shutout of the year with a 41-0 blanking of...
View ArticleWet work
Laughing as they volunteer in the pouring rain last night are volunteers with the West Penn Fire Company.
View ArticleLansford AMVETS hold Halloween fundraiser
Members of the Lansford AMVETS held their annual Halloween fundraiser party over the weekend. Enjoying themselves during the event are Joelle Simmons, Coaldale, dressed as a witch; Jason Vazquez,...
View ArticleDeath, damp and darkness
NEW YORK (AP) As Superstorm Sandy marched slowly inland, millions along the East Coast awoke Tuesday without power or mass transit, with huge swaths of the nation's largest city unusually vacant and...
View ArticleIn the pouring rain
Fire police volunteers Kenneth Kresge and Alan Parker, with the West Penn Fire Company, detour traffic in the pouring rain as they close SR895 after sparking wires caused dangerous conditions and...
View ArticleCause of Hometown's outage
Pictured is a tree on top of power lines on Marian Avenue in Hometown. This location was the cause for Hometown's widespread power outage.
View ArticleSlatington mancited for theft
A Slatington man was cited for retail theft at a Lehigh County store. State police at Fogelsville said William Andino, 41, was cited at the Walmart store, at 1091 Mill Creek Road, in Lower Macungie...
View ArticleTamaqua graduate receives Hall of Fame teaching award
Carolyn Marchetti was presented the Hall of Fame Award at the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics 61st annual conference at the Radisson Hotel in Camp Hill on Oct. 18. Marchetti, a 1985...
View ArticleNot another one!
This downed tree in Hometown was considered a regular sight by volunteer firefighters and other emergency personnel responding to hundreds of downed trees throughout our area.
View ArticleSalvation Army open to everyone during outage
Volunteers with the Tamaqua Salvation Army have opened the doors to the center, providing meals, activities and electricity to those in need. "We have opened the center to the public," said Major...
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