Nalesnik signs with Lehigh
Lehigh University baseball coach Sean Leary knew about Jacen Nalesnik, the player.But once he found out about Jacen Nalesnik, the student, there was an added interest.Now, that interest is mutual as...
View ArticlePanther Valley cheerleaders attend UCA camp
Panther Valley High School varsity cheerleaders attended the Universal Cheerleaders Association Pine Forest Cheerleading Camp, at the Trail's End facility, from Aug. 14-17.About 800 cheerleaders,...
View ArticleIf HFCS didn't cause epidemic, what did?
You hear from your old neighbors that your new neighbor was once convicted of murder. So you search on the Internet and find out otherwise.He didn't pull the trigger in a botched break-in eight years...
View ArticleState official visits, tours KME complex
Julia Hearthway, Secretary of the Pa. Department of Labor and Industry, paid a visit to the KME (Kovatch Mobile Equipment) complex in Nesquehoning, yesterday.She as well as other state and local...
View ArticleLiving Thanksgiving all year
Sometimes, if I'm lucky, I can finish a column in about 1- hours. Sometimes it takes several hours.And sometimes, for columns such as this one, it takes a full year.My Thanksgiving column takes that...
View ArticleConcerned about safety of the town
Dear Editor:I am writing to the people of Coaldale on behalf of Jamie Nicholas, Coaldale Code Officer. For those of you that we have worked with, you know he is only out for the health & safety of...
View ArticleJourney's end
OK folks. This is my last installment of "What I did on my vacation."Remember how I told you our tour guide and bus driver told us as we were leaving the Grand Canyon, "The best is yet to come?"Next...
View ArticleBears fall in title game
Certainly a 37-0 defeat to Parkland for the District 11 Class AAAA championship wasn't the way that Pleasant Valley head coach Jim Terwilliger wanted to go out.But despite that tough defeat to the No....
View ArticleWeatherly High School Honor Roll listed for first marking period
Weatherly High School Principal Stuart Tripler has released the Honor Roll for the first marking period.DISTINGUISHED HONOR ROLL: Students must achieve a 95 average or better with no grade below...
View ArticleThanksgiving eve services offered
Faith Alive United Methodist Church, 678 Pine St., Bowmanstown, will offer a Thanksgiving service at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21.Advent services will be held every Wednesday at 7 p.m., including Dec....
View ArticleSafe Haven Pet Rescue looking for volunteers
Safe Haven Pet Rescue will have a Volunteer Meeting on Tuesday, December 18, at 6:30 p.m. at Cherry's Restaurant, Route 209 near Route 534, Kresgeville.If you are an animal lover, please come and meet...
View ArticleThe Readers Turn
Based on the recent experiences with Hurricane Sandy, do you think we get more intense storms to deal with than we did years ago?
View ArticleLarge garage destroyed by fire in Packer Twp.
Fire departements from three counties were dispatched Friday evening to battle a large structure fire along Packer Drive in Packer Township.Despite a quick response by the volunteers, the structure was...
View ArticleSafe Haven Pet Rescue Adoption Day
Safe Haven Pet Rescue will hold an Adoption Day onSunday,December 16from 11-3at Tractor Supply, Route 209, Brodheadsville.Safe Haven will have many beautiful young dogs available for you to meet and...
View ArticleDeer decoys worth the time and effort
Waterfowl hunters have long made decoys as much a part of their gear as Gore-Tex clothing, non-toxic shotgun shells and game calls. It is the same for most spring gobbler hunters, who have learned the...
View ArticleThe black clouds of socialism are a threat
Obama won the election because a majority of the voters believed that he is the best person for the job. His campaign was a wonderful mosaic of carefully crafted sound bites that chastised the wealth...
View ArticleGive Me Strength
Dear Editor:I wrote this poem for Peggy Sue O'Donnell and others fighting cancer every day. And I don't know how this works, but I think Peggy Sue would make a fantastic Grand Marshall for the St...
View ArticleRosebud votes for Pepsi
When Rosebud sees her owner, Tom Longyhore of Towamensing Township, coming with a can of Pepsi she comes running and paces along the fence till Longyhore gets the can open and offers her a drink.
View ArticleReinhard part of 2012 Moravian HOF class
Tony Jaso (Bethlehem); Tara Wartman McClimon (Douglassville); Heidi Wolfsberger Peoples (Scranton) and Fred Reinhard (Palmerton) made up the class of 2012 that was inducted into the Moravian College...
View ArticleJosiah White's curious link to Jim Thorpe
Recently, when the borough's elementary school children were asked who founded their town, two of the responses were Jim Thorpe and Mark Chunk.They are hardly alone. The town was established as Mauch...
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