All American girl
In one smooth, perfectly choreographed and seemingly effortless move, Panther Valley varsity cheerleaders Sarah-Mary Tucker, Sarah Marouchoc and Rylie Krapf swoop Kiley Boswell into the air, lifting...
View ArticlePromoted to assistant dean at the College of Business
Joan Benek-Rivera, Bloomsburg, was promoted in July to assistant dean at the College of Business at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. She previously served as chairperson of the Department of...
View ArticleSend trailers where they're needed
Dear Editor:We all read and saw all the destruction and turmoil that happened with Hurricane Sandy. We all have sympathy for these unfortunate people. Many people collected and sent down various things...
View ArticleThanks to the voters
Dear Editor:I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the voters of Carbon County for coming out to the polls on election day to make their voices heard.While almost nobody got every result...
View ArticleFree Thanksgiving dinner in Bowmanstown
A free Thanksgiving dinner will be served at Faith Alive United Methodist Church in Bowmanstown today, Saturday, Nov. 17. Doors open at 12:30. Dinner will be served from 1-3 p.m.All are welcome. There...
View ArticleCarbon court news
Credit defaultsThe following actions were filed by credit card companies, or their collection agencies, for alleged defaults on credit card/loan accounts.Midland Funding, Mechanicsburg, filed two...
View ArticleWeatherly Senior Center plans activities
Weatherly Senior Center will hold a luncheon on Friday, Nov. 29. The event starts at 10:30 a.m.The program will be presented by Attorney Michael Greek and the topic will be legal services, P.O.A.,...
View ArticleDump truck driver injured
An unidentified male driver of this dump truck was injured just after 9 a.m. Monday after the vehicle he was driving left his lane for an unknown reason, crossed the double yellow, and struck the wall...
View ArticleRush Township to submit block grant application
The Rush Township board of supervisors intends to submit a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application to the state for a replacement sewer line along Lincoln Drive.Grant funds must be used...
View ArticlePreparing goodies for shut-ins
Members of the Nesquehoning Junior Recreation Committee prepared pieces of fruit and candy for the home delivered meals in Nesquehoning through the Area on Aging Agency for Thanksgiving. Seen clockwise...
View ArticleTheft of PennDOT equipment probed
State police at Frackville are investigating a theft incident in Schuylkill County involving PennDOT equipment.Troopers said an exhaust pipe and air cleaner from a backhoe owned by PennDOT was stolen...
View ArticleSt. Luke's Hospital, Miners Campus honored with Supply Chain Award
St. Luke's Miners Hospital, Coaldale, is a winner of the Premier healthcare alliance's sixth annual Supply Chain Award. Premier, a hospital-owned performance improvement alliance of more than2,600...
View ArticleWeissport tentatively adopts 2013 budget; focuses on roads projects and...
Weissport Council tentatively adopted the 2013 budget Monday night with no tax increase.read more
View ArticleLeave me alone
Leave me aloneThere has been an increase in both deer and bear activity over the past few weeks throughout our area. Pictured is a bear lying next to a tree below the Trinity United Church of Christ...
View ArticleFirehouse turned into donation warehouse
The bay of the Citizen's Fire Company of Middleport was turned into a donation warehouse as firefighters, volunteers and community members spent the last few days sorting, counting, folding, bagging,...
View ArticleC-P-M MHDSAB schedule meeting
Carbon-Pike-Monroe Mental Health and Development Services Advisory Board meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, at the MH/DS Administrative Conference Room, 724 Phillips St., Suite 202,...
View Article$1,700 goes a long way to help hurricane victims
In addition to over 90 bags and boxes of clothing and household items from their Community Giveaway Saturday morning, members of the Tamaqua Volunteers community initiative group helped the Citizen's...
View ArticleEx-Ryan Twp. tax collector withdraws plea, to face trial
William G. Wildoner, 72, of 689 Barnesville Drive, Ryan Township, who was scheduled to be sentenced Monday afternoon in Schuylkill County court on charges arising out of embezzling more than $300,000...
View ArticlePeaceful gathering celebration in Nesquehoning
Join the Eastern Pa. Chapter of the Carpatho-Rusyn Society in a peaceful gathering of Christmas traditions at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25, at St. John the Baptist Church, 9 W. Railway St., Nesquehoning....
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