Amanda Seyfried drives 'Gone'
"Gone is a B-Movie starring an A-List actress. Amanda Seyfried, formerly of Allentown, plays Jill, a Portland, Ore., kidnap victim who escapes her captor and believes he's back, after the disappearance...
View ArticleFormer Thorpe resident charged in business theft
A former employee of Olympus Corporation of the Americas in Upper Saucon Township has been charged with three felony counts of theft and forgery for allegedly defrauding the corporation of $374,303...
View ArticleSunoco terminal closing
Beginning June 1, the majority of local fuel oil dealers and delivery companies in and around Tamaqua will have to travel up to two-and-a-half hours longer to fill their delivery trucks. All fuel...
View ArticleLaw designed so Pa. doesn't make same mistake twice
Dear Editor: Mark Linkhorst's recent letter to the editor made a number of outrageous claims attacking me with little understanding of the state's new Marcellus Shale impact fee law. He even attacked...
View ArticleDahlstrom leads 4 Bears into semis
BETHLEHEM To say Michael Dahlstrom's victory in the quarterfinals of the Northeast Regional Class AAA Wrestling Tournament at Freedom was big is a massive understatement. After enduring a disappointing...
View ArticleMarch 3, 1938
Anyone involved in an accident resulting in personal injury will be required to submit to a re-examination for his driver's license, Secretary of Revenue J. Griffith Boardman declared yesterday....
View ArticleNo Header!
"To learn a lifestyle of change that will make living with diabetes manageable." That's the explanation Lauri Price, an RN at St. Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital, Coaldale, uses to describe the purpose...
View ArticleBreak-ins probed
State police at Fern Ridge reported on two burglaries and theft incidents probed by troopers. A break-in occurred at the home of Eva Sec, 230 Poplar Creek Drive, in Chestnuthill Township, Monroe...
View ArticleMcDevitt took a victory lap in Washington D.C.
A century ago, Jay McDevitt, the humorist-philosopher-positive thinker from Wilkes-Barre, certainly knew how to play to a crowd as well as court the media. Like today's promoters and publicity agents,...
View ArticleBulldogs roll to big victory
The Northern Lehigh boys basketball team needed to come into Friday night's District 11 AAA consolation match-up with North Schuylkill with a sense of urgency. The Bulldogs dropped their last two...
View ArticleRelearning the ABCs
I'm proud to say, my two-year-old grandson, Sean James Urban, knows his alphabet. He can sing the alphabet song from A to Z, and then he gives me a big smile like he just accomplished something...
View ArticleTamaqua DARE program struggles financially
Despite the lack of local government or grant funding, steering committee members of Tamaqua's 20-year Drug Abuse Resistance Program, D.A.R.E., are not giving up on the program. "We currently don't...
View ArticleWoman cited for lying in order to hide felon
A Tamaqua woman has been cited after she allegedly lied to police in order to hide a wanted felon. Kimberly Ann Hill, 47, of 35 E. Vine St., Tamaqua, was charged with hindering the...
View ArticleSeven closer to state berth
WEST LAWN – Regional wrestling titles are nice. But the primary goal of every grappler that enters the tournament is just to make it through and get to states. Seven TIMES NEWS area wrestlers just made...
View ArticleFollowing the rules
Dear Editor: Thanks for the opportunity to respond to Carolyn Padora's letter and present the facts on this matter. Shortly after the filing deadline, it was brought to my attention that 20 of the 21...
View ArticleON THIS DATE
March 3, 2001 Northern Lehigh's Herzog twins, Jared and Justin, both capture gold medals at the Class AA Southeast Regionals. Jared Herzog, at 112 pounds, defeats Jim Collins of Northern Lebanon by a...
View ArticleParts of Split Rock Resort slated for foreclosure
LAKE HARMONY, Pa. (AP) – Part of a resort in northeastern Pennsylvania's Poconos is going up for sheriff's sale. Split Rock Resort hotel and water park will remain open despite a scheduled April 13...
View ArticleSchuylkill property transfers
The Great Eight, LLC, Mo., to Alan James Inc., 12 Willow Lane, Nesquehoning, tract containing 40.47 acres beginning on the south side of Route 54 leading from Barnesville to SR309 in Rush Township,...
View ArticleOpen season on Christians
Christians are at a definite disadvantage in today's world. They can be beaten and tortured by Muslims and there is no outrage. Christian churches can be blown up or even burned with the church members...
View ArticleCarbon County Court news
Prothonotary's report A total of 249 cases were started February in the office of Carbon County Prothonotary Joann M. Behrens, according to a monthly statistical report released by the officeholder. A...
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