Schuylkill break-ins probed
State police at Schuylkill Haven reported on two burglaries probed at two Schuylkill County locations. Troopers said a detached two-car garage on the property of Casey J. Mengel, 27, of 2064 Market...
View ArticlePa. Fish and Boat Commission announces basic boating course
Beltzville State Park will be hosting a Basic Boating course instructed by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission on Monday, April and Wednesday, April 11. The course will be held from 6 to 10 p.m....
View ArticlePierce named to CL boys First Team
Northern Lehigh's Lucas Pierce was recently named to the Colonial League boys' basketball First Team all-star squad. Pierce, a junior, was the only TIMES NEWS area player to make the First Team. The...
View ArticleLehighton 9/12 Project will meet on March 22
A general meeting of the Lehighton 9/12 Project will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22, at Roadie's, Penn's Peak, in Jim Thorpe. During the meeting, there will be a showing of the documentary...
View ArticleFuneral director looks to tear down 3 condemned properties for garden
A dream more than 20 years in the making is one step closer to reality following Monday's meeting of the Tamaqua Historical Architectural Review Commission. Sank and Bernadette Griffiths were making a...
View ArticleBarna-Gilbert
The engagement of Autumn Leigh Barna to James Harry Gilbert has been announced by her parents. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Joseph and Teresa Marie Barna of Weatherly. She is a 2002 graduate of...
View ArticleStorming into March Forecasting technology, quick decisions critical lives
Even as a series of violent storms were raking the Midwest and South last Wednesday, weather forecasters were warning that another round of storms, potentially more powerful, would be forming to...
View ArticleIn Schuylkill Chorus Festival
A number of Tamaqua Area School District students participated in the 2012 Schuylkill County Chorus Festival, including: first row) Elizabeth Lehman, Lauren Christ, Alexandra Miller, Andrea Whitley,...
View ArticleSchuylkill driver facing DUI count
A Schuylkill County driver is facing a charge of driving under the influence (DUI) following an incident that occurred about 3:29 a.m. on Sunday, March 4, along SR901 near Cressona Road, in North...
View ArticleDEP wants door-to-door survey conducted to assess sewer needs
Since the Act 537 sewer plan started in 2003, the estimated cost to West Penn Township and Walker Township to date has been a combined $276,907. Rettew engineering, the company in charge of putting...
View ArticleFoghat back at Penn's Peak, Fri.; Dave Goddess Group opens
The band Savoy Brown decided they wanted more out of their blues boogie music of the '60's, so, in 1971, they enlisted the help of Rod Price and Tony Stevens and gave their music a more rock 'n roll...
View ArticleSchuylkill crashes
State police at Schuylkill Haven reported investigating two crashes on Saturday all on Schuylkill County roadways. read more
View ArticleI81 ramps near McAdoo to close March 8th
Starting Thursday March 8, 2012, PennDOT will be closing the on and off ramps to I 81 in Kline Township, south of McAdoo, for construction, paving and improvements until further notice.
View ArticleReady for trial, defendants enter guilty pleas
Several defendants, who were scheduled to pick juries on Monday in Carbon County court to hear their cases, instead entered into plea bargains with the district attorney's office and pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleLehighton 9/12 Project to attend rally in D.C.
The Lehighton 9/12 Project is coordinating a bus trip to Washington D.C. on Tuesday, March 27, as part of a national protest against Obamacare. The "Hands Off My Healthcare Rally" is being coordinated...
View ArticleBombers' Cook named Scholar-Athlete
As he sat there listening to the introduction of the player who was about to receive the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Lehigh Valley Chapter Scholar-Athlete Award Sunday night...
View ArticleBail reduced for Tamaqua woman
A Tamaqua woman had her bail reduced after waiving her right to a preliminary hearing before District Judge Stephen Bayer, of Tamaqua, last week. Jennifer DiPietro, 28, of 230 Green St., was charged...
View ArticleNew NBC show seeks military reunion stories
A new NBC show that rewards selfless people for their good deeds is seeking redeploying service members to spotlight in some upcoming episodes. Casting producers are looking for service members...
View ArticleTrinity holds Lenten series
Trinity Lutheran Church, 175 S. Third St., Lehighton, provides a midweek Lenten series asking "Good God Questions." The question to be examined an noon Wednesday, March 7 and at 7 p.m. Wednesday, the...
View ArticleRecreation Committee offers to donate half the costs of replacing rubber mulch
Weissport's playground will get a fresh supply of mulch. Weissport Recreation Committee, formerly Concerned Citizens of Weissport offered on Monday night during a regular Weissport Council meeting to...
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