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Lioness meeting The Western Pocono Lioness Club meets the last Tuesday of each month at the American Legion, on Route 209 in Gilbert. The club's next meeting will be Tuesday, April 24, beginning with a...
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Panther Valley School Board, meeting in special session last night, named the firm of Bellante and Clauss, Scranton, as architects for its proposed new junior-senior high school. The Scranton firm was...
View ArticleSchuylkill County property transfers
Eagle Rock Sales Eagle Rock Resorts Company, Hazle Township, Luzerne County, recorded sale of lots in its Eagle Rock subdivisions in Schuylkill County to the following: Ramoncito Benito and Edgar Lim,...
View ArticleLehighton UVO seeking recruits
Lehighton United Veterans Organization (UVO) is actively seeking new members to fill their ranks. If you are a veteran and a member in good standing of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars...
View ArticlePV Republican Club to meet
Panther Valley Republican Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Maple Shade Meadows community room, 50 E. Locust St., Nesquehoning. The new GOP Club invites any registered Republicans to this...
View ArticleBrush fire winds up being camp fire pit
Coaldale firefighters converged around the 200 block of East Phillips Street just before midnight last night for a report of a brush fire. Although nothing was showing the person who called it in said...
View ArticleItems approved by S. H. Water authority
The Summit Hill Water Authority also conducted several other items of business during their regular monthly meeting. All of the business conducted carried a 4-0 vote with Authority member Ed Kruczek...
View Article14 first time offenders placed in probation program
Fourteen first time offenders in the criminal justice system were placed in Carbon County's Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition (ARD) probation program on Tuesday by county judges. If a person...
View ArticleFranklin Twp. driveway permits
Residents of Franklin Township are notified that a driveway permit must be obtained if paving an existing driveway or repaving a driveway from the township office. There is no charge for the driveway...
View ArticleWRITERS'WORKSHOP
The Pocono-Lehigh Romance Writers will present a three-hour workshop after its May business meeting on Saturday, May 12. The workshop will be presented by Jennifer Talty, who co-created 'Who Dares Wins...
View ArticleArrests reported by state police
State police at Lehighton reported on the following arrests made by troopers. On Friday, April 13, about 6:20 a.m. troopers went to the home of James and Karen Deppen, 1108 Laurel Drive, in Ross...
View Article13 enter guilty pleas
Thirteen defendants in pending criminal cases entered guilty pleas Tuesday morning in Carbon County court. Judge Steven R. Serfass accepted the pleas. Three cases Ehabb Elsayed, 25, of Gilbert, Monroe...
View Article'The Jester's Job'
Who will get the jester's job now that the king has fired his previous jester? Will it be Mirth, Chuckles, or Dave … or someone else? The answer will be revealed during "The Jester's Job," an original...
View ArticleAnother defendant in drug stamp case pleads guilty
Another defendant in the case of inmates at the Carbon County prison smuggling illegal substances into the jail by using the mail sent to them, entered a guilty plea on Tuesday afternoon in the county...
View ArticleOwl Creek Reservoir project hits snag
The Owl Creek reservoir rehabilitation project has hit a small snag that may end up costing the borough additional money. Borough manager Kevin Steigerwalt informed council that he had been contacted...
View ArticleFree luncheon slated at Parryville church
A free luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at Parryville UMC, located at Main and Chestnut streets, in Parryville. All are welcome.
View ArticleCommunity cleanup held in Tamaqua
About a dozen community volunteers showed up to help the scouts clean the river and surrounding areas.
View ArticleS. Hill native named ESU commencement speaker
A 1957 graduate of Summit Hill High School has been chosen to be the East Stroudsburg University graduate division commencement speaker on May 11. Bruce Frassinelli will speak on the topic "Is the...
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