Biden delivers St. Patrick's Day address in Plains Township
Being Irish is about pride, courage and, of course, never bowing to the queen of England.That was the message Vice President Joe Biden delivered to a packed ballroom of about 600 people celebrating the...
View ArticleCorrection, March 18. 2014
Employment incorrectJanelle Wommer, who assisted with the groundbreaking for the DeSoto Amphitheater for the Performing Arts at the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art, Millersburg, previously worked...
View ArticlePolice log, March 18, 2014
Checkpoints setin SchuylkillThe North Central Regional Sobriety Checkpoint DUI Taskforce announced that Sobriety Checkpoints and Roving DUI Patrols will be conducted now through Monday on routes 61,...
View ArticleRingtown municipal authority debt free
RINGTOWN - The borough's municipal authority is now debt free, which also puts the borough itself in a better financial position.The information was reported during the Ringtown Borough Council's March...
View ArticleDeeds, March 18, 2014
DeedsAshland - Earl F. and Emily J. Zeplin to Emily J. Zeplin; 1310 Arch St.; $1.Butler Township - Charles Hoskie to Susquehanna Bank; 649 Big Mine Run; $1.Coaldale - Jerome and Danielle Cunningham...
View ArticleGoodfellas stops hosting charitable events
MOUNT CARBON - Charitable events sponsored by Goodfellas are no more.In a Facebook post Sunday, the business announced its decision based on the Borough of Mount Carbon's enactment of an amusement...
View ArticleDistrict court, March 18, 2014
Stephen J. BayerTAMAQUA - A New Philadelphia man charged with dragging a Tamaqua police officer with his vehicle on Dec. 26 appeared for a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Stephen...
View ArticleSpark blamed for second fire at wood shaving company
PINE GROVE - A fire broke out at a Washington Township business at 10:22 a.m. Monday, the second one the company has suffered in recent years. The blaze started in a plastic-covered building storing...
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n Ashland: American Legion Post 434 is interested in re-establishing a community band and in forming a new post dart team. Regarding the band, any musician of any age from Ashland and surrounding...
View ArticleMultiple sclerosis group searches for sponsor for walk
The first and only self-help group for Multiple Sclerosis in Schuylkill County is in its sixth year and is searching for sponsors for the upcoming Walk MS at Gring's Mill Recreation Area in...
View ArticleWildfire prevention stressed by firefighters
Before you know it, a fire can get out of control.Mike Stalnecker, chief of North End Fire Company, Pine Grove, said the department responded to a call for a fire Saturday in a hay field in Washington...
View ArticleShenandoah borough to ask for state assistance with loan
SHENANDOAH - The borough will ask for state assistance in dealing with a loan valued at $144,800, secured in 2010, that was recently called for repayment by a local bank.M&T Bank requested payment...
View ArticleFountain Springs woman to tackle American Lung Association's Fight for Air Climb
A Fountain Springs woman plans to climb a skyscraper in Philadelphia next weekend to raise money for the American Lung Association.Tiffany Kiehl, Fountain Springs, said Tuesday that she has spent the...
View ArticleClarification, March 19, 2014
Book cost clarificationEugene J. Sauers' book, "Medicaid, PA Nursing Homes And You," costs $24.95 and can be obtained by contacting the author by email at gene@medicaidandpanursinghomeinfo.com or by...
View ArticleAshland to host county electronics recycling collection
ASHLAND - The borough council decided to host an electronics recycling day next month during its March 12 meeting. The council approved the event, sponsored by the Schuylkill County Office of Solid...
View ArticleCriminal court, March 19, 2014
A woman who said she no longer can have children received nothing Thursday from a Schuylkill County jury that ruled in favor of the Palo Alto doctor who cared for her.Kelly Clark wept as the jury of...
View ArticleDUI charge against legislative candidate dismissed
ORWIGSBURG - An East Brunswick Township man running for the state legislature no longer faces a driving under the influence charge, as a judge dismissed it Tuesday. Ruling prosecutors did not produce...
View ArticleWoman sentenced to state prison for plot
By FRANK ANDRUSCAVAGE A Sheppton woman was sentenced Tuesday to state prison for trying to hire someone in February 2013 to kill her landlady, who was trying to evict her, and her landlady's fiance....
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n Barnesville: The Tuscarora RC Flying Club meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of the month in the park office at Tuscarora State Park.n Girardville: The 11th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade will begin...
View ArticleMahanoy Business Park bid to be awarded in April
Bids for the Mahanoy Business Park project will be opened and awarded next month."We plan to open bids on April 8, which is roughly a week, week and a half before our next board meeting. So our intent...
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