Pottsville, Minersville area firefighters, ambulance services seek grants to...
Fire companies and ambulance services from the Pottsville and Minersville area are working together to acquire more than $1 million in grant money to buy two-way radios needed to stay in tune with the...
View ArticleJudges uphold conviction, state prison term for growing pot
by peter e. bortner Alex Colon-Zavala must remain behind state prison bars after a three-judge state Superior Court panel upheld his conviction and sentence for growing marijuana in August 2012 in...
View ArticleBurglar sentenced to state supervision
by peter e. bortner Edward M. Matalavage, whose drug-fueled 10-month crime spree spread fear across central, eastern and southern Schuylkill County, will be under state supervision for two years after...
View ArticleFor the record, April 22, 2014
Marriage licensesElwood C. Jamison, Pottsville, and Gloria C. Wessner, Pottsville.Daryl L. Witmer, Tremont, and Julie I. Shade, Tremont.Isaac T. Evans, Coaldale, and Ann M. Farrell, Coaldale.Daniel L....
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n Mahanoy City: The Mahanoy City Elks Auxiliary will sponsor a Chinese auction from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the 135 E. Centre St. lodge. Tickets are $2 each or three for $5. For more information, call...
View ArticleEaster 1914: The calm before the war
I read this in The Republican-Herald's Days Gone By column: April 7, 1914, Herman Straub returned to Pottsville at the end of two years of working at "the greatest job the world has known," the...
View ArticleImportance of cooperation stressed in death scene investigations during...
NEW PHILADELPHIA - More than 60 professionals from Schuylkill and surrounding counties attended the third annual Schuylkill County Coroners Symposium at the Simon Kramer Cancer Institute. "It's open...
View ArticleChanges delay Act 537 plan
VALLEY VIEW - Discussion on the Act 537 plan consumed a chunk of time Monday evening at Hegins Township's monthly supervisor meeting.The supervisors claim Hegins Township's portion of the plan is 80...
View ArticleStudents of the month, April 27, 2014
Shen RotaryShenandoah Valley High School senior Erin Buchanan was named student of the month for March by the Shenandoah Rotary Club.Erin's is a member of the District XI runner-up girls' basketball...
View ArticleDean's list, April 27, 2014
Central Penn The following local residents made the dean's list for the winter term at Central Penn College, Summerdale: Zachary Cremo, Barnesville; Jessica Dabashinsky, Schuylkill Haven; Elyssa...
View ArticleLocals remember seeing, meeting with Pope John Paul II
The focus is on Rome today as two popes - John XXIII and John Paul II - were elevated as saints in the Catholic Church by Pope Francis at Mass at 10 a.m. Rome time. Many Catholics and others are...
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n Pine Grove: The second annual Family Fun Fishing Event will be held May 4 at Sweet Arrow Lake County Park. The event, according to a press release, will be held thanks to major sponsors including...
View ArticleCollege notes, April 27, 2014
Lebanon Valley Lebanon Valley College, Annville, inducted more than 165 students to 16 honor societies during Inquiry 2014, the college's two-week-long celebration of scholarly, scientific and creative...
View ArticleHundreds attend block party to support Muscular Dystrophy Association
ORWIGSBURG - Hundreds of people attended a block party at Schaeffer's Harley-Davidson on Saturday to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Attendance was free, but there were food vendors, live...
View ArticleVolunteer Connection: Watch for abuse during Older American month
This week starts May, the most "spring" of months. This month, we recognize National Older American, Motorcycle Safety and Date Your Mate Month. Days we'll celebrate are Mother's and Memorial. May is...
View ArticlePennsylvania Starwatch: 'Goat star' is bright light of spring
I have a question for you. Do you know the name of the brightest nighttime star we see most often? Yes, this is a bit of a trick question. No, it's not Polaris the North Star, nor is it Sirius, the...
View ArticleNeighbors in the news, April 27, 2014
Medical awardThe Lehigh County Medical Society has created a Humaneness in Medicine award, and announced that Dr. Jeanne Zukas, Schuylkill Haven, chief resident of the Lehigh Valley Hospital Internal...
View ArticleArt and Antiques: Catch phrases help show value
Many years ago, I learned that in order to make information stick in the minds of my university students, you had to give them an easy way to remember that information. My catch phrases that I used in...
View ArticleMilitary, April 27, 2014
Sailor deployed Boatswain's Mate Seaman Cheyenne Strausser, Pottsville, is serving aboard the Navy's forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard, the flagship of the Bonhomme Richard...
View ArticlePolice seek contractor accused of fraud, theft
Schuylkill County District Attorney Christine Holman and county detective Dennis Clark are asking for the public's help in finding a man wanted for defrauding customers while serving as a...
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