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n Frackville: The Frackville Ministerium Food Bank will be open from 9 to 10 a.m. May 15 to serve eligible residents in the borough. New applicants will need proof of eligibility - a Frackville borough...
View ArticleFurloughs possible in Saint Clair Area School District
SAINT CLAIR - Teachers, instructional aides and others could lose their jobs, class sizes could increase and programs could be eliminated to close the gap in the 2014-15 budget for Saint Clair Area...
View ArticleBuddy Bench makes debut at Blue Mountain Elementary East
ORWIGSBURG - Children at Blue Mountain Elementary East have a new way to make friends with the addition of two Buddy Benches at the playground. The benches are meant to foster friendships and make...
View ArticleAshland man accused of fondling several teenage girls
FRACKVILLE - A man already jailed for having inappropriate sexual contact with a juvenile was arraigned Wednesday on similar charges involving two further victims. Shawn D. Schlauch, 20, formerly of...
View ArticleTamaqua borough council approves pool employees
TAMAQUA - The borough council took the necessary action Tuesday toward final plans to open the H.D. Buehler Memorial Pool for the summer.The council hired 23 part-time lifeguards and four clerks for...
View ArticleHS BASEBALL: Haven blanks Vikings, forces playoff
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Nick Behm's confidence in his pitching ability never wavered.One game after perhaps the worst outing of his life, the red-headed Schuylkill Haven junior pitcher bounced back in...
View ArticleHS SOFTBALL: North Schuylkill shuts out Pine Grove
PINE GROVE - Christie Hutira has thrown every pitch for North Schuylkill this season.For every inning of every game, the junior right-hander has windmilled and windmilled - literally thousands of times...
View ArticlePostal employees aid Stamp Out Hunger food drive
Postal employees will pick up more than mail Saturday. They will collect nonperishable food as part of the 22nd annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive coordinated by the National Association of Letter...
View ArticleGirardville council looking for councilman for vacancy
GIRARDVILLE - The borough council accepted the resignation of Vice President Joseph Catizone at Thursday's meeting.The resignation is effective May 30, allowing time to find a borough resident to fill...
View ArticleHearing continued in Mahanoy City stabbing case
SHENANDOAH - A preliminary hearing for a Mahanoy City woman charged with stabbing her mother's boyfriend to death was continued Thursday. Kimberly Lynn Hons, 33, of 739 E. Mahanoy Ave., was scheduled...
View ArticleJudge: Ex-Schuylkill Products head responsible for $53.9M loss to U.S.
Joseph W. Nagle's conduct while president of now-defunct Schuylkill Products Inc. caused $53.9 million in losses to the U.S. government, a federal judge decided Wednesday.In a 10-page opinion, Senior...
View ArticleSchuylkill Choral Society goes country for Saturday's final concert of the...
The Schuylkill Choral Society will bring the music of Nashville north this weekend as it wraps up its 2013-14 season.The concert, called Schuylkill Goes Country, will begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at...
View ArticleShenandoah Valley administration jumps in pool to honor late teacher
SHENANDOAH HEIGHTS - Seven Shenandoah Valley School District employees literally took the plunge in a swimming pool Thursday as part of a Cold Water Challenge to honor a teacher who recently died from...
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n Ashland: American Hose Company No. 1, Walnut and Seventh streets, will house its new 1996 Pierce Lance pumper on Saturday following a 1 p.m. apparatus parade. Judging of apparatus will begin at 11...
View ArticleOfficials encourage communities to communicate blight strategies
In the fight against blight, communities have to find ways to tell their citizens, and the general public, about their strategies, according to Denise M. Devine, a real estate agent from Schuylkill...
View ArticleNo need to fear gray hairs
Call me crazy (some do), but I've been waiting with great anticipation for my first gray hair for years. Like other pivotal moments in a lifespan, I view it as more of a rite of passage than an alarm...
View ArticlePolice log, May 9, 2014
Car rear-endednear Pine GrovePINE GROVE - Two people escaped injury when their cars collided about 8:20 a.m. Wednesday on Suedberg Road just west of Brookside Road in Pine Grove Township.State police...
View ArticleDistrict court, May 9, 2014
David A. PlachkoPORT CARBON - An Ashland man charged with using another man's credit/debit card without permission between Oct. 7 and 10 had charges against him held to court during a preliminary...
View ArticleDeeds, May 9, 2014
DeedsEast Union Township - Jinky and Roderick Singson to Eagle Rock Resort Co.; 2 percent interest in Lot 412ER, Eagle Rock; $6,778.34.Marne G. and Angela M. Estonactoc to Eagle Rock Resort Co.; 2...
View ArticleSwans nesting in Schuylkill Haven
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Rammy, a female swan, is nesting once again at Stoyer's Dam in Bubeck Park, Schuylkill Haven.This year, there are eight eggs. When Rammy leaves the nest for food, Rambo, the male,...
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