Pottsville Area plans to hold line on taxes
The Pottsville Area School Board is planning to hold the line on taxes for the 2014-15 school year.In a unanimous vote Wednesday at its workshop at the Howard S. Fernsler Academic Center, the board...
View ArticlePort Clinton takes easements on 3 properties for sewer project
Port Clinton officials filed a Declaration of Taking on Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court, which will allow them to acquire easements on three properties in order to start work on a sewer project....
View ArticlePolice log, May 15, 2014
2 face chargesin burglary casePORT CLINTON - Ciera Zvorsky, Port Carbon, and Jamie Robbins, Schuylkill Haven, face burglary charges after stealing copper piping and fittings at 2:50 p.m. Monday from...
View ArticleSchuylkill Haven woman in prison for deadly 2013 crash
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - A Schuylkill Haven woman was jailed last week after being charged for her role in a crash that claimed the life of a man last year.State police Trooper Thomas Laselva of the...
View ArticleCounty commissioners reach engineering agreement on bridge projects
Two more bridges in Schuylkill County will be repaired this summer.The commissioners extended an agreement with Alfred Benesch & Co., Pottsville, at a public meeting Wednesday for engineering...
View ArticleResidents speak out against McAdoo police
McADOO - The borough council heard more complaints from residents alleging young police officers are being more aggressive in pulling over motorists for minor traffic violations.McAdoo resident John...
View ArticleAvenues Foundation 26th Annual Duck Race Prize Winners
26. “Slow As Molasses” Last Place Duck Prize with Turtle & Jar of Molasses LAST DUCK: Milly Tray 25. Vendor Basket with $25 Gift Card for Origami Owl, Glass Garden Flower Donated By Alice Keiner,...
View ArticlePolice log, May 16, 2014
Woman injuredby tractor-trailerPINE GROVE - A Pine Grove woman was injured after an accident involving a tractor-trailer at 7:01 a.m. Tuesday on Geary Wolfe Road in Pine Grove Township.State police at...
View ArticleReuters missed the mark
In Wednesday's edition of The News-Item, we addressed in an editorial how unfairly pictures accompanying a recent Reuters article on "broke Shamokin" depicted our city.Not that the article didn't have...
View ArticleBirths, May 16, 2014
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson StreetTo Joseph J. and Nina L. Salvadore Delluso, Mahanoy City, a daughter, April 21.To Keith and Amanda McGuire Kalkiewicz, New Boston, a son, May 1.To Anthony...
View ArticleCriminal court, May 16, 2014
Twenty-three people received a second chance from the criminal justice system Thursday in Schuylkill County Court, as they entered a special program that could enable them to have their records...
View ArticleEx-employee who allegedly stole money enters ARD program
by peter e. bortner Sharon M. Mullin, who allegedly stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from her former employer, could have charges against her dismissed if she successfully completes the program...
View ArticleFormer Schuylkill County sheriff candidate enters ARD program
by peter e. bortner Patrick M. Reynolds, whose 2013 candidacy for sheriff was derailed by his arrest in connection with an incident at his Reilly Township home, entered a special program Thursday in...
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n Llewellyn: The Branch Township supervisors will present the annual Memorial Day parade and ceremony May 26. The parade will begin at 8 a.m. at the Llewellyn Elementary School, Norm Bertasavage said...
View ArticleAnnual Kielbasi Festival in Shenandoah set for Saturday
Ethnic heritage and the love of food will be shared Saturday in Shenandoah during the annual Kielbasi Festival.The annual event, sponsored by Downtown Shenandoah Inc., will be held from 11 a.m. to 5...
View ArticleSchuylkill County communities prepare pools for season
For the past two years, officials from the Borough of Saint Clair have noticed water leaking from the community pool and, as a result, money draining from the borough's coffers. "We suspected there...
View ArticleDeeds, May 16, 2014
DeedsButler Township - Dorothy M. and Forrest L. Shadle to Peter E. Davis; 51.93-acre property on Route 901, Lavelle; $250,000.Deer Lake - Robert E. and Donna Gambrell to Federal Home Loan Mortgage...
View ArticleFlash flood watch issued in Schuylkill County
A flash flood watch has been issued for Schuylkill County until 8 p.m. tonight."(Rain) will be fairly steady" today, Tony Mach, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, State College, said.He...
View ArticleBlue Mountain discusses budget
ORWIGSBURG - The deficit in the Blue Mountain School District budget keeps getting smaller but still is not where it needs to be.A handout from the district showed a $423,051 deficit, down from the...
View ArticleBranch Township man killed in 2-vehicle crash on Route 209
PORT CARBON - A 31-year-old Branch Township man died when the car he was driving slammed into the trailer portion of a car carrier about 9 a.m. Thursday on Route 209 in East Norwegian Township. Scott...
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