Tower-Porter Old Home Week slated for next week
One of Schuylkill County's biggest block parties will kick off Monday in Tower City.The 67th Tower-Porter Old Home Week will be held from Monday to June 8 on the American Legion Midway Grounds. The...
View ArticleShenandoah Valley formally approves budget with no tax increase
SHENANDOAH - Real estate taxes will remain the same in the Shenandoah Valley School District with the formal adoption of the 2014-15 general operating budget on Wednesday by the school board.The school...
View ArticleEnjoy summer in own backyard
Summer is just around the corner and I am so grateful! June is the month known for bringing us perfect days and I hope it proves to be true this year. After a long cold winter and a colder-than-usual...
View ArticleIU 29 grads turn tassels
MAR LIN - When thanking their teachers and supporters, one representative of the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29's Class of 2014 stepped up to the microphone while another talked with her...
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n Ashland: The Ashland Rotary has scheduled two outdoor concerts this summer. The Shoreliners will entertain July 9 the parking lot of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Prior to and during the concert,...
View ArticleState pauses bridge work in Port Carbon as DEP approves change to permit
PORT CARBON - The contractor demolishing the Pottsville Street Bridge found a better way to do the work and stopped work temporarily until the state Department of Environmental Protection approved the...
View ArticleCity celebrates late artist, muralist with art events
The City of Pottsville business community came together Thursday to celebrate the life of the late artist and muralist Dave Naydock.Hundreds of people came out to enjoy Dave Day 2014 events held all...
View ArticleIU 29 moves classes, suspects mold problem
MAR LIN - Administrators at the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 Maple Avenue Campus on Thursday moved students out of classrooms after hearing reports of suspected mold in certain parts of the...
View ArticleShenandoah tables decision on personnel issue
SHENANDOAH - The borough council held a special meeting for general purposes Thursday evening, but no action was taken.The meeting was scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., but borough council entered into an...
View ArticleDeeds, May 30, 2014
DeedsEast Union Township - Clara E. Clark to Diane Shumway and Clara Ann Schultz; property on Front Street, Phinneyville; $1.Hyo U. and Chae Sik Cha to Eagle Rock Resort Co.; Lot 114ER, Eagle Rock;...
View ArticleFor the record, May 31, 2014
Marriage licenses Andrew S. Lund, Catonsville, Md., and Lydia A. Cardwell, Catonsville, Md. Charles G. Dixon Sr., Kempton, and Lisa A. Adam, Kempton. John C. Love, Valley View, and Tammy L. Marberger,...
View ArticleWoman dies in Schuylkill Haven fire
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - A woman died when fire broke out inside her home Friday afternoon in the borough.Schuylkill Haven police Chief Jeff Walcott said Hannah Wassel, 71, was found just inside her front...
View ArticlePolice investigate fatal shooting, fire in South Manheim Township
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - State police are investigating what they call a "suspicious death" and fire that was discovered about 8:40 a.m. Friday at a South Manheim Township home."The investigation is in its...
View ArticleNo mold found at IU 29
MAR LIN - Contrary to reports Thursday, authorities said there is no mold at the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 Maple Avenue Campus.Students were moved from the west side of the classroom building to...
View ArticleTamaqua graduates told to enter a world that needs them
TAMAQUA - The elevator door has closed on floor high school, Jared W. Sharpe, valedictorian of the Tamaqua Area High School Class of 2014, told his fellow classmates as the evening sun set over the...
View ArticleNativity's top students choose ambitious career paths
In a gymnasium decked out in green and gold, Brady Morgan, Ashland, the salutatorian of the Nativity BVM High School Class of 2014, introduced some red and white."We have become who we are today...
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n Ashland: The Ashland Area Rotary Club will participate in the six-club installation, as has been a tradition for many years. The Ashland club will join the Rotary clubs of Frackville, Mahanoy City,...
View ArticleMost of state prisoner's lawsuit rejected
The Commonwealth Court has rejected almost all the appeal of a former inmate at State Correctional Institution/Frackville who alleged he had been mistreated.In a 14-page opinion and order field Friday...
View ArticleArraignments, May 31, 2014
A 35-year-old Pottsville man charged with an assault involving a weapon on April 8 in the city is among those scheduled to plead not guilty Monday during arraignment in Schuylkill County Court.Steven...
View ArticleShenandoah Area Youth Volunteers to disband
SHENANDOAH - The Shenandoah Area Youth Volunteers will disband at the end of the year, but another nonprofit organization is ready to pick up the baton.Four active SAYV members - Donna Baker, Ellen...
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