For the record, July 3, 2014
Marriage licensesJordin M. Mitchell, Saint Clair, and Stephanie A. Henry, Auburn.Anthony J. Grazel, Barnesville, and Lindsay M. Deery, Garnet Valley.Raymond Fields, Northumberland, and Lucinda F....
View ArticleCriminal court, July 3, 2014
A Mahanoy City man must pay costs and fines after a Schuylkill County judge decided Wednesday that he twice violated a protection from abuse order.William J. Sanchez, 26, is guilty of two charges of...
View ArticleFiscal technician terminated by Schuylkill Conservation District
Following an audit and a police investigation, the Schuylkill Conservation District terminated its fiscal technician.The county commissioners approved the termination of Virginia Kunigonis, Branch...
View ArticleAshland authority still waiting for project permit
ASHLAND - The Ashland Area Municipal Authority is still waiting for the state permit to upgrade its reservoir, with the authority now hoping that July will be the month for the approval.Jennifer M....
View ArticleOpera performer to give singing lessons at Schuylkill County Council of the Arts
Tamara Wapinsky Mancini, Pottsville, an opera singer who has performed on international stages, will be giving singing lessons at Schuylkill County Council of the Arts starting this month. She was...
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n McAdoo: The McAdoo Lions Club will sponsor an evening fundraiser trip to Mohegan Sun Casino on July 15. The bus will depart at 4 p.m. from the former St. Kunegunda Roman Catholic Church and will...
View ArticleBirths, July 4, 2014
Geisinger Medical Center, ReadingTo Andrew and Heather Frantz Drumheller, Pine Grove, a daughter, June 25.
View ArticleBusiness booming for fireworks company
ASHLAND ÂÂ- Business has been booming this summer for Bixler Pyrotechnics in Ashland.The family-owned professional fireworks display company lit up the night sky over Ashland on Thursday and will be...
View ArticleMoylan says health is not an issue
NEW PHILADELPHIA - Schuylkill County Coroner Dr. David J. Moylan III said he wants to focus on the issues as he runs for congressman in the 17th District, and his health is not one of them.Moylan,...
View ArticleCommunities add events, bring back favorites for annual Independence Day...
Fireworks will spray an array of color across the sky above Schuylkill County this weekend as communities celebrate Independence Day.In Port Carbon, a new event has been added to the borough's annual...
View ArticleIt's time to party in Shamokin
I've always counted myself blessed to have my birthday fall on the Fourth of July. There's always something going on and my night always ends in fireworks. What gal could complain about that?This year...
View ArticleState school districts weigh in on 2014-15 education budget
As area educators wait for the governor to sign the 2014-15 state budget, they may wonder how this spending plan will allow them to afford pensions, salaries and textbooks. Though the budget on Gov....
View ArticleEnjoy sights, sounds of county
Happy Independence Day! Erma Bombeck said, "You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks and soldiers who file by the White House in a show...
View ArticleMan assaulted during robbery in his apartment Wednesday
A 56-year-old man was injured Wednesday in Pottsville after permitting another man inside his home who said he had a package delivery for him.Police responded at 6:03 p.m. Wednesday to a first-floor...
View ArticleSt. Nicholas parishioners prepping food for annual picnic
MINERSVILLE - Dedicated parishioners gathered Wednesday to continue cooking for the 79th annual St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church picnic.Members have been cooking for about three weeks and will...
View ArticleThunder Over Ashland lights up night sky
ASHLAND - Members of the Kodack family watched Thunder Over Ashland at Memorial Field in the borough Thursday without a member of their family who joined the military. While Michael Kodack, 6, of...
View ArticleThree Schuylkill County first-responder departments receive grant funding
BARNESVILLE - The Ryan Township Emergency and Rescue Squad Inc. received a federal grant to subsidize the purchase of a new ambulance.U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-17, announced Thursday that a total of...
View ArticleJudge dismisses Saint Clair landfill lawsuit again
SAINT CLAIR - A Schulkill County judge has dismissed the borough's sixth attempt to contest the validity of agreements between Blythe Township and the company that wants to develop a landfill...
View ArticleSantai-Gaffney vows appeal after latest same-sex set back
The U.S. Supreme Court is the next step for the effort by Schuylkill County Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court Theresa Santai-Gaffney pertaining to same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania."We...
View ArticlePolice log, July 4, 2014
Citations issued for violationsMAHANOY CITY - Two citations were issued to a Mahanoy City woman after violations of the borough Nuisance House ordinance.Borough code enforcement issued the two $1,000...
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