Saint Clair car cruise returns
SAINT CLAIR - The annual Saint Clair car cruise will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. July 19. Fireworks will follow at 9 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Registration for the cruise begins at 3 p.m. on...
View ArticleSummerfest find success after stormy start
SHEPPTON - East Union Township's second annual Summerfest found success Friday after being washed out Thursday. Summerfest attracted families from all over to the festivities Friday after the previous...
View ArticleShenandoah Valley School District to be part of class action lawsuit...
SHENANDOAH - The Shenandoah Valley school board voted to have the district involved in a school funding class action lawsuit to force the state to adequately fund low-income schools.The board's vote at...
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n New Philadelphia: A Red Cross blood drive is set for 1 to 6 p.m. July 23 at the Simon Kramer Community and Recreation Center, 15 Alliance St. All presenting donors will receive a light lunch...
View ArticleTremont approves resolution for list of designated 'tobacco-free' zones
TREMONT - It took a young girl to change a borough council vote from a unanimous 'no' in May to a unanimous 'yes' in June. Gabby Brown, a Tremont resident and Pine Grove Area Middle School student,...
View ArticlePort Carbon kicks off Fourth of July festivities with new 5K
PORT CARBON - The borough celebrated its annual Fourth of July festivities Friday with the new Firecracker 5K.The three-mile race through the borough began at 8:30 a.m. with more than 200 racers. "We...
View ArticleCriminal court, July 5, 2014
A Barnesville man will not have to spend additional time behind state prison bars after admitting June 27 in Schuylkill County Court that he possessed heroin in November 2013 in Pottsville.Nicholas J....
View ArticleSchuylkill Township supervisors refinance loan, deal with office key issue
MARYD - The Schuylkill Township supervisors refinanced a loan Wednesday that the township borrowed from the USDA in 2006 for roof repairs."It was a $400,000, 30-year loan with a 4.5 percent interest...
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David J. RossiTREMONT - A Philadelphia man is headed to Schuylkill County Court after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing June 26 on charges stemming from a fire that occurred in March 2013 in...
View ArticlePolice log, July 5, 2014
DUI checkpointleads to chargesA sobriety checkpoint was conducted June 27 in West Mahanoy Township.During that checkpoint, 184 vehicles were contacted and 39 detained. There were 17 traffic arrests,...
View ArticleCollege notes, July 6, 2014
TempleBrianne N. Hughes, a freshman business major at Temple University, Philadelphia, will be participating in the Disney College Program in Orlando, Fla., for the fall semester. She also made the...
View ArticleArraignments, July 6, 2014
SHENANDOAH - A 34-year-old Mahanoy City woman charged with stabbing her mother's boyfriend to death inside their home on Dec. 1, 2013, is among those scheduled to plead not guilty Monday during...
View ArticleUDA board approves tax swap resolution
LOYALTON - Upper Dauphin Area School District voters will have a say this November in how they'll be taxed.The UDA school board June 26 approved a "tax swap" resolution by a 6-1 vote. Board members...
View ArticleDean's list, July 6, 2014
IUPKatie Fessler was named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pa. Katie recently completed her sophomore year majoring in fashion merchandising....
View ArticlePennsylvania Starwatch: First full moon of summer is on the way
We have a building full moon this coming week, and next weekend, we'll have our first full moon of the summer. You can't help but notice it's a low rider while it rises in the southeast, reaches its...
View ArticleShenandoah church to celebrate its 100th and last anniversary
SHENANDOAH - Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church in Shenandoah will celebrate its 100th anniversary as an ethnic Italian parish this month, and the parishioners are pulling out all the stops...
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n Barnesville: The Ryan Township Fire Company, Route 54, sponsors bingo games weekly on Thursday evenings. Doors and the kitchen open at 4 p.m. and playing begins at 6 p.m. in the firehall. The...
View ArticleGraduates, July 6, 2014
LaSalleBryan C. Vinski, Mahanoy City, graduated cum laude from LaSalle University, Philadelphia, with a master's degree in speech language and hearing science. He is a son of Bryan C. Vinski Sr.,...
View ArticleBirths, July 6, 2014
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson Street, PottsvilleTo Irvin L. Sr. and Tiffany L. Wetzel Lenker, Sacramento, a son, June 24.
View ArticleFormer Pottsville artists' work featured in 'Jazz Occurrence' exhibit in...
People use different forms of art as a creative outlet. Painters use canvas as a window to show their visions. Musicians express emotion through the instruments in their hands. Artist and Pottsville...
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