Neighbors in the news, July 21, 2013
ScholarshipsSeven high school seniors from Trinity Lutheran Church, Pottsville, received scholarships through the Rev. Philip S. Bendle III Scholarship Fund. The recipients are Pottsville Area High...
View ArticleDistrict court, July 21, 2013
Christina E. HaleFRACKVILLE - A 26-year-old Mahanoy City man charged with taking the purse of a woman who left it on a Schuylkill Transportation System bus Dec. 13, 2012, waived his right to a...
View ArticleSheffield plate dates to 1700s
For centuries, the town of Sheffield, England, has been synonymous with art of silver making. Dating back to the 14th century, many craftsmen worked in silver in and around Sheffield. In the mid 1700s,...
View ArticleMilitary, July 21, 2013
Rear admiralPacific Fleet fleet maintenance officer Capt. Brian Antonio was promoted to rear admiral in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri Memorial on May 31. Antonio, a Bowie, Md. native and formerly...
View ArticleBirths, July 21, 2013
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson StreetTo Brad C. and Dawn M. Myers Frye, Mahanoy City, a daughter, July 2.To Brandon and Noelle Augustine Dreisbach, Pottsville, a son, July 5.Geisinger Medical...
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n Coaldale: The St. Luke's University Health Network sponsors a monthly diabetes support group with meetings held in the Miners' Cafe at the St. Luke's Hospital-Miners Campus. Each month, a different...
View ArticleBlue Mountain again tops school analysis
Blue Mountain was again by far the best-scoring district in Times-Shamrock newspapers' annual analysis of local academic performance, topping state averages in all 20 PSSA tests and the SATs.Hamburg...
View ArticleCafe offers healthy food option in Schuylkill Haven
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - A new restaurant in the borough will provide a unique and healthy choice for mealtime. A Taste of Life Cafe, a vegan/vegetarian juice bar, opened July 12 at 134 E. Union St."It's...
View ArticleProclamation marks century since local mine disaster
TOWER CITY - A proclamation recognizing an anniversary of a local mine accident, as well as the people who are planning and coordinating the remembrance of it, was officially adopted by Tower City...
View ArticleMemorial honors legendary Minersville softball coaches
MINERSVILLE - The Minersville Area School District now has a memorial commemorating two men who helped make the school's softball program into what it is today.The memorial, placed at the right-field...
View ArticleGilberton police chief posts profanity-laced video on YouTube
GILBERTON - Borough police Chief Mark Kessler offers some profanity-laced comments to viewers in a July 15 Internet posting.The 2-minute, 45-second posting on the Internet site YouTube starts as an...
View ArticleSuperior Court upholds Shenandoah woman's conviction
Kasa D. Brennan, whose fiance was murdered in 2010 in their Shenandoah home, was properly convicted of possessing cocaine and drug paraphernalia in May 2011 in West Mahanoy Township, a three-judge...
View ArticleSchuylkill County gains 1,300 jobs over the year
Schuylkill County accounted for more than 10 percent of the total net gain of jobs in Pennsylvania over the year, according to statistics from the state Department of Labor & Industry.The...
View ArticleCouple injured in Route 61 crash remain in satisfactory condition
ORWIGSBURG - A man and a woman who were injured when the motorcycle they were riding and a car collided Friday on Route 61 remained in the hospital Monday.A spokeswoman at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar...
View ArticleBulls Head Road to get new surface
MAR LIN - Bulls Head Road in Norwegian Township will soon be repaved.Township supervisors awarded a bid July 8 to Reading Materials Inc., Skippack, for the project. The company was the lowest of six...
View ArticleCriminal court, July 23, 2013
In recent Schuylkill County Court action, Judge Jacqueline L. Russell accepted guilty pleas from, and, pursuant to agreements between prosecutors and defendants, imposed the indicated sentences on,...
View ArticlePolice log, July 23, 2013
Police schedulecheckpointsThe North Central Regional Sobriety Checkpoint DUI Taskforce announced that Sobriety Checkpoints and Roving DUI Patrols will be conducted today through Monday on routes 61,...
View ArticleToday's special election will redo some voting for Hazleton Area school board
Polls will be open today in five precincts in Schuylkill County for residents who voted in the botched Hazleton Area school board primary election May 21.Voting will be available from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m....
View ArticleSchuylkill Action Network holding 2nd Schuylkill Shots Photo Contest
Calling nature photographers of all ages and abilities.To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of groups working together to clean up the Schuylkill River, the Schuylkill Action Network is holding its...
View ArticleMotorists can test driving knowledge with online safety quiz
The state Department of Transportation is encouraging motorists to test their skills about driving safety by taking an online quiz.The quiz at justdrivepa.org is made of questions in 11 categories and...
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