Deeds, July 31, 2013
DeedsHubley Township - Jane Deibert, Melissa Swartz and Paul Yourshaw to Jane Deibert; 2317 E. Main St., Sacramento; $1.Mahanoy Township - Robert J. and Georgine Legutko to Robert J. and Georgine...
View ArticleSchuylkill County Fire School's burn building deemed unsafe for training
ALTAMONT - Since 1991, volunteer firefighters were able to train at a "burn building" at the Schuylkill County Fire School, where real fires could be set. On Tuesday, fire school officials were told...
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Wrong names on license Randy L. Walters Sr., Schuylkill Haven, and Christine E. Walters, Schuylkill Haven, were issued a marriage license. Their names were incorrect in Friday's edition.
View ArticleDistrict court, July 31, 2013
James R. FerrierORWIGSBURG - A North Manheim Township man is headed for Schuylkill County Court after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing on a charge of damaging a vehicle in which he was...
View ArticleLocal kids enjoy day at 30th annual Schuylkill County Fair
SUMMIT STATION - Tuesday was "Kids Day" at the 30th annual Schuylkill County Fair.The day featured various contests, activities and entertainment geared toward the youth. Gates opened at 11 a.m., while...
View ArticleCare Net to host share fair this weekend
ORWIGSBURG - The Care Net Pregnancy Center of Schuylkill County will host its first Women's Share Fair on Saturday at the Schuylkill County Country Club.Cheryl Cresswell, executive director of the...
View ArticleClarification, Aug. 5, 2013
Information omitted While the public is invited to attend a meeting where state and local officials will discuss a mine drainage issue at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, at Palo Alto Borough Hall, "the...
View ArticleDeeds, Aug. 5, 2013
Deeds Rush Township - Thomas Pantoni Jr., executor of the Estate of Foster L. Alexander, to Brett Hill; 18 Oxford St., Hometown; $69,000. Saint Clair - Zachery D. Rinker to Michael J. Valentin; 127 N....
View ArticlePolice log, Aug. 6, 2013
Tremont manfaces chargesTREMONT - State police at Schuylkill Haven charged a 24-year-old borough man with numerous charges after he struck another man with his car about 12:05 a.m. Monday.Police said...
View ArticleSchuylkill County to receive $205,000 from gas drilling impact fee
HARRISBURG - Northeast Pennsylvania counties will split about $1.8 million in natural gas impact fees later this month for repairs to local at-risk bridges. The money is an annual earmark of the...
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n Minersville: St. Matthew the Evangelist Roman Catholic Parish will sponsor its sixth annual Summer Festival from noon to 9 p.m. Aug. 18 at the South Cass Fire Company grounds, Primrose. Entertainment...
View ArticleIU 29 prepares for school year
MAR LIN - The Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 Board of Directors approved a series of agenda items Monday to prepare for the first day of school Aug. 26.At its August meeting at the Maple Avenue...
View ArticleSchuylkill County controller unveils 'friendly' financial statement
Schuylkill County Controller Christy Joy on Monday published the county's first "Friendly Understandable Financial Statement."The information in the document is taken directly from the 100-page...
View ArticleTruck show to honor memory of Blue Mountain graduate
TAMAQUA - A truck show held in memory of Logan Farr will take place Saturday at Heisler's Cloverleaf Dairy, 743 Catawissa Road, Walker Township.All proceeds will go to the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn...
View ArticleMinersville Area approves hiring of nine teachers
MINERSVILLE - During a special meeting Monday, the Minersville Area school board approved the hiring of nine teachers effective at the start of the 2013-14 school year.Seven of the temporary...
View ArticleYMCA to start preschool in September
With experience in hosting activities for toddlers and young children, the Schuylkill YMCA will open its first preschool in September, Wayne R. Stump, YMCA executive director, said Monday."We haven't...
View ArticleNorwegian Township agrees to feasibility study for regional police force
MAR LIN - The Norwegian Township supervisors gave the go-ahead for a feasibility study to determine the possibility of a regional police force at their meeting Monday."We've always been interested in...
View ArticleUnited Way's Stuff the Bus campaign nets 1,200 backpacks for students
Children in need of school supplies will have them thanks to those who donated to Schuylkill United Way's 11th "Stuff the Bus" campaign. From July 1 to July 29, people could donate at several...
View ArticleCity blight task force to clamp down on 10 worst properties
Instead of presenting another slideshow highlighting more blighted properties in the City of Pottsville at city council's next meeting, representatives of the Pottsville Blight and Nuisance Task Force...
View ArticlePolice log, Aug. 7, 2013
Haven womanhurt in crashA 20-year-old Schuylkill Haven woman suffered minor injuries in a crash about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday on Tumbling Run Road near Route 61 in North Manheim Township.State police at...
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