Doctor's care recognized with physician award
Elizabeth Edmunds had already tugged the iconic white doctor's coat over her shoulders before she unlocked the front door of her office building.Hers is a clean building on a clean lot in an...
View ArticleCity plans demolition project to fight blight
Continuing to fight blight, the City of Pottsville on Monday shuffled some federal grant funds for a demolition project for 2014 during a council meeting."The city is developing a large demolition...
View ArticleContractor talks solar power in book by consumer expert
The contractor who bought and renovated the Pottsville Senior Community Center a few years ago has been featured in a new book about finding financial success in the tough economy. "You can save money...
View ArticleWalk to site of mine disaster will commemorate event
A walk to the site of the Sheppton Mine Disaster will be held Sunday, 50 years to the day when rescuers realized coal miners David Fellin and Henry "Hank" Throne had survived a mine collapse.Those who...
View ArticleDeeds, Aug. 13, 2013
DeedsPort Carbon - Stanley J. and Mary P. Folweiler to Charles A. Minchoff; 21 Cherry St.; $5,000.Pottsville - Tax Claim Bureau of Schuylkill County to Robert Engleman Jr.; 608 N. Eighth St.;...
View ArticleMinersville police nab alleged burglar
MINERSVILLE - Borough police on Sunday arrested Joseph E. Boris Jr., 45, of 311 Arlene St., in connection with a burglary at 317 Pine St. last month.Minersville police Chief Michael Combs said Monday...
View ArticleConservancy plans chestnut tree conference
TREMONT - Following up its successful conference on timbering in March, the Schuylkill County Conservancy is planning a second conference - this time about the American chestnut tree.Called "The Return...
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n Ashland: The Ashland Area Rotary will sponsor a free band concert presented by Cressona Band at 7 p.m. Aug. 14 at Eureka Park. Before the concert, the club will hold it's annual chicken dinner with...
View ArticleCorrection, Aug. 13, 2013
A photo published on page seven in Monday's edition shows Knights of Lithuania treasurer Paul Domalakes. The identity was wrong.
View ArticlePolice log, Aug. 13, 2013
in 2-vehicle crashSCHUYLKILL HAVEN - The drivers involved in a crash Saturday in North Manheim Township escaped injury.State police at Schuylkill Haven said the incident occurred at 2:05 p.m. at routes...
View ArticleMahanoy City's police chief will retire at year's end
MAHANOY CITY - The borough council voted Tuesday to advertise for a new police chief due to the planned retirement of Chief Mark J. Wiekrykas.Wiekrykas, 51, who has been on the borough police force for...
View ArticleCorrection, Aug. 14, 2013
Number incorrect There are 450 residences and about 1,100 residents in the Borough of Palo Alto. The number of residents was incorrect in Tuesday's edition.
View ArticleSheds destroyed in blaze
PINE GROVE - The cause of a fire that destroyed two sheds at 4 Kurtz Road, Washington Township, was still under investigation as of press time late Tuesday.Carl Stump, second assistant chief at...
View ArticlePine Grove council candidate withdraws name
PINE GROVE - A borough council candidate who faces indecent assault charges in county court has withdrawn his name from the General Election ballot.Robert Wolfe won the Republican nomination to a...
View ArticleBirths Aug. 14, 2013
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson StreetTo David and Mary Beth McGinnis Strohl, Pottsville, a daughter, July 1.To Lee T. and Karrie Collins Grimes, Pottsville, a son, July 21.To Jeremy T. Miller...
View ArticleMinersville council accepts resignation of manager
MINERSVILLE - The borough council accepted the resignation of borough Manager Joseph K. Bass and fired a street department employee Tuesday night.Bass, who resigned from his position effective July 15,...
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n Frackville: Pages of Positivity, a nonprofit organization that sends positivity journals to people who are suffering from chronic illnesses or going through a hard time, will hold a bake sale at the...
View ArticleHistorical society guides children on "safari"
Sarah Jones, 15, of Pottsville, got her first impressions of an anthracite strip mine operation Tuesday while riding in a tour bus traveling over a dirt road in Wadesville."It's dirty. There were...
View ArticleAssault conviction upheld
by peter e. bortner A three-judge state Superior Court panel has upheld the conviction and prison sentence of a Coaldale man that prosecutors said tried to hit his wife with his truck in January...
View Article'Career criminal' sentenced for trespass
by peter e. bortner Already sitting in a state prison cell, Samuel T. Steffie will not have to spend more time behind bars after being sentenced Monday in Schuylkill County Court for breaking into a...
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