Hearing postponed for Pine Grove council candidate
by peter e. bortner ORWIGSBURG - The Pine Grove Borough Council candidate charged with indecently assaulting a girl in 2011 at a local fire company did not have his preliminary hearing Monday, but will...
View ArticleEnvironmental groups call for water pollution disclosure
HARRISBURG - Citing findings in a recent series of Scranton Times-Tribune investigative reports, a coalition of environmental groups called on Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday to speak publicly about the...
View ArticleYuengling removes water tanks from former creamery in Pottsville
With a crane that towered over the city skyline, D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc. removed two water tanks from the roof of its former ice cream factory Tuesday. "Prior to doing any demolition of the...
View ArticleThousands of bees swarm building on Pottsville's Second Street
A beekeeper was called Tuesday to remove thousands of honey bees swarming on Second Street in Pottsville. Dave Moyer, a beekeeper from Schuylkill Haven, and his wife, Sue, removed most of the bees...
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n Mahanoy City: Washington Hook and Ladder Fire Company, 35 E. Mahanoy St., will hold a car wash from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the firehouse. The cost is $5 for exterior only and $15 for exterior...
View ArticlePolice log, June 19, 2013
Inmate stabbed in state prison FRACKVILLE - State police at Frackville filed charges against an inmate at SCI/Mahanoy in Mahanoy Township for attacking another inmate about 7 p.m. May 16.Police said...
View ArticleBicyclist peddled into path of car, flown to trauma center
FRACKVILLE - A young boy was flown to a trauma center after he drove his bicycle into the path of a car and was struck Tuesday night.Borough police said the crash occurred at 8:06 p.m. at Stevens and...
View ArticleJudges uphold Mahanoy City woman's sentence
Tammy M. Casserly received a proper sentence for making a February 2010 suicide appear to be a homicide, a three-judge state Superior Court panel has ruled. In an eight-page opinion filed Tuesday in...
View ArticleBradford County man headed to court for burglary, police chase
by peter e. bortner ORWIGSBURG - The Bradford County man who allegedly burglarized a West Penn Township home and then led police on a chase of more than 10 miles through numerous municipalities is...
View ArticleFundraiser makes wishes come true
AUBURN - The 13th annual Chinese Auction benefitting the Make-A-Wish Foundation will be held Saturday at Christmas Pines Campground, 450 Red Church Road, rain or shine."We hope to raise enough money to...
View ArticleTamaqua Area taps fund balance to balance budget
Tamaqua Area School District's 2013-14 budget is final and although expenses and revenues aren't balanced, taxpayers will not be required to make up the difference.With the school board's approval,...
View ArticleGOP senator unveils proposal to give businesses a chance to get expanded...
HARRISBURG - With fewer than two weeks until the state budget deadline, Senate Republicans say a proposal unveiled Tuesday reforming how Pennsylvanians buy alcohol lacks the support needed to be...
View ArticleAuthority approves connection fees for Deer Lake sewer project
The Schuylkill County Municipal Authority's $21 million sanitary sewer project in the Deer Lake area is more than 35 percent complete, Patrick M. Caulfield, authority executive director, said...
View ArticleSV formally adopts budget, holds tax line
SHENANDOAH - The Shenandoah Valley school board formally adopted its 2013-14 budget - with no tax increase - at a June 10 special meeting.The budget was tentatively adopted in April and the final...
View ArticleWall collapse, sidewalk improvements keep Pottsville Area maintenance workers...
While the Pottsville Area School District is celebrating the 80th anniversary of its high school building this year, the stone wall around the property is starting to show its age.A 12-foot section of...
View ArticleCommissioners approve resolution for Geisinger funds
Geisinger Health System was given the green light Wednesday to proceed with several projects in Schuylkill County as part of a $230 million investment in new health care facilities and equipment across...
View ArticleAG's office fails to appear for plea in theft case
by peter e. bortner The Cressona woman who had been scheduled to plead guilty Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court to stealing more than $21,000 from a nursing home resident did not do so, since the...
View ArticlePolice log, June 20, 2013
Police probepropane theftMcADOO - McAdoo police arrested a borough man and charged him with theft and receiving stolen property after an incident at 21, S. Kennedy Drive about 11 a.m. May 31.Police...
View ArticleFormer fugitive sentenced to prison for DUI
For the second time, Anthony M. Hasenauer must go to prison for a crime he committed in 1999, a Schuylkill County judge decided Wednesday.Hasenauer, 37, of Cressona, who had been a fugitive for 13...
View ArticleHaven Route 61 widening project may be delayed
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - The project to widen Route 61 in the borough might not happen until next year.Borough Manager Scott Graver said during Wednesday's meeting of the borough council the project might...
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