Ammunition prices double this year due to shortage
ORWIGSBURG - For some hunters this season, it was more difficult to find ammunition than it was deer.Although the two-week rifle deer season concluded Saturday, some hunters had to pay twice as much...
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2 on stageTwo Pine Grove Area Middle School students took the stage in Lebanon Community Theatre's production of "The Sound of Music."Ethan Tucker played Kurt Von Trapp and Morgan Flick played the role...
View ArticlePennsylvania Starwatch: Look for cresent Venus, high full moon
It was hard to pick one single topic this week for Starwatch, so consider this an astronomical holiday season potpourri.An annihilated cometOk, as I said last month, beware of Comet ISON hype.In my...
View ArticleGordon plant donates $1,000 to local food pantry
GORDON - The Ashland Food Pantry received an early Christmas gift with a donation of $1,000 from employees at the Universal Forest Products plant in Gordon.General Manager of Operations Thomas J....
View ArticleSnow stalls Christmas gala
The first day of winter was a week away, but Bob Thomas, Pottsville, felt like he was in the thick of the season on Saturday."Every year you have it in the back of your mind that you're going to get...
View ArticleArt and Antiques: Christmas village is an age-old custom
This holiday season, many people have renewed the age-old custom of building and displaying miniature Victorian-style holiday villages in their homes. Young and old alike participate in the design of...
View ArticleCollege notes, Dec. 15, 2013
King's Tyler Hartranft, Schuylkill Haven, a student at King's College, Wilkes-Barre, was recently inducted to the college's Tau Pi Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, an international honor society in...
View ArticleHegins woman doesn't let rare disease stop her from doing things she enjoys
HEGINS - As she was growing up, Angie Lucas said her family just thought she was ignoring them.It wasn't until her kindergarten teacher, Peggy Leitzel, suggested that she may have a hearing problem...
View ArticlePolice search for Pine Grove burglars
PINE GROVE - Schuylkill County Crime Stoppers and Pine Grove police are asking for the public's help in finding those responsible for a burglary on Dec. 5 at Legion Acres.Police said a resident in the...
View ArticleVolunteer Connection: Holidays celebrate family, community and hope
Today begins the week before Christmas. A few years ago, I admitted I didn't know much about other cultural holidays and celebrations, so I researched. I found that even though the names may be...
View ArticleDistrict Court, Dec. 16, 2013
James R. FerrierORWIGSBURG - A South Manheim Township man is headed to Schuylkill County Court after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday on charges he unlawfully possessed improvised...
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n Ashland: The Ashland Area Historic Preservation Society is selling true bayberry candles. The cost is $9 for a box of two candles. Those interested should contact any society member or call...
View ArticleDeeds, Dec. 16, 2013
DeedsSaint Clair - Joseph G. Groody, sheriff of Schuylkill County, to Fulton Bank NA; 12 S. Morris St.; $855.58.Joseph G. Groody, sheriff of Schuylkill County, to U.S. Bank NA; 417 S. Second St.;...
View ArticleDrink tax option on way out
HARRISBURG - State lawmakers plan to remove a proposed "drink tax" option from a bill to help Act 47 municipalities when they resume work on the issue early next year.When a special task force proposed...
View ArticlePike County forester moves into Weiser
ARISTES - In October, when Timothy S. Ladner moved into his new office in Columbia County, just over the Schuylkill County line, he brought a few antiques and relics from his family history.One was a...
View ArticleCrowd flocks to Irish Christmas fundraiser
MINERSVILLE - When Kathy Durkin, Ireland's three-time Recording Artist of the Year, took the stage at Minersville Area High School Auditorium on Sunday afternoon, she dedicated a song to one of the...
View Article'What's a Coal Cracker?' media project launched
MAHANOY CITY - There can be many answers to the question "What's a Coal Cracker?" and those answers will be written about and discussed in a future publication that will be created by young people.The...
View ArticleChildren in period costumes tell the Christmas story
FRACKVILLE - Growing up as part of St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church, Sarah Halupa, 11, said she got the opportunity to see the Christmas story from a few perspectives. "I've been at this church...
View ArticleRufous hummingbird spotted in Schuylkill County
The frigid weather may have many birds that breed in Schuylkill County flying to warmer southern temperatures, but a few hummingbirds from one species are making the trek east for the winter.Pulitzer...
View ArticleCongress close to 'dairy cliff;' milk could jump to $8 a gallon
Just months after Congress flirted with a national debt ceiling disaster during the government shutdown in October, dithering lawmakers could set off a consumer pinch in January.Welcome to the "dairy...
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