Model train display in Pottsville brings out the child in all of us
Children as well as adults reliving their childhood could be seen checking out the interactive model train display at the Fairlane Village mall in Pottsville this weekend.Sponsored by the Reading...
View ArticleGabriel Youth Orchestra plays to a full house in Pottsville
Outside temperatures were in the high 60s, but the Gabriel Youth Orchestra brought winter and Christmas favorites to the auditorium Sunday afternoon at the Pottsville Area School District's D.H.H....
View ArticlePolice log, Dec. 23, 2013
Man not injuredin 1-car crashRINGTOWN - A 27-year-old Shenandoah man was not injured in a one-vehicle crash at 5 p.m. Friday on Ringtown Boulevard in Union Township.State police at Frackville said the...
View ArticleThree join Williams Valley school board
TOWER CITY - Three new directors were welcomed to the Williams Valley school board on Dec. 5. Meanwhile, the board approved purchasing a tool for testing student athletes recovering from...
View ArticleMore Pennsylvanians acting to select health care plans
Unemployed and set to lose her existing health insurance on Dec. 31, Mary Levanavage knew she needed to act quickly.For years, the 51-year-old Pittston Township woman and her husband received coverage...
View ArticleLive Nativity in Frackville helps to show the meaning of Christmas
FRACKVILLE - To help show the meaning of Christmas, the youth group of First United Methodist Church, 25 S. Balliet St., sponsored a live Nativity display on Sunday night. The display, from 6 to 8...
View ArticleLoved ones lost remembered at service in Pottsville
Loved ones that were lost and are not around anymore to celebrate Christmas were remembered and honored Sunday night during the Longest Night/Blue Christmas service at Trinity Lutheran Church,...
View ArticleAuthor draws inspiration from O'Hara, Clay for script
Stephen C. Shaw, retired director of administrative rules for the state of New Hampshire, recently wrote a screenplay inspired by two Pottsville icons, Henry Clay and John O'Hara.But instead of...
View ArticleCriminal court, Dec. 23, 2013
A Barnesville man is headed to state prison after being sentenced Thursday in Schuylkill County Court.Nicholas J. Garulle, 23, must spend two to five years in a state correctional institution, Judge...
View ArticleOrwigsburg man appointed to state minority business authority
ORWIGSBURG - Local businessman Radu O. "Rudy" Gherghel has been appointed to serve on the board of the Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority.Gov. Tom Corbett announced the confirmation...
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n Kelayres: The Kline Township Beautification Committee meeting for December has been canceled. The next meeting will be in January.n Millersburg: The Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art has announced...
View ArticleSchuylkill County Bicentennial Courthouse Commons monument ready to be installed
The monument for the Schuylkill County Courthouse Commons is complete, has arrived at Heim Construction Co., Pottsville, and is ready to be installed. The Schuylkill County commissioners, members of...
View ArticleTax relief deadline looms at year's end
Eligible Pennsylvanians could have money coming their way if they apply for the Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program through the state Department of Revenue.The program is open to state residents 65 and...
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n Ashland: Free clothing closets are held from 10 a.m. to noon the third Saturday of the month at Bethany Evangelical Congregational Church, 1238 Market St. For more information, call the church at...
View ArticleJudges uphold summary conviction
A Pine Grove man will have to pay costs and a fine after a three-judge state Superior Court panel rejected his appeal of a summary conviction stemming from a code enforcement dispute involving a Saint...
View ArticlePolice log, Dec. 24, 2013
Woman chargedfor 2-car crashThree people were not injured in a two-vehicle crash at 10:46 a.m. Friday on Second Mountain and Haven Fairlawn roads in North Manheim Township.State police at Schuykill...
View ArticleBroadway talent, noted pianist perform Christmas concert
Two Pottsville natives came home for Christmas to present a "A Majestic Christmas" on Monday night to benefit the Sovereign Majestic Theater.Bradley Dean and Ron Stabinsky took to the stage to perform...
View ArticleCounty commissioners vote to buy new 911 dispatch system
Schuylkill County citizens should see improved 911 service thanks to a new computer-aided dispatch system the commissioners have agreed to buy."It's really seamless," county Communications Director...
View ArticleSalvation Army may not hit goal
Today is the last day to donate to the Red Kettle Campaign for the Salvation Army.If more donations are not received, the $90,000 goal will not be met."We have about $20,000 to go until we hit...
View ArticleButler Twp. cutting taxes for 2014
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - Butler Township will take less from its residents' pockets for taxes in 2014 after the township supervisors formally adopted their 2014 operating budget with a 1-mill tax decrease....
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