Red Dress event promotes cardiac health for women
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - The Walk In Art Center was filled with red Sunday as it played host to The Little Red Dress Event.Previously held at the Pottsville Club, the third annual fundraiser is sponsored by...
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Rebecca MargerumELIZABETHVILLE - A Mount Carmel man charged with a Dec. 8 theft in Williamstown had charges against held for court during a preliminary hearing before Dauphin County Magisterial...
View ArticleButler Township man jailed in knife threat episode
GIRARDVILLE - A Butler Township man was jailed early Sunday, charged with threatening another man by trying to hold a knife to his throat.Butler Township police Patrolman John C. Kaczmarczyk said Ricki...
View ArticleBody found along railroad bed in Shenandoah
SHENANDOAH - Authorities are trying to determine how a local man, whose body was found early Sunday morning along the former Lehigh Valley Railroad bed in the borough, died. Police identified the man...
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n Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation driver license and photos centers will be closed Feb. 15 through 17 in observance of the Presidents' Day holiday, according to a PennDOT press...
View ArticleWitnesses at Vermeersch trial describe dangerous fire scene
Former Port Carbon firefighter Timothy Walsh testified Monday in Schuylkill County Court that it was no ordinary blaze he went to North Coal Street to battle in November 2012. "There was vegetative...
View ArticlePottsville council unveils administrative salaries
In a unanimous vote Monday, the city council approved the contract for its new police chief, Richard F. Wojciechowsky, who was sworn in Dec. 31.His 2014 salary will be higher than that of his...
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Ringtown womannot hurt in crashSHEPPTON - A Ringtown woman escaped injury when the 2000 Dodge Caravan she was driving crashed about 1:30 a.m. Saturday on Main Boulevard, Route 924, just north of Hills...
View ArticleATV/quad riders on Ringtown streets will be cited
RINGTOWN - Borough police will increase efforts to curb the illegal use of all-terrain vehicles on borough streets, especially during snow events.Borough council President Julian Milewski spoke of the...
View ArticleSCA seeks $1 million to build housing unit in Girardville
GIRARDVILLE - Schuylkill Community Action recently applied for more than $1 million in federal and state grants to build six rental homes for low-income families on the site of a 2011 fire which left...
View ArticleSchool board members to evaluate operations at Blue Mountain Elementary East
ORWIGSBURG - Several school board members from the Blue Mountain School District will visit Blue Mountain Elementary East on Wednesday to evaluate school day operations in light of the possible closure...
View ArticleCorrection, Feb. 11, 2014
Major incorrectLauren E. Ward, Tamaqua, majoring in music education and music, was named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Lebanon Valley College. Her major was incorrect in Sunday's edition.
View ArticleMahanoy Township authority manager to retire this month
MAHANOY CITY - After 17 years as general manager, Robert J. Legutko offered his retirement notice from the Mahanoy Township Authority Board of Directors. Legutko, 67, of New Boston, has a 20-year...
View ArticleDeeds, Feb. 13, 2014
DeedsAshland - Deanna M. and Donald D. Frantz to Debra A. Hine and Deanna L. Hogan; 2100 Walnut St.; $1.Butler Township - Francis Amentler to Dean Poplaskie; 1.76-acre property on Route 901;...
View ArticleSchool board members visit Blue Mountain Elementary East
ORWIGSBURG - School board members who visited Blue Mountain Elementary East said they are impressed with how orderly the lunches and dismissal of students are at the school. "They are extremely...
View ArticleDistrict court, Feb. 13, 2014
James K. Reiley A Pottsville man charged with attacking another man with a utility knife on Jan. 5 waived his right to a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge James K. Reiley. Joseph...
View ArticleSchuylkill County takes precautions before snowfall
With a winter storm warning in effect until 10 p.m. tonight, Schuylkill County already began taking precautions Wednesday night.According to the National Weather Service at State College, heavy snow...
View ArticlePolice log, Feb. 13, 2014
Shen man arrestedon drug chargesSHENANDOAH - A Shenandoah man was arrested by borough police and charged in connection with an incident that occurred about 11:35 p.m. Dec. 11 in the unit block of South...
View ArticleRubbermaid to close in Pottsville, 100 jobs lost by 2015
Rubbermaid Commercial Products is closing its doors and about 100 people will lose their jobs. Newell Rubbermaid announced Wednesday it intends to close the Pottsville facility by September 2015. "I...
View ArticleDemand for road salt concerns municipal leaders
If more snow continues to fall this season, and the road crew in the Borough of Mahanoy City runs low on road salt, Bob King, the borough foreman, will have to put his thinking cap on."If we really get...
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