Palmerton Area School District took a major step forward this week on a comprehensive facilities project officials say is ...

A Pennsylvania senator is looking to introduce legislation that would require vehicles to display a front license plate.

Bowmanstown Block Party was a success. Held last weekend, the event at the Bowmanstown Volunteer Fire Company grounds was ...

Jim Thorpe Borough Council discussed the issue of lead water lines along the Center Avenue water main project. “Borough Council is going to need to make a decision on how they want to move forward ...

A Tamaqua man jumped off the Cedar Street bridge and landed in the Little Schuylkill River following a fight that began around 2 a.m. June 25 at a bar in the 200 block of Cedar Street, borough police ...

The newly initiated residential rental inspection process has begun in Summit Hill, and the results seem to justify the need for such a process. At Wednesday’s meeting of Summit Hill Borough Council, ...

Carbon County open space officials meet with Franklin supervisors to discuss the program. During the township supervisors’ meeting on Tuesday, Anna Shigo, Open Space coordinator for the Carbon County ...

Some Schuylkill County residents are not happy with the results of the property tax reassessment process, which is expected to increase their property taxes; while others said the county should use ...

The Rev. Edwin L. Druckenmiller, pastor of the Weissport Lutheran Parish for the last 5-1/2 years, announced his resignation yesterday. He will begin his new duties on Aug. 1 as a member of the staff ...

Families in the Tamaqua area are needed to host exchange students for the upcoming school year. Educatius is seeking two or three local families to host a female student and a male student from ...

The front-platers. Anyone who drives around here has seen them. They’re the ones who plug up the parking lots at Beltzville on summer weekends. They’re the ones who stop half-heartedly, smack in the ...

Jim Thorpe’s 9-10 year-olds stayed undefeated in the Panther Valley Little League Tournament with a win over Tamaqua on Thursday. In the 11-12 tourney, Anthracite downed the Jim Thorpe 11s. PVLL 9-10 ...