Richard J. Hoben, Lansford, was elected president of the Carbon County Tourist Promotion Agency during a meeting at the Summit Hill Rod and Gun Club. Hoben, former editor of the Lansford Evening Recor...
Dear Editor,
We are grateful to the brave firefighters who worked so hard to contain the fire on Orwigsburg Street, Tamaqua, preventing it from spreading to other houses. A special thanks to Officer W...
Parryville Council adopted a budget Friday that will provide funding for borough expenses in 2010.
The largest expense is waste removal at $34,500, followed by paying the principal on a road repair lo...
Dear Editor:
Recently, the difficult decision was made to move the last varsity football game from the Jim Thorpe field to Schuylkill Haven. The game was originally scheduled to be played on Friday Oc...
The 14th annual Thunder Mountain Motorcycle Club and Jukebox Cruisers Toy Run was held Oct. 18 at the Country Junction and then finished at the Blue Mountain Ski Resort. Although weather limited the e...
The theft of lug nuts from wheels on a vehicle at a Monroe County business is being investigated by state police from the Fern Ridge barracks.
Police said the incident was discovered at 1:17 p.m. Mond...
State police at the Fern Ridge barracks cited Scott Alexander of Brodheadsville for shoplifting on Tuesday at 4:05 p.m. at the Weis Markets, Rt. 209 and Weir Lake Road, Brodheadsville.
Police said he ...
The year 1976 wasn't the healthiest for my generation.
Consider:• In the winter of 1976, the Hong Kong flu struck and cause many people to get sick.• On July 27, 1976, as many as 221 people took ill a...
It had been five years since the Pleasant Valley football team had as many wins as it did losses.
That streak was put to rest Friday night.Pleasant Valley capped off Jim Terwilliger's first season at ...
Like many college students, I faced a harsh reality check a few months before graduation-what am I going to do with my life? During my junior and senior years of high school, I'd been focused on getti...