Republican Jean Papay and Democrat Deborah J. Gigliotti are candidates for the position of Carbon County register of wills and clerk of orphans’ court.
Longtime register of wills Judy Moon is retiring...
Voting was light at Tamaqua’s Third Precinct Tuesday morning, with more poll workers than voters at times. Not all candidates had workers at this polling site at 222 E. Broad St., but workers who were...
For the second time in six weeks, Carbon County officials and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf met to speak about projects and problems taking place in the county.
The governor traveled to Jim Thorpe on Sep...
In a split vote Wednesday, Schuylkill County commissioners adopted a $61.6 million 2018 spending plan that increases the property tax by 1 mill, to 15.98 mills.
That means the owner of a property asse...
The Eastern Schuylkill Democrats will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday. The meeting will be held at the Tamaqua Elks Lodge, Broad and Nescopec streets.
New members are welcome.
Membership is open to residents...
The Jim Thorpe Democratic Association will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Ron Sheehan.
President Edith Lukasevich will preside over the meeting.
The Lime Street construction project has moved to the next step. Bowmanstown Borough engineer Jessica Rehrig told the council at its meeting Tuesday night that the project is being reviewed by the Pen...
Carbon County’s Republican county candidates rode a wave of victory in Tuesday’s general election, winning every contested race, including sending two Democratic incumbents to defeat.
In addition to e...
The Monroe County commissioners approved several contracts and financial transactions at their meeting on Wednesday morning.
Chairman Sharon Laverdure asked if there was any discussion before voting, ...
The Monroe County Commissioners recognized the 75th anniversary of the Monroe County Conservation District during their meeting Wednesday morning by approving an official recognition of the event.
Sha...