Carbon County Controller John Williams has announced the appointment of Leonard Alabovitz, Summit Hill, as an auditor in his office in the courthouse in Jim Thorpe.
His salary is $7,946 a year.
Alabov...
Ground was broken yesterday for the Lehighton Water Department’s new filtration plant, a $6 million project designed to improve the quality and safety of water in the community.
Participating in the c...
The Carbon County ASC Committee met to count and announce the results of the recent community committee elections. The committee is comprised of Andrew Bolish, chairman, Josiah W.H. Behrens, vice chai...
The frog jumping contest sponsored by the Marion Hose Company of Jim Thorpe at its annual outing yesterday at Tommy Schaffer’s Barn along Lentz Trail was won by Elmer Highland, popularly known as Susq...
Installation services were held Sunday in Zion Stone Church at Snyders, at which time the Rev. James W. Seifert was installed as pastor of the West Penn Lutheran Parish.
A native of Berks County, Rev....
Jennifer Yuhas of Jim Thorpe, a Times News carrier, placed fourth in a statewide program sponsored by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers’ Association to honor outstanding newspaper carriers.
Jennif...
Michael O’Connell was installed as grand knight of the Archbishop Ryan Council, Knights of Columbus, during a ceremony held last night in the council’s chambers in Lansford.
Other members installed as...
Harold S. Sthare, whose lifetime has been dedicated to assisting the Red Cross Blood program locally, was named Citizen of the Year by the Lehighton Area Chamber of Commerce on Saturday night.
Sthare ...
Instantaneous world news, as well as immediate local bulletins, highlight a new capability in the television dial of local cable television subscribers.
Blue Ridge Cable Channel 3, serving the Slating...
With glasses of red wine held high, the members of the Last Man’s Club of World War II, American Legion Post 123, Lansford, saluted John Riebe, the last survivor of the WWI club who died on May 23, an...