Ashland native acts in new film starring Ice-T
ASHLAND — John W. Groody has been interested in acting since he was young, and the Ashland native is getting that chance to perform on screen. A 2006 graduate of Cardinal Brennan Junior-Senior High...
View ArticleMahanoy City parish gearing up for Blessed Teresa's canonization
MAHANOY CITY — With less than a month to go to the canonization of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, the parish in Mahanoy City that has her patronage is getting ready to celebrate the historic event on...
View ArticlePine Grove Elderly Housing complex up for sale
PINE GROVE — With its $1.3 million price tag, the Pine Grove Elderly Housing complex is up for sale. The facility, at 15 Conrad Richter Drive, Pine Grove, is listed as a 24-unit, multi-family property,...
View ArticleHearing continued in Tamaqua child sex case
TAMAQUA — A Luzerne County man returned to prison Tuesday after a judge decided not hold his preliminary hearing on four charges stemming from an alleged incident in March in this borough. Medardo...
View ArticleMinersville man waives hearing on sex assault charges
PORT CARBON — A Minersville man charged with sexually assaulting a 3-year-old boy earlier this year waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon. Jose Fernando Montalban-Rodriguez, 27,...
View ArticleMore than $401,000 spent on Gillingham hearings
More than $401,000 in taxpayer money was spent on the series of public hearings held in April and May to determine the fate of the Gillingham Charter School, according to figures provided this week by...
View ArticlePort Carbon seeks repairs to backboards
PORT CARBON — There are problems with the two backboards at the basketball court at Francis E. Lubinsky Playground that opened last fall, the borough engineer, James S. Tohill, of Alfred Benesch &...
View ArticleWitnesses take stand in Kane trial
NORRISTOWN — Montgomery County prosecutors consider Adrian King a crucial witness against state Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane. To Kane’s attorney, Gerald Shargel, he’s a liar. King served as Kane’s...
View ArticleRingtown council discusses changes to eliminate water interruptions
RINGTOWN — The service interruption of water in Ringtown on Sunday morning caused by a firefighting training exercise will lead to a change in operating procedures to prevent future incidents. The...
View ArticleAround the region, Aug. 10, 2016
n Friedensburg: An American Red Cross blood drive will beheld from noon to 5 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Friedensburg Fire Company, 1357 Long Run Road. People 17 and older (16 with parental consent), weighing...
View ArticleDeeds, Aug. 10, 2016
Deeds Coaldale — William D. Shook to Chad L. Raudabaugh; 137 W. Moser Ave.; $1. James A. Pompa Jr. to Christopher D. Hunsicker Jr.; 13 W. Lehigh St.; $40,000. Girardville — The Most Rev. John O....
View ArticleAround the region, Aug. 11, 2016
n Cressona: The Cressona Pool, Graeff Street, will kick off its Back to the ’80s pool party Saturday with ’80s-themed games, trivia and the showing of “Goonies” to conclude the night. Disc jockey Kevin...
View ArticleMcAdoo council concerned with cost of code enforcement
McADOO — The code enforcement qualms continue for the borough of McAdoo — but this time, it has to do with liability. McAdoo Borough Council held its monthly meeting Tuesday evening, and one of the...
View ArticleFormer first deputy AG takes stand against Kane
NORRISTOWN — Convinced he was being framed, Adrian King took extra care to document his every movement in the months surrounding the leak of grand jury documents to a Philadelphia newspaper reporter,...
View ArticleSaint Clair Area gears up for school year
SAINT CLAIR — The Saint Clair Area school board Wednesday filled a few positions, preparing for the first day of school, Aug. 29. At the board’s August meeting Wednesday night at its elementary/middle...
View ArticlePalo Alto man charged with sex crimes
PORT CARBON — A man was jailed Wednesday charged by Palo Alto Police with having indecent sexual contact with a 6-year-old girl. James A. Lagle Jr., 39, whose last known address was on Bacon Street,...
View ArticleUpper Dauphin Area opens competitive cheer squad try outs to middle school...
LOYALTON — Cheerleaders, advisers and parents rallied together Tuesday before the Upper Dauphin Area school board, pleading for a way to keep a competitive cheer squad going by adding younger students...
View ArticleMahanoy borough council dismisses police Cpl. Dissinger
MAHANOY CITY — At Tuesday’s meeting, the Mahanoy City Borough Council unanimously dismissed a borough police officer who was suspended with pay in April in connection with an investigation of alleged...
View ArticleGold Star Bridge reopens southbound lanes for two-way traffic
SHENANDOAH — The first phase of the Gold Star Bridge replacement project in Shenandoah has been completed and traffic can now flow in both directions. The west side of the bridge reopened Tuesday after...
View ArticleFor the record, Aug. 11, 2016
Marriage licenses John C. Wise Sr., Pine Grove, and Brenda L. Sechrist, Pine Grove. Angela M. McCabe, Shenandoah, and Angela L. Kohl, Reading. Kevin J. Strahm Jr., Tower City, and Julette A. Plummer,...
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