Births, Oct. 21, 2016
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill S. Jackson Street To Robert Jones and Payton Zerbe, Pottsville, a son, Oct. 12. To Frankie Manganiello and Tanya Hinkle, Pottsville, a daughter, Oct. 14. Geisinger...
View ArticleRabbi observes Sukkot at Pottsville home
In a wooden hut with only tree branches over his head, Mendy Nachmenson stood over a small table Thursday evening with three branches and a fruit in his hands to perform the Sukkot blessing. This is...
View ArticleJudges: Bank robber must remain in prison
Kevin E. Smith, who robbed two banks in June 2012 in western Schuylkill County, was properly convicted in each case, a three-judge state Superior Court panel ruled Thursday. In a 10-page opinion, the...
View ArticlePa. election chief: Voter fraud claims dangerous
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s top election official said Thursday that Donald Trump’s claim of voter fraud in the state is wrong and dangerous and warned against efforts to intimidate voters at the...
View Articlehalloween
Parades ASHLAND — Annual Halloween parade for children of Ashland area, 3 p.m. Oct. 30, starting at 19th and Centre streets. Costumed children, accompanied by their parents or guardians, will march...
View ArticlePine Grove woman charged in assault of police officer
PINE GROVE — A borough woman was jailed after being arrested and charged with assaulting a Pine Grove police officer Tuesday night. Taree’an Lei Tuttle, 22, of 65 S. Tulpehocken St., was charged by...
View ArticleAround the region, Oct. 21, 2016
n Ashland: Registrations for the new Babe Ruth baseball team (ages 13 to 18) will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at American Legion Post 434, 505 Centre St. n Frackville: A paint & sip to benefit...
View ArticleFor the record, Oct. 22, 2016
Marriage licenses Nicholas G. Stark, Pine Grove, and Sheila M. Moyer, Pine Grove. Robert A. Nye, Auburn, and Lauretta L. Zucal-Gretsky, Auburn. Cassandra L. Cronin, Frackville, and Brianna K. Fuller,...
View ArticleSchuylkill County Municipal Authority joins Partnership for Clean Water
Schuylkill County Municipal Authority is now a charter subscriber to the Partnership for Clean Water. “It’s a new program that assists utilities with optimizing on the wastewater side versus the...
View ArticleMahanoy Township planning fpr 3-mill tax increase
MAHANOY CITY — The Mahanoy Township supervisors approved Thursday the advertising of an ordinance to increase real estate taxes by 3 mills in 2017. Chairman James Stevens made the motion for the tax...
View ArticleNorth Manheim Township Zoning Board to hold meeting on care facility
The North Manheim Township Zoning Hearing Board will conduct a public hearing for a skilled nursing care facility on Red Horse Road next week. The hearing is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the...
View ArticlePottsville tattoo parlor offers free ink for breast cancer awareness
More than 11,000 Pennsylvania women could expect to hear the diagnosis that they have breast cancer this year, according to information from the American Cancer Society. “The statistics are generated...
View ArticleCar stalls in standing water under Mount Carbon Arch
MOUNT CARBON — A Schuylkill Haven woman stalled her car in standing water under the Mount Carbon Arch as heavy rain pummeled Schuylkill County on Friday. “It just started rushing through,” Marty Heard...
View ArticleDeeds, Oct. 22, 2016
Deeds Ashland — Paul E. and Debra L. Welker to Deborah L. Geist and Kevin Lawson; 903 Brock St.; $4,400. Branch Township — Valerie Koch, administratrix of the Estate of Eleanor F. Koch, Mark Koch and...
View ArticleCriminal court, Oct. 22, 2016
A Carbon County man went to prison Friday after a Schuylkill County judge sentenced him in an August 2015 case from Rush Township. Alexander J. Modawar Sr., 36, of Lansford, must serve three to 18...
View ArticleAround the region, Oct. 22, 2016
n Cressona: St. Mark’s United Church of Christ and the Cressona Lions Club will sponsor Light Up the Night from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the church, 30 Pottsville St. The safe Halloween event will...
View ArticleDistrict court, Oct. 22, 2016
James K. Reiley A 19-year-old Pottsville man charged with assaulting a woman in the city Sept. 26 had charges against him held for court during a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge...
View ArticleShenandoah approves tax receiver account at bank
SHENANDOAH — The borough council approved a new bank account to allow tax receipts to be deposited daily for the borough to have quicker access to the funds. The request for the account was made by...
View ArticlePolice log, Oct. 22, 2016
Woman escapes injury in crash PHINNYVILLE — A Shenandoah woman escaped injury when the vehicle she was driving struck a deer on Main Boulevard about 7:55 a.m. Friday. State police at Frackville said...
View ArticleNeighbors in the news
Feast celebrated The Rev. Ronald J. Minner, pastor of Holy Cross Church, New Philadelphia, celebrated the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Sept. 14 with a special Mass, followed by a social...
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