Police log, Feb. 15, 2016
Man, woman face charges in fight State police at Schuylkill Haven charged a man and a woman with harassment after the two had a fight at Fairlane Village mall Sunday afternoon in Norwegian Township....
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n Deer Lake: The Deer Lake & West Brunswick Fire Company will stage bingo games from 6 to 8:45 p.m. Tuesday at the fire hall, 1 Ash Road. Doors will open at 5 p.m. All are welcome. n New...
View ArticleFire destroys 3 vacant businesses in Shenandoah
SHENANDOAH — Fire destroyed three vacant downtown businesses and damaged a bank early Sunday morning, bringing volunteers out in temperatures that hovered about zero degrees. Firefighters were called...
View ArticleRyan Township condemns dumping of large items
BARNESVILLE — The illegal dumping of large items in Ryan Township recently has led to a warning from township officials that dumping laws will be enforced. Township Vice Chairman Clyde “Champ” Holman...
View ArticleResident questions integrity of still-standing blighted house
A taxpayer living next to a blighted property is wondering what is taking so long to tear down a property next to her house. Michelle Schoenfelder, who lives at 316 S. Second St., Pottsville, sees the...
View ArticleDeeds, Feb. 15, 2016
Deeds Ringtown — Dorothy Anstock to Peter J. Swetavage; 228 Arch St.; $1. Rush Township — Joseph J. Galada and Danielle M. Galada to Joseph J. Galada III; 588 Fairview St.; $15,000. South Manheim...
View ArticlePolice release names of I-78 multi-vehicle crash victims
FREDERICKSBURG — The 64-vehicle pileup that occurred on Saturday morning on Interstate 78 in Lebanon County killed two men and one woman, state police at Jonestown said in a press release Sunday. The...
View ArticleArraignments, Feb. 15, 2016
A former inmate at State Correctional Institution/Mahanoy charged with trying to kill a corrections officer last year is among those scheduled to plead not guilty Thursday during arraignment in...
View ArticleSt. Mary parish celebrates church renovations
RINGTOWN — After more than $50,000 worth of renovation work was done to the interior of St. Mary Roman Catholic Church at 82 N. Center St. in the past month, it reopened this weekend and gave...
View ArticleSchuylkill Mall sees second store open in two months
FRACKVILLE — A new store has opened at the Schuylkill Mall. Frackville Discount Grocery opened Feb. 2 in the former 1,400-square-foot space occupied by American Remodeling until June 2015. The store...
View ArticleNo major frozen water problems in Shenandoah after sub-zero temperatures
SHENANDOAH — The sub-zero temperatures during the past weekend did cause some frozen water pipes and broken meters in Shenandoah, but nothing close to the scale of last winter’s problems. Calls were...
View ArticlePolice log, Feb. 16, 2016
Arrest made in counterfeit probe Pottsville police on Saturday arrested an Allentown man pursuant to an arrest warrant obtained charging him with passing counterfeit $100 bills. Police said they...
View ArticleAround the region, Feb. 16, 2016
n Frackville: Orders are being taken now for a homemade Easter paska bread sale sponsored by Holy Ascension Orthodox Church, 209 S. Lehigh Ave. People may choose plain or raisin. To order or for more...
View ArticleWilliams Valley slates Pajama Day to benefit THON
TOWER CITY — Pajama-clad children at Williams Valley Elementary School will be doing their part to aid ailing youngsters. One dollar will be collected from students to participate in a Leap into...
View ArticleNortheastern Pennsylvania Alliance to host meeting on transportation plan
The Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance will host a public meeting at 3 p.m. Wednesday to hear comments on its draft of the long-range transportation plan. The meeting will be held in the commissioners’...
View ArticleCollege student fills mayor's seat in Mount Carbon
MOUNT CARBON — Last week, a college student stepped forward to take up the mantle of mayor of the Borough of Mount Carbon. While this is the first time he’s served as a municipal official, Brandon M....
View ArticleWest Hazleton native creates life in entertainment industry
Ethan DeLorenzo’s high school diploma was barely a few hours old when he packed his bags, said goodbye to his family and moved to Brooklyn, New York. “I had one month of rent saved up. I was completely...
View ArticleHistorical society celebrates area's former movie houses
Artifacts from former movie houses in Schuylkill County are being put on display in Pottsville in an exhibit that will showcase relics from a time long before digital cinema silenced the flicker of 35...
View ArticleDeeds, Feb. 16, 2016
Deeds Cass Township — Tax Claim Bureau of Schuylkill County to Robert Cicconi; 344 Valley Road, Heckscherville; $1,050. McAdoo — Russell P. Yaworsky, executor of the Estate of Mildred Yaworsky, to...
View ArticleDEP officials offer insights into mine reclamation projects
For more than 20 years, Agnes Wood, 607 Brew St., Tamaqua, has had problems with mine water creeping into her basement. On Feb. 10, a pool of water with a reddish tinge at least a quarter-inch deep...
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