Ashland authority awards reservoir project bid
ASHLAND — The Ashland Area Municipal Authority board awarded the bid for the reservoir upgrade during Tuesday’s meeting that will get the project moving in a few months. KC Construction Co. was the...
View ArticleMinersville to clear snow from streets
MINERSVILLE — Borough residents are temporarily banned today from parking in the 300 block of Sunbury Street up to Sixth Street and along North Front Street. The borough workers will finish clearing...
View ArticleAround the Region, Feb. 5, 2015
n Annville: A Pennsylvania-German Zammelaaf (get-together) is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 7 at Lebanon Valley College’s Mund Center, Route 934 North and East Sheridan Ave. It will be a celebration...
View Article4 convicted of conspiring to burgle Pottsville residence
Four men conspired in July 2014 to burgle the residence of a Pottsville woman, a Schuylkill County jury decided on Wednesday. After deliberating approximately 2 1/2 hours, the jury of nine men and...
View ArticleProsecution rests in Selenski trial
The prosecution rested its case against double murder suspect Hugo Selenski on Wednesday after jurors heard from a Monroe County man who said Selenski bound him with flex ties and put duct tape over...
View ArticleJudge dismisses manslaughter charge in fatal crash
Amie L. Wiscount, whom prosecutors had said caused a man’s death in July 2013 in a Wayne Township crash, left Schuylkill County Court a free woman on Wednesday after all but two minor charges against...
View ArticleMajestic continues to collect bids for 2 heating units
The Pottsville Area Development Corporation and the Majestic Theater will continue to collect bids for two new electric-powered heating/air-conditioning units until the end of the month. PADCO, which...
View ArticleCounty sells Rest Haven to New Jersey company
Rest Haven nursing home has been sold to Nationwide Health Care Services, Brick, New Jersey. The Schuylkill County commissioners announced Wednesday that they selected Nationwide’s $12.25 million...
View ArticleComissioners to approve changes to tax collector policy manual
Schuylkill County is updating its tax collectors policy manual. The 2015 manual includes several updated items to comply with House Bill 1590, which was passed late last year. The legislation requires...
View Article16 women vie for Queen of Snows title
The 2015 Greater Pottsville Winter Carnival concludes Saturday with the Senior Princess Coronation Pageant and Queen’s Ball. At the pageant, one of 16 women will be crowned Queen of Snows. The pageant...
View ArticleTamaqua 1st borough in state job growth program
TAMAQUA — The borough council announced Tuesday that Tamaqua is the first borough in the state designated as a City Revitalization and Improvement Zone at the Tamaqua Area Chamber of Commerce...
View ArticleSchuylkill Haven mum about borough hall plans
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — The Schuylkill Haven borough council continues to keep the public in the dark about its plans for the current borough hall, an old train station, but could be proposing a real estate...
View ArticleFor the record, Feb. 5, 2015
Marriage licenses Joshua N. Henry, Saint Clair, and Nicole A. Swartz, Saint Clair. Robert Stokes, Frackville, and Debra A. Lewis, Philadelphia. Todd Yohe, Coal Township, and Sarah E. Losier, New...
View ArticleHUD: At least 30 homeless in Schuylkill County
At least 30 individuals in Schuylkill County spent the night of Jan. 28 out in the cold. That is the preliminary number of unsheltered individuals that were found during the third annual...
View ArticleSchuylkill County treasurer to retire
Schuylkill County Treasurer Jacqueline V. McGovern is retiring. The county’s senior row officer announced Wednesday that she will not seek re-election when her term expires at the end of the year....
View ArticleTamaqua woman runs for Schuylkill County treasurer
A Tamaqua business woman announced Wednesday that she is running for Schuylkill County treasurer. Linda Gallo Marchalk said she announced her candidacy Wednesday after consulting with incumbent...
View ArticleNew bill links severance tax, impact free
HARRISBURG — Four House lawmakers plan to introduce a bill to levy a 3.2 percent state severance tax rate while maintaining driller impact fees to Marcellus Shale counties. Their proposed severance tax...
View ArticlePolice log, Feb. 5, 2015
Truck hits pole after slide on ice LYKENS — Three people escaped injury when the 2008 Chevrolet Colorado they were in crashed about 8:30 p.m. Friday on Route 209, just north of Romberger Road in...
View ArticleCounty offers plenty in ‘month of love’
So here we are, knee-deep in winter, trying to keep warm while Mother Nature refuses to release her wintery grasp on us. And she’s not going to for another six weeks, end of story. It’s up to us to...
View ArticleBirths, Feb. 6, 2015
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville To Ted and Valerie Remetta Ambrose, Mount Carmel, a son, Jan. 26. Grandparents are Cheryl Ambrose and Clyde Fisher, Ringtown, Frank and Donna Remetta, Catawissa, and...
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