Graduates, July 16, 2017
Temple Dr. Lindsay Mattalyn Hummel, daughter of David and Jodi Hummel, Schuylkill Haven, graduated May 8 from Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, Philadelphia, with a Doctor of Podiatric...
View ArticleCrime stoppers, July 16, 2017
ORWIGSBURG — Schuylkill County Crime Stoppers and state police at Schuylkill Haven are asking for the public’s help in identifying four men involved in an attempted burglary at a borough business last...
View ArticleButler Township family hopes to raise goats, chickens
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — A family from Butler Township is hoping to raise goats, chickens, ducks and rabbits in their yard. On Thursday, however, the Butler Township Zoning Hearing Board said it needed some...
View ArticlePolice log, July 17, 2017
2 on motorcycle injured in I-81 crash McADOO — Two people were flown to a regional trauma center Saturday morning after their motorcycle blew a tire and crashed on Interstate 81 in Kline Township,...
View ArticleAllied Artists host 56th show featuring Saint Clair woman
POTTSVILLE — Artist Helen M. Mills said she started getting serious about her work with oils and acrylics when she was in her 20s. “That was when the two youngest of my children could walk under my...
View ArticleFaithful gather to honor Our Lady of Mount Carmel
SHENANDOAH — A crowd of more than 100 marched through the streets of the borough Sunday morning, continuing an annual tradition to honor Our Lady of Mount Carmel. It was the 103rd annual procession of...
View ArticleAround the region, July 17, 2017
Gratz Contestants for 2017 Gratz Fair queen and alternate are being accepted. The deadline to apply is Aug. 1, according to a fair press release. To be eligible, young ladies must be at least 16 years...
View ArticleSchuylkill Haven woman to serve as interim chancellor at PSU-Schuylkill
A Schuylkill Haven resident was appointed the interim chancellor of Penn State Schuylkill campus. Darcy Medica, 45, begins her new role Aug. 1. Chancellor Kelly Austin is leaving to assume a new role...
View ArticleGraduates
Binghamton Steven M. Boyer, a son of John G. and Paula M. Boyer, Monroe, North Carolina, and a 2008 graduate of Pottsville Area High School, graduated with a doctor of philosophy degree in chemistry...
View ArticleShakespeare troupe prepares for combat
POTTSVILLE — Actors employ many talents to bring scenes to life onstage. They include the ability to handle prop weapons like swords. Recently, actress Emily R. Ehlinger, Pottsville, has been helping...
View ArticleThai food coming to Pottsville with opening of restaurant
POTTSVILLE — Thai food is coming to the city with the opening of Asian Express next week. Eric Dong, 38, manager and co-owner of the restaurant at 20 N. Centre St., said he will likely open July 25....
View ArticleAround the region, July 18, 2017
Ashland The Ashland Area Historic Preservation Society, 318 Centre St., will sponsor Picnic in a Basket beginning at 6 p.m. July 26. The event features people bringing their favorite dishes. There is...
View ArticleMinersville begins 5-year financial plan, aims to develop comprehensive plan
MINERSVILLE — The borough council is taking a long look at its spending to try to avoid situations like the 4-mill tax increase it approved in December 2016. On July 11, the council hired a firm from...
View ArticleRestaurant, tax office coming near McAdoo
A long vacant business building in Audenried, Carbon County, is getting a new life. The Banks Township Zoning Hearing Board granted the request of Manuel Zamudio and Diana Berry on July 10 to open a...
View ArticleShenandoah receives grant for affordable housing
SHENANDOAH — With help from the Schuylkill County Land Bank, the borough received a state grant to help it acquire a property to build a new affordable housing unit. “We received $41,875 for the...
View ArticleCriminal court, July 18, 2017
POTTSVILLE — In recent Schuylkill County Court action, President Judge William E. Baldwin accepted guilty pleas from, and, pursuant to agreements between prosecutors and defendants, imposed the...
View ArticlePaving projects underway in Pottsville
POTTSVILLE — Drivers will notice smoother streets in the city due to paving. “This will hopefully last 10 years or more,” Tom Whitaker, Pottsville streets department supervisor, said Monday as he...
View ArticleDean's list, July 18, 2017
RIT The following local residents made the dean’s list for the spring semester at Rochester Institute of Technology: Susan Wimbrow, Orwigsburg, biology; Lauren Moyer, Schuylkill Haven, illustration;...
View ArticleDeeds, July 18, 2017
Deeds Ashland — Sharon Stone to Michael Guy McIntyre; 1903 Walnut St.; $27,000. Butler Township — Jeffrey A. Kline, trustee of The John R. and Mary Jane Kline Family Trust, to Mark I. Kline; 840...
View ArticleDistrict court, July 18, 2017
Anthony J. Kilker SHENANDOAH — A 31-year-old Ashland man charged with indecently assaulting a child in Ashland on Jan. 13 waived his right to a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge...
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