School notes, Aug. 28, 2016
McCann Three recent graduates and two enrolled students at the Pottsville campus of McCann School of Business & Technology passed EPA 608 Refrigerant Handling Certifications in the heating,...
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Luzerne Manuel Rohas, McAdoo, and Jenny Bright, Gilberton, were among students at Luzerne County Community College who were inducted into the Alpha Sigma Lambda Adult Learners Honor Society. The...
View ArticlePolice cite 10 for trespassing near The Rock
HAMBURG — Ten people were cited for defiant trespass Saturday in the area of the Kernsville Dam, where “no trespassing” signs were posted last week on the Berks County side of the Schuylkill River....
View ArticleDeeds, Aug. 28, 2016
Deeds East Union Township — David J. and Connie M. Fisher to Eagle Rock Resort Co.; Lot 145WS, Eagle Rock; $8,800. Eagle Rock Resort Co. to Peter J. Njoroge; Lot 145WS, Eagle Rock; $49,389. Eagle Rock...
View ArticleSimon Kramer to debut art gallery
NEW PHILADELPHIA — Over the years, the former Blythe Township High School complex has become many things since Dr. David J. Moylan III took it over in 1998. Today, it’s a radiation oncology clinic, and...
View ArticleAn English community becomes a climate leader by quietly working to clean up...
ASHTON HAYES, England — This small village of about 1,000 people looks like any other nestled in the countryside. But Ashton Hayes is different in an important way when it comes to one of the world’s...
View ArticleNewspaper staff writer honored at Shenandoah sesquicentennial
SHENANDOAH — John E. Usalis, a staff writer for The Republican-Herald, was busy Saturday morning reporting on the 17th annual Parade of Nations and 18th annual Heritage Day when he was given a...
View ArticleAround the region, Aug. 28, 2016
n Frackville: The Frackville Recreation Board will sponsor a townwide yard sale on Sept. 10. Residents interested in participating may obtain sign-up forms at the Frackville Free Public Library or...
View ArticleSenate to vote on next attorney general
HARRISBURG — Senators will return to the capital Tuesday to vote on the nomination of veteran prosecutor Bruce Beemer as the next state attorney general. The confirmation vote would place a familiar...
View ArticleOpera singer, pianist to perform at Trinity Episcopal Church
Powerful music filled the halls of the Frank D. Yuengling Mansion in Pottsville recently, as a seasoned pianist and an opera singer started to practice for an upcoming concert. Tamara Wapinsky Mancini,...
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n Ashland: Members of the Ashland Area Rotary Club discussed the club-sponsored Aug. 10 concert by The Cressona Band at Eureka Park. Prior to the concert, the club held its annual chicken dinner,...
View ArticleUkrainian Catholic church pilgrimage draws hundreds to Centralia
CENTRALIA — For many people who grew up in the vicinity of Centralia, the day of prayer Sunday at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church was like a homecoming. “I grew up in...
View ArticlePolice log, Aug. 29, 2016
Police: Man corrupted minor Pottsville police Detective Joseph Welsh on Friday filed a criminal complaint against Douglas Bachman, 56, of Richland, Lebanon County, charging him with one count of...
View ArticleBirths, Aug. 29, 2016
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey To Torrey and Allison Koch Schmidt, Palmyra, a son, Aug. 15. Grandparents are Tom and Jane Herring, Schuylkill Haven.
View ArticleArraignments, Aug. 29, 2016
A 47-year-old Pottsville woman charged with repeatedly assaulting a Mechanics-ville woman and allegedly holding her against her will over a three-day period earlier this year is among those scheduled...
View ArticleHuman Services building renovations underway in Pottsville
Renovations are underway at Schuylkill County Human Services building at 410 N. Centre St., Pottsville. Earlier this year, the county Children & Youth agency moved across the street to 324 N....
View ArticleRailway Restoration Project 113 to upgrade locomotive with grant
MINERSVILLE — Every little bit helps. With that in mind, the volunteers at Railway Restoration Project 113 seek grants to continue their mission, the ongoing restoration of Steam Locomotive No. 113,...
View ArticleInterfaith service unites religions in Shenandoah
SHENANDOAH — The Shenandoah sesquicentennial celebration went an additional day on Sunday with the holding of an interfaith ecumenical service in Girard Park. The service was originally scheduled for...
View ArticleMan found dead in burning car
FRACKVILLE — A 51-year-old man was found dead inside a burning car in a garage in the borough Monday afternoon. Firefighters were called to a garage located on South Birch Street, to the rear of 333 S....
View Article‘Vaccinations 101’ gives seniors crash course on immunization
MAHANOY CITY — Wellness ambassadors from Rite Aid stores in Shenandoah and Minersville visited seniors in Mahanoy City to talk about immunization against the flu virus and other diseases. Ambassadors...
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