Police log, Sept. 24, 2016
Frackville woman killed in crash BIRDSBORO — A Frackville woman was killed and another borough man injured in a crash on Interstate 176 in Robeson Township, Berks County, on Sunday night. Robeson...
View ArticleDeeds, Sept. 24, 2016
Deeds Ashland — Melissa A. and Jeremy E. Keiter to Jeremy E. Keiter; 1705 Centre St.; $1. Cass Township — David Sorokach, executor of the Estate of Dorothy Sorokach, to David and Mary Lou Sorokach; 574...
View ArticlePizza chain eyes Schuylkill County
This year, a number of new restaurants have set up shop in Pottsville. On Thursday, Wheel opened at 201 W. Market St. It specializes in grilled cheese. Sometime in October, Tony’s will open at 17 S....
View ArticleSchuylkill Historical Fire Society puts fire trucks on parade at open house
FRACKVILLE — The Schuylkill Historical Fire Society held its 15th annual Muster/Open House on Saturday on the grounds of the Schuylkill County Fire School. The events began about 11 a.m. under clear...
View ArticlePolice seek person who supplied drugs in overdose
Schuylkill County Crime Stoppers and state police at Frackville are asking for the public’s help in finding the person who supplied drugs to a woman who subsequently died of an overdose earlier this...
View ArticleMinersville man arrested for drug, weapons charges
MINERSVILLE — A man was jailed Friday after being arrested by Minersville police on drug and weapons charges. Damian Lamont Watson, 22, of 12 S. Front St., Minersville, was charged with two felony...
View ArticleCheck out the little crown of stars
The diminutive but distinct constellation Corona Borealis has been out all summer long and is now making its final curtain call in our evening sky for 2016. By this time next month, because of the...
View ArticleCloning isn’t best way to save species
Q: Why are many environmentalists against artificial cloning of living organisms? Isn’t it a good way to save endangered species? — LOUIS BACHMAN, CHICO, CALIFORNIA A: As many endangered species near...
View ArticleDeeds, Sept. 25, 2016
Deeds Ashland — William J. Walter to Washington Fire Company Community Ambulance Association Inc.; 12 N. 13th St.; $1. George Atiyeh to RWB Investment Properties LLC; property on South Hoffman...
View ArticleKay Jewelers donates plush toys to Pottsville police
Kay Jewelers at Fairlane Village mall have donated plush puppies and bears to the Pottsville Bureau of Police. Fritz Bernadyn, manager of the Fairlane Village store, said the puppies and bears are sold...
View ArticleBorough day wows crowds in Schuylkill Haven
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Steam locomotives, small race cars, LEGOs, food, entertainment and lots of vendors had people outside for the 28th annual Schuylkill Haven Borough Day on Saturday. “There is not a...
View ArticleFor the record, Sept. 25, 2016
Marriage licenses William C. Cruz, Bellfonte, and Leonidas J. Cruz, Reading. Jovany Lizardi-Olan, Bellfonte, and Damaris Rodriguez, Philadelphia. Andy Burgos, Bellfonte, and Shonda Y. Williams,...
View ArticlePolice log, Sept. 25, 2016
Police: Man stole woman’s vehicle CRESSONA — A Minersville man allegedly took a woman’s car after pushing her out of it in the parking lot of a local store. State police at Schuylkill Haven said the...
View ArticleHome at last
I’m sitting at an oak table in the living room of my new home. Yes, I can live here now and work is almost done. Me too, done in, that is, by months of working and waiting and learning how to be...
View ArticleFRIENDS INHIGH PLACES
The female bonobo apes of the Wamba forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo had just finished breakfast and were preparing for a brief nap in the treetops, bending and crisscrossing leafy branches...
View ArticleDistrict court, Sept. 25, 2016
James R. Ferrier ORWIGSBURG — A Schuylkill Haven man is headed to Schuylkill County Court for allegedly stealing items in July from a supermarket in North Manheim Township. George T. Rohrbach, 49, of 4...
View ArticleWrite a ‘last letter’ before it’s too late
Over the last 15 years, as a geriatrics and palliative care doctor, I have had candid conversations with countless patients near the end of their lives. The most common emotion they express is regret:...
View ArticleCriminal court, Sept. 25, 2016
A Pottsville woman admitted Thursday in Schuylkill County Court that she sold heroin in June 2015 in Cressona to a confidential informant. Angela J. Gudinas, 37, pleaded guilty to delivery of a...
View ArticleGo green with ‘black gold’
The Schuylkill County Master Gardeners will host a free compost clinic at 6 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Morgan Center at LCCC in Tamaqua. Learn the easy, bugless and odorless method of turning yard clippings...
View ArticleVolunteers clean up county for SKIP event
The remains of an old TV, glass bottles, a wooden pallet, plastic and even an old shoe were some of the items children picked up during their participation in the Schuylkill Keep It Pretty Fall Cleanup...
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