Bald cypress trees dedicated at Hecla monastery in honor of 2 monks
HECLA — Two bald cypress trees were dedicated and blessed Sunday at St. Mary’s Cistercian Monastery in honor of two monks who have served there. The two trees were planted to replace others that were...
View ArticleWest Mahanoy Township hires 2 part-time police officers
SHENANDOAH HEIGHTS — The West Mahanoy Township supervisors added two part-time officers to the police department during Tuesday’s meeting. The supervisors hired William Moyer Jr. and Devin Bodman at...
View ArticleTrinity Academy closes 10th anniversary year with Mass
SHENANDOAH — The Mass for the Solemnity of Holy Trinity Sunday in Divine Mercy Roman Catholic Church had even more meaning Sunday as it was the closing of the one-year celebration of the 10th...
View ArticleAround the region, May 24, 2016
n Ashland: The Ashland Area Rotary Club will sponsor two free public band concerts this year. The Shoreliners will perform beginning at 6:30 p.m. July 21 at the parking lot of Good Shepherd Lutheran...
View ArticleJudge: Minersville man sexually violent predator
A Minersville man who committed sex-related crimes against four boys over the course of nine years is a sexually violent predator, a Schuylkill County judge ruled Monday. James L. O’Brien, 51, must...
View ArticleFAMA to consider plan to decrease clean water infiltration
FRACKVILLE — The Frackville Area Municipal Authority is considering a way to keep unwanted clean water from entering its sewage treatment system by increasing sewer bills for violators. FAMA has been...
View ArticleMassachusetts man dies in crash on Interstate 81
TREMONT — A Massachusetts man died in a crash Monday on Interstate 81 in Frailey Township, according to state police at Jonestown. Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner Joseph Pothering said the man is...
View ArticleNorth Manheim zoning board tables decision on apartments
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — The North Manheim Township Zoning Hearing Board did not make a decision Monday on a proposed 72-unit apartment complex in Cressona. “I urge the board to take the full amount of time...
View ArticleJudges uphold Minersville man's conviction, state prison sentence for child...
David J. Rivera must remain behind state prison bars for more than two decades for committing sex-related crimes against children, a three-judge state Superior Court panel has ruled. In a 10-page...
View ArticleTestimony ends in Gillingham charter renewal case
On Monday, the 12th and final day of hearings on whether Gillingham Charter School should be allowed to continue operations, the truancy of a student from Schuylkill Haven Area School District became a...
View ArticlePolice log, May 24, 2016
Police investigate theft of Kubota HALIFAX — State police at Lykens are investigating a theft that occurred about 1 a.m. May 17 at 3882 Peters Mountain Road in this Dauphin County community. Police...
View ArticleTrinity Academy principal leaving after 10 years at school
SHENANDOAH — The closing of the 10th anniversary celebration of Trinity Academy was also marked with the school’s principal moving to a new assignment. Sister Mary Ann Spaetti, IHM, has served as...
View ArticleDistrict court, May 25, 2016
Anthony J. Kilker SHENANDOAH — A 31-year-old inmate at State Correctional Instituion/Mahanoy City charged with assaulting a corrections officer while incarcerated at SCI/Frackville on Oct. 12 waived...
View ArticleShenandoah Valley students honor Pennsylvania State Police officers from...
SHENANDOAH — The “first and finest” in law enforcement were honored and recognized for their service in the Pennsylvania State Police on Tuesday afternoon at Shenandoah Valley High School during a...
View ArticlePolice log, May 25, 2016
Woman injured in scooter crash LYKENS — A Lykens woman was injured when the motorized scooter she was driving crashed at Wall and Second streets in this Dauphin County community about 7:55 p.m....
View ArticleFire guts 2 Orwigsburg homes; 7 residents displaced
ORWIGSBURG — Fire gutted two homes and damaged two others in the borough Tuesday morning, leaving seven people homeless. Crews were called at 5:17 a.m. and found heavy smoke and fire coming from an...
View ArticleShenandoah water authority hears complaint on permit denial
RAVEN RUN — A Lost Creek resident spoke to the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Shenandoah board about options to allow hunting and fishing permits to be issued on authority land at Friday’s...
View ArticleCriminal court, May 25, 2016
In recent Schuylkill County Court action, Judge James P. Goodman on May 18 accepted guilty pleas from, and, pursuant to agreements between prosecutors and defendants, imposed the indicated sentences...
View ArticleCorrection, May 25, 2016
Address incorrect April A. Seritsky of 927 Walnut St., Ashland, was among five people taken into custody during a drug roundup on Thursday. Seritsky’s address was incorrectly listed in Friday’s...
View ArticleWalkers raise money, food for pantries in Tamaqua
TAMAQUA — When three children whom Bethany Weber had been pushing through the rain for an hour hopped out, her suddenly unburdened stroller popped a wheelie at the end of the Tamaqua Hunger Walk....
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