Coaldale News

Firefighters from Schuylkill and Carbon counties put out a fire that destroyed three row homes in Tamaqua this morning.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mantz on their wedding day. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mantz of Coaldale will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on Sept.

A monument to Mother Jones stands at the corner of Route 209 and First Street in Coaldale, Schuylkill County.

Flames can be seen through the windows of the former Welsh Congregational Church in Lansford.

DONALD R. SERFASS/TIMES NEWS "We're not slowing down the pace a bit, despite a very difficult economy," proclaims Sen.

CHRIS PARKER/TIMES NEWS A Lansford police cruiser turns onto Patterson Street from Coal Street.

CHRIS PARKER/TIMES NEWS Daniel Bird of Coaldale asks council to allow the formation of a Quick Response Service in the borough.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this Rush Township police examine the motorcycle driven by a man who died as a result of a collision with a dark gray Toyota RAV4 Monday night near the intersection of Route 309 and Lincoln Road in Rush Township.

A man is dead after a motorcycle crash in Schuylkill County. Police said Louie Zavitsky, 33, of Coaldale died when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a sport utility vehicle on Route 309 near Hometown Monday night.

Coaldale cyclist killed in Rush Twp. LARRY NEFF/TIMES NEWS Rush Township police inspect the damage to a motorcycle on SR309 Monday night following an accident in which a Coaldale motorcyclist was killed.

One man was killed when his motorcycle and an SUV collided in Schuylkill County.

Mary "Betty" Dolan of Tamaqua recently celebrated her 90th birthday. She was born on June 21, 1919.

On Dec. 9, 2007, Edwina Onyango left her estranged husband Ernest Troy Freeby's Lansford home, headed back to Allentown, where she worked as a live-in caregiver, Freeby told police.

On July 15, 2008, the Allentown Diocese closed 47 of its 151 churches. Here's how the changes affected churchesin Carbon County, Carbon Deanery Region 1 St.

AMY ZUBEK/TIMES NEWS A baptismal font, which was previously located at the former Ss.

The Panther Valley School Board approved Adam Webber's request Tuesday to extend the KOEZ status of the old Panther Valley Middle School property with a vote of 5-3. Director Anthony DeMarco was not present at the special meeting.

The Tamaqua Community Ambulance Association wants to be sure that the residents of the area know they will continue to provide their services, despite recent announcements by St.

A Bucks County man who owns rental properties in Coaldale claimed at a public borough council meeting this week that the borough's landlord ordinance is discriminatory because it fails to hold government owned subsidized housing units and owner-occupied homes to the same rules governing permit fees and inspections as privately-owned rental units.

Members of Coaldale's Borough Council plan to visit Tamaqua Borough Council's June 16 public meeting to see what they can do to keep St.

A man will spend at least 11 months behind bars for pushing his friend into a deep coal pit and then waiting an hour before calling 911.