Lansford News

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 deteriorating portico at St. Ann's Church on East Bertsch Street in Lansford recently came tumbling down, but by design.

Robert and Pauline Papanek of Lansford are celebrating their 55th wedding anniversary.

The trials and tribulations of the former Panther Valley Middle School are not over yet.

CHRIS PARKER/TIMES NEWS Adam Webber picks up pieces of a drop ceiling in a second-floor classroom of the former Panther Valley Middle School in Lansford.

LIZ PINKEY/TIMES NEWS Robert Silver, Lansford, left, outlines plans to build a storage facility at 300 South Center St.

A pathologist has determined that a man who died in Nesquehoning last December fell victim to adverse alcohol and drug effects.

AMY ZUBEK/TIMES NEWS Lynn Richards, a former parishioner, reflects on the church's rich history.

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.

Bricks and mortar loomed large over Lansford Borough Council's regular public meeting Wednesday as officials considered what to do about deteriorated buildings and listened to a request to extend the tax-free status of the former Panther Valley Middle School for another seven years.

The write-in certification process in Carbon County is over, but it also set the stage for General Election races in some of the county municipalities by resulting in candidates winning nominations on either the Democratic or Republican ballots.

The Carbon/Schuylkill Community Theatre announces auditions for its summer shows, "BurgerTown" and "The Elves and the Shoemaker." Auditions will be held Sunday, June 14 from 7-8:30 p.m. and Tuesday, June 16 from 7-8:30 p.m. at The Studio, 255-257 E. Ridge Street in Lansford.

Please take a look at the names of men and women currently serving in our military.

Two of the three Carbon County municipalities in the Panther Valley School District will have contested races in the 2009 Primary Election to be held on Tuesday, May 19.

An engineering study has indicated that Lansford borough would not recoup its investment if it converted the former Panther Valley Middle School on Patterson Street into an office or municipal building.

DONALD R. SERFASS/TIMES NEWS Randy Gormley was the recipient of the 46th Annual Tamaqua Area Citizenship Award, presented at the Tamaqua Area Chamber of Commerce/TIDE Dinner Wednesday evening.

AMY ZUBEK/TIMES NEWS Lansford Police Chief John Turcmanovich, front left, stands with his family during the Lansford American Legion Post 123 First Annual Person of The Year Dinner.

The Allentown Diocese is one step closer to tearing down a Queen Anne Victorian mansion that once housed nuns affiliated with the former St.

DONALD R. SERFASS/TIMES NEWS Stanley Costello, 90, plays "Happy Birthday To You" on the violin to help John Dalton celebrate his natal day on Friday.

RON GOWER/TIMES NEWS Smoke belches from the basement at the home of Michael Kirkpatrick, 305 N. Spruce St., Summit Hill, yesterday afternoon, as firefighters prepare to enter the burning structure.