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Charlotte Higgins, arts correspondent Monday May 26, 2008 guardian.co.uk Feeling rosy ... Monty Don and Sky News presenter Adam Boulton at the Hay Festival.

“They asked questions of high caliber.”

There was a lesson in Pennsylvania government for a Gov. Mifflin Intermediate School class this morning, but the students weren't reading from a textbook. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

“The Board Members as of the February 2008 meeting do not receive any compensation as Board Members or as officers of the Authority.”

Payment $top When Board Is A$ked To - Fe$$ Up . By Bud Angst For The March 30, 2008, Call , Schuylkill Haven, PA, & the West Schuylkill Press-Herald When Mantura Gallagher and Frank McAndrew Schuylkill County's ... via The Bud Angst Report

A Pottsville man bilked people and three businesses -- including one in Tamaqua -- out of about $200,000 worth of real estate, mining equipment and coal, police say.

Joseph M. Nebroskie, 35, was arraigned Tuesday before District Judge Charles Moran of Pottsville on six separate criminal complaints charging theft by unlawful taking or disposition; theft by deception, deceptive or fraudulent business practices; and defrauding secured creditors.

He was released on $60,000 unsecured bail. Read more

Nearly 1,000 homes and businesses in part of Schuylkill County are under a boil advisory. via WNEP-TV Moosic

By Bud Angst Via appointments to various county operating and advisory boards, Schuylkill County's new Democrat majority on the board of county commissioners gave a clear indication that the political landscape ... via The Bud Angst Report

Schuylkill County commissioners voted Wednesday to appoint two new members to the county Municipal Authority board, under protest from the third commissioner, who argued for re-appointment of a 20-year veteran ... via The Morning Call

Concordia Lutheran Ministries will sponsor a job fair from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Lund Care Center lobby at the Concordia at Cabot Campus. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“I had to go to Pittston's (post office) once. It was a big effort to get there”

A post office located in the center of the borough for decades may need to find a new home. via The Citizens' Voice

Friday, December 28, UDPATED: 11:25 a.m. A tractor-trailer crash shut down one lane Interstate 81 northbound in parts of Schuylkill and Luzerne counties Friday morning. via WNEP-TV Moosic

All lanes of Interstate 81-Northbound are back open after a tractor trailer accident Friday morning. via PAHomepage.com

The driver of a tractor trailer escaped injury this morning, despite being trapped in his rig for more than an hour after it struck a wall and rolled about 100 feet down a steep embankment this morning. via WFMZ-TV Allentown

“Both EMA and DEP were notified, but since the situation was under control, no one from those organizations was sent out”

State police at Frackville and fire emergency crews from McAdoo responded to the scene of a one-vehicle tractor-trailer crash early Friday morning in Schuylkill County. via The Citizens' Voice