Nesquehoning News

It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon, the Fourth of July, and Kyle Jones drove with his girlfriend Christine Homcha along Route 54 after a shopping trip, and all was well with the world.

The Department of Environmental protection is warning people in Nesquehoning to boil their water.

Crews are still working to repair a water main break in Nesquehoning in Carbon County.

The Borough of Nesquehoning is under a water emergency according to Carbon County Emergency Services Director Mark Nalesnik.

Police in Schuylkill County are investigating a fiery holiday weekend crash that sent two men to the hospital.

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.

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

Three Albrightsville residents were arrested early Saturday, June 20, and charged in connection with an armed robbery that occurred in Kidder Township.

Vyomesh P. Bhatia, 38, of Montville, is in Schuylkill County jail today on charges.

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

Attorney Marianne Lavelle, center, was honored Saturday night on the occasion of her 50th anniversary as a practicing lawyer in Carbon County.

The request to extend the KOZ status at Packerton Yards may have been rejected by Lehighton and Mahoning Township, but Carbon officials say the project will still move forward as planned.

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.

Carbon officials discussed a recent article, published in the TIMES NEWS, that references a statement made about a local business shutting down.

JIM THORPE Allentown man hurt badly in fall near Glen Onoko Falls An Allentown man was seriously injured Monday afternoon when he fell 10 feet from a cliff to a shallow stream at Glen Onoko Falls in Jim Thorpe , authorities said.

Contracts may soon be awarded for five Community Development Block Grant projects throughout Carbon County.

Though all three candidates for Carbon County's newly created judgeship cross-filed for yesterday's primary election, it was obvious that party lines came into play in the voting.

Police departments in Carbon County will soon be linked to a county criminal information service at the courthouse in Jim Thorpe.

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.

Chrysler says it plans to close 53 dealerships in Pennsylvania -- at least nine in the Lehigh Valley area -- as part of a plan to eliminate nearly a fourth of its 3,200 U.S. dealerships filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York.