Parryville News

PUBLIC BOG WALKS through the Tannersville Cranberry Bog will be held 10 a.m. today and next Wednesday.

Residents of an assisted living facility in Carbon County are back home after being forced out by the heat.

A Parryville assisted living center where 44 residents were evacuated Sunday -- with four taken to the hospital -- after the temperatures soared inside the buildings was operating on a provisional license ...

Nearly 50 people were forced from a personal care home in Carbon County because of the heat.

Two Carbon County residents face several drug-related charges after allegedly selling eight packets of heroin to an undercover cop and a confidential informant Wednesday night in the Kmart parking lot off Best ...

AN ADULT NATURE WALK will be held 9-10:30 a.m. today at Monroe County Environmental Education Center, 8050 Running Valley Road, Hamilton Township. via The Morning Call

POCKETFUL OF POSIES, a Kettle Creek for Kids program for ages 4 to 6, will be held 1:20-2:30 p.m. today at Monroe County Environmental Education Center, 8050 Running Valley Road, Hamilton Township. via The Morning Call

Fifty-three-year-old Charles Remaley of Lehighton had loved trains since he was a boy. via The Morning Call

Volunteer firefighters rescued a woman yesterday who fell down an embankment at the Parryville Dam in Carbon County. via The Morning Call

A 40-year-old woman is recovering tonight after sliding down an embankment near the Parryville dam in Carbon County. via WFMZ

Weissport officials are wary of rising costs in a proposed agreement to manage the Lehigh Canal, which runs through their community. via The Morning Call

The cost of a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission project to replace two bridges in Carbon County has jumped from an initial $50 million estimate to about $70 million.

That amount is only for the bridges. The commission also plans a total reconstruction of more than a mile of turnpike in conjunction with the replacements, which is expected to cost at least another $55 million, bringing the total project cost to about $125 million.

But the commission won't know the exact price tag until the bids are in, said spokesman Carl DeFebo. Read more

Lansford has bailed out of a plan to join with Jim Thorpe and Summit Hill in a joint comprehensive plan for regional growth and development. via The Morning Call

Officials from the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Department of Community and Economic Development told central Carbon County residents on Thursday that regional planning can be ... via The Morning Call

Mahoning Township officials have decided to turn their attention away from a regional planning initiative with Summit Hill, Lansford and Jim Thorpe and instead focus on past alliances. via The Morning Call

Five Carbon County municipalities will share nearly $270,000 in federal funds for roadwork and other projects. via The Morning Call

On a couple of Friday nights a month and out of the goodness of his heart, 8-year-old Steve Counterman of Parryville buses tables at the Bowmanstown Volunteer Fire Company's seafood dinners.

Seven-year-old Phillip DiRenzo of Quakertown travels to a Philadelphia soup kitchen to serve hot meals to homeless men.

Seven-year-old Nathan Hammer of Allentown asks friends to bring books rather than gifts to his birthday parties so he can give them to children living at the Sixth Street Shelter in Allentown. Read more

“All I'm asking for is to create a line item”

A Mahoning Township supervisor-elect is urging supervisors to put money in the budget to begin updating the township's comprehensive development plan. via The Morning Call