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Schuylkill Haven News

Local news for Schuylkill Haven, PA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Yesterday | Standard Speaker

Coal, cargo, commishes' controversies: Schuylkill leaders look back on historic 6 months

After a historic six months, the county commissioners plan to stick around for the long haul.

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Related Topix: Hazleton, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, US News

Saturday | WNEP-TV Moosic

Arrest Expected Soon in 1985 Homicide

The Schuylkill County coroner said Friday police have a suspect in the death of a 13-year-old boy and expect to make an arrest in a few weeks.

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA

Fri Jul 04, 2008

WFMZ-TV Allentown

1985 Death of Schuylkill County Boy Ruled Homicide

The Schuylkill County coroner has ruled the death of a Schuylkill County boy a homicide.

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA

Thu Jul 03, 2008

MergeDigital

Death of Schuylkill boy in 1985 is ruled homicide

The death of a boy who disappeared Aug. 21, 1985, after riding his bicycle in his hometown of Schuylkill Haven was a homicide, Schuylkill County's coroner has ruled.

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA

Wed Jul 02, 2008

The Lebanon Daily News

Police blotter

A fire that destroyed a shed Monday night in South Lebanon Township remains under investigation.

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Related Topix: Cornwall, PA, Pine Grove, PA, Shamokin, PA, Frackville, PA

Sun Jun 29, 2008

The Morning Call

Rush Twp. zoners approve Hometown gas pumps, store

A plan to build a convenience store, gas pumps, car wash and fast food restaurant in the Hometown area of Rush Township has gotten the approval of the township Zoning Hearing Board.

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Related Topix: Hometown, PA

Fri Jun 27, 2008

hosted The Morning Call | The Morning Call

Electric hikes already here

Electricity customers worried about skyrocketing rates when price caps expire starting in 2010 for PPL Corp. and other utilities only have to look at a handful of neighboring communities to see what it's like to deal with hefty increases.

For people who live in Lehighton, Quakertown, Perkasie, Kutztown, Lansdale, Weatherly, Hatfield, Schuylkill Haven and St. Clair -- all of which have municipal-run electric utilities from which they use profits to fund borough operations -- hefty increases are already a fact of life.

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Related Topix: Lehighton, PA, Hatfield, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Lansdale, PA

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Times Leader

Cops: Wanted man tried to buy gun Police Blotter

BUTLER TWP. Township police arrested a 45-year-old McAdoo man while he was attempting to purchase a firearm on Saturday, according to a police news release.

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Related Topix: Butler, PA, McAdoo, PA, Drums, PA, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Scranton Metro

Mon Jun 23, 2008

The Bud Angst Report

Duct Tape Charges Fail To Stick; Jury Acquits Pine Grove Man

By Bud Angst A Schuylkill County jury - ' six men, six women - ' took two hours last Thursday to acquit a Pine Grove man who exercised control of his girl friend by wrapping her up head-to-toe "like a mummy" in ...

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA, Pine Grove, PA, Pottsville, PA

Sat Jun 21, 2008

The Morning Call

Now that work's done, Jim Thorpe OKs repairs

With the annual Fourth of July celebration fast approaching, Jim Thorpe has completed almost $80,000 in renovations to the pavilion at its Memorial Park and will spend $14,450 for a new gazebo there.

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Related Topix: Jim Thorpe, PA

Thu Jun 19, 2008

The Morning Call

Revised commercial plan better received by Rush

Rush Township supervisors have agreed to abandon part of a street, enabling a developer to tear down an old warehouse and build a convenience store, restaurant and car wash near Routes 54 and 309.

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Tue Jun 17, 2008

The Bud Angst Report

Schuylkill Appoints Cargo Airport Advisory Board

By Bud Angst Despite strong opposition from residents of the area in or near the flight path, developers are proceeding with plans to construct a so-called "cargo airport" in the Hazleton area.

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Related Topix: Hazleton, PA, Sheppton, PA, McAdoo, PA, Shenandoah, PA, Schuylkill County, PA

Fri Jun 06, 2008

Standard Speaker

Authority may oppose Rt. 424 extension

By L.A. TARONE Staff Writer The Hazleton City Authority will vigorously oppose a planned extension of Route 424 into the Humboldt Industrial Park if the road takes either of two proposed routes that run through ...

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Related Topix: Scranton Metro

Wed Jun 04, 2008

Danville News

Armed robbery suspects arrested

Investigators talk with personnel at a Turkey Hill convenience store in Mount Carmel, the site of an armed robbery Tuesday evening.

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA

Sun Jun 01, 2008

The Bud Angst Report

Kantner Questions Need For Chief Deputy Sheriff; McAndrew Takes Credit For Efficiency

By Bud Angst The Schuylkill County Salary Board's meeting of last week featured a clash between former Sheriff, now- Commissioner Frank McAndrew and Controller Melinda Kantner over the lack of a "chief deputy" ...

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA

Fri May 30, 2008

The Bud Angst Report

County Approves $3,000,000 In STS Grant Applications

As the Call & Press-Herald went to press this week, the Schuylkill County commissioners were set to approve grant applications for well over $3-million in federal funds for STS, the Schuylkill Transportation ...

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Tue May 27, 2008

WNEP

Tires on School Buses Deflated

The start of the school day was delayed Friday for hundreds of students in Schuylkill County.

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Related Topix: Cressona, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Education Etc.

Sun May 25, 2008

The Morning Call

Gas station-restaurant proposed in Hometown

A Schuylkill County developer hopes to turn a former trucking facility and warehouse at the busy Hometown crossroads of Routes 309 and 54 in Rush Township into a combination gas service station, restaurant and ...

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA, Hometown, PA

Fri May 23, 2008

WGAL

Bus Vandalism Leads To School Delays

Vandalism to school buses caused a pair of school delays Friday morning. State police from Schuylkill Haven said someone let the air out of 17 tires on 10 buses.

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Thu May 22, 2008

The Bud Angst Report

Schuylkill County On The Hook For Demolition Error In Ashland

By Bud Angst Schuylkill County taxpayers will pay an estimated $15,000 to repair an Ashland property damaged during the County's demolition of an adjacent property.

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA, Ashland, PA

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