Summit Hill 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.

Chloe Markovich, 10, of the White Bear section of Summit Hill, holds up the winning picture that she drew of her father Jeff Markovich, right, owner of Anthracite Welding, and submitted to the TIMES NEWS for the 2009 "Draw Your Dad" contest.

Renovations to the Carbon County Courthouse in Jim Thorpe will soon begin. During the county commissioners' meeting on Thursday, the board voted to award five of six contracts for the renovation project, which will cost more than $1.1 million to complete.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Yurick of 30 W. Fell St., Summit Hill, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug.

Carbon County will soon have a courtroom for the new third judge that will be elected this November.

Ron Gower/TIMES NEWS Members of the Panther Valley JROTC march in the Summit Hill Memorial Day Parade on Monday.

A pickup truck swerved off the road and smashed into five parked vehicles at a car lot Saturday.

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

It might feel that way with mounted ducks on the wall behind the voters at Summit Hill's White Bear voting district, which is in the Carbon County Environmental Education Center.

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.

Amanda Fritzinger, Nesquehoning, and Ryan Christensen, Doylestown, were wed on Dec.

A former Jim Thorpe chiropractor was killed Monday while cutting trees on property he owns along West White Bear Drive in Summit Hill.

Workers Bill Welker, left, and Craig Walters, Jr., of Summit Hill Marble & Granite Co.

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.

Todd Garber of Souder Excavating, Manheim, operates a front end loader and tears up the sidewalk in front of the Summit Hill Borough Hall.

Summit Hill Borough Council had some optimistic news to report Tuesday evening regarding its building project.

Maureen and Tom Bartasavage, Summit Hill, and Ken Nevenglosky, also of Summit Hill, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Jill Nevenglosky, to Eric Krout, son of Deb Spotts of Weikert and Ray Krout of Mifflinburg.

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.

The man from whom suspended police officer Marvin Mertz allegedly sought support in his time of need became the toughest witness against him during a preliminary hearing Wednesday on criminal charges.