Tamaqua News

Last updated: October 25, 2009

by Patrick Walters

“They are using fear to sell the cameras as much as possible,” said Charlie Crystle,...

October 27, 2009

By John Matarese

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But despite what the ad implies, these are not made by the Amish: They're made in China. If you read the ad carefully, you realize that only the wood mantle is made by Amish craftsmen. Amish have nothing to do with the fireplace itself.

It's really a $250 electric space heater, with a fireplace appearance.

November 4, 2009

By Mark Marek, host of Air Your Opinion Show

PA. CONTINUES TO BE THE GREAT AMERICAN DUMPING GROUND. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO FILL OUR LANDFILLS WITH OUT-OF-STATE GARBAGE. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO IMPORT MILLIONS OF TONS OF FLY ASH. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE TOXIC DUMPS LIKE MCADOO ASSOCIATES. OUR WATER & WILDLIFE CAN BE TAINTED JUST LIKE OTHER STATES. WHY SHOULD OUR AQUIFERS & PHYSICAL HEALTH SUFFER SO THAT PHILLY CONTINUES TO ENJOY ECONOMIC HEALTH & PROSPERITY?

November 2, 2009

By JILL WHALEN (Staff Writer)

Tom Saxon is fuming about what he's paying at the pump.

"It's outrageous," the Hazleton man said as he filled his car's gas tank at the Turkey Hill Minit Market in Humboldt Station on Friday.

November 4, 2009

Nick Meyer

Director (4 years, vote for 4)

D/R-Rottet 3026

D/R-Rother 2790

D-Perry 1163

D-Swinehart 918

R-Frantz 2431

R-Miller 3272

Referendum: Yes 819, No 714

November 3, 2009

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Tamaqua

Mayor

Christian Morrison (D), incumbent

Richard Hadesty Sr. (R)

Council (three seats)

Micah Gursky (R/D), incumbent

John Trudich Jr. (R), incumbent

David Mace (R)

Thomas McCabe (D)

Justin Startzel (D)

November 3, 2009

By Robert Swift (Harrisburg Bureau Chief)

PPL's rate caps come off two months from Monday, yet efforts to put limits on higher electric bills aren't making much headway - partially a result of Pennsylvania's prolonged state budget fight.

November 3, 2009

By JIM DINO and AMANDA CHRISTMAN, staff writers for the Standard Speaker

Garland Commercial Industries, the largest employer in Freeland, Luzerne County, is closing its doors July 1, leaving about 200 people jobless, the company announced Monday.

November 2, 2009

BY BRIAN K. SMITH

Schuylkill County voters will head to the polls and choose sundry county and municipal officers including sheriff, district attorney, mayors, city and borough council members, constables, township supervisors, school directors, tax collectors, auditors and election officials.

October 31, 2009

By Sheena Delazio

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Hazleton's Giacomo Pisciotta took $25 from Harold Filler's home after beating him in January.

“They had to sew my ear back on,” Filler said of the severe facial injuries he received in the beating."

Oct. 30, 2009

By Mark Scolforo, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pennsylvania is making a new push to get federal approval for tolls on Interstate 80, the heavily used route that bisects the state for more than 300 miles, from Ohio to New Jersey.

October 28, 2009

By Mark Marek, host of Air Your Opinion

"WE HEAR STORIES ABOUT FUNDING CUTS TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES & OTHER GROUPS. STATE LAWMAKERS BLAME THOSE DEEP CUTS ON REVENUE SHORTFALLS. AUDITOR GENERAL JACK WAGNER LAYS BLAME RIGHT BACK ON STATE OFFICIALS."

October 28, 2009

By Doug Zellmer

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A gallon on unleaded regular sold for $2.75 a gallon on Wednesday at many Oshkosh gas stations. On Oct. 3, the price was $2.45 a gallon. The average price statewide for a gallon of unleaded regular was a little more than $2.73 Wednesday, while the national average is just over $2.68, according to AAA Wisconsin.

Hadesty Morrison Incumbent Mayor Christian Morrison seeks another four-year term as the borough mayor.

FOSTER TWP. Each year, thousands of people ramble down the dirt road of a backwoods coal patch town and wander through the tiny, weathered, wooden houses that 19th century miners once called their homes.

October 23, 2009

By Tom Ragan

Tamaqua Borough won an online auction this week with an $18,000 bid for a much-needed dump truck and snow plow, council President Micah Gursky said.

October 23, 2009

(From staff reports)

Tamaqua Fire Department Chief Tom Schlorf said an investigation with a state police fire marshal determined the fire at 132-134-136 Orwigsburg St. was deliberately set.

Three row homes are destroyed after a fire in Tamaqua. Several fire departments were called to Orwigsburg St.

Tamaqua Borough won an online auction this week with an $18,000 bid for a much-needed dump truck and snow plow, council President Micah Gursky said.

October 22, 2009

By Tom Ragan

The borough council this week approved submitting a bid via an online auction for a dump truck.