Tamaqua News

More than 400 students participated in Lehigh Carbon Community College's 46th spring commencement Wednesday, in two ceremonies in Berrier Hall on the main campus in Schnecksville.

The Bach and Handel Chorale will perform a concert at the Tamaqua Community Arts Center , 125 Pine Street, Tamaqua, on Saturday, May 18.

Twelve years after his death and the closing of his namesake mills, John E. Morgan has a growing influence in his Tamaqua hometown and the region.

More than 300 community members and area visitors toured St. Luke's new Tamaqua Medical Center during a community open house held this week at the center.

A Cumberland County man whose mother died in a two-vehicle crash in Union Township last year entered an open no-contest plea to involuntary manslaughter Wednesday.

Gretchen E. Hardy will discuss her book, "Buttons & Beads: Lenape Princess Wynonah and the Future President," Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Historical Society of Berks County, 940 Centre Ave.

ANDREW LEIBENGUTH/TIMES NEWS Taking part in the walk, from left, are Cassidy Taras, 13, with Daisy, a 4 year old female Chiuaua; Andrew Taras, 10; and Tracey Taras, 13, with Nikita, a 13-year old white Husky.

Over 160 Tamaqua Middle School and High School students performed for a filled audience during the Tamaqua Area Music Department's annual Spring Choral Concert held Thursday evening in the school district auditorium.

Several area residents were among 26 defendants who were qualified by District Attorney Karen Byrnes Noon to be admitted into Schuylkill County's Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition probation Program.

Tamaqua senior Christine Streisel is moving into mid-season form throwing the javelin.

It was ten years ago when a town of 7,174 lost several hundred jobs. The end of an era.

Jennifer M. Kohlmeir to Evelyn A. Franko, both of Brockton, Schuylkill Township, the western half of a frame dwelling on north side of Green St., Brockton, $1 . Eleanor Hegyes and Yvonne Hegyes, both of McAdoo, to Jason Letcher and Rose Marie Herbinko, both of McAdoo, parcel containing 6,000 square feet located on the west side of Manning St., ... (more)

A representative from the Disabled American Veterans will be available once a month at Tamaqua Borough Hall to offer free veterans claim service for veterans as well as widows and dependent children of veterans.

ANDREW LEIBENGUTH/TIMES NEWS PA Department Commander Joe Cocco talks to members of the Tamaqua American Legion and their family members.

Some students in Schuylkill County are getting art and history lessons at the same time.

Dale Freudenberger of Tamaqua is seeking the Tamaqua Borough Tax Collector position in the upcoming May Primary Election.

Hi It's Jayne Ann Bugda from the "Producer Pod" Here's what we are working on for Eyewitness News for April 30, 2013.

Taking initiative, Auxiliary members of the Tamaqua American Legion Post 173 took it upon themselves to raise funds for a new side door to the post.

CARBON CAREER & TECHNICAL INSTITUTE: Brook Dunbar, senior; and Shelby Haydt, senior; adviser Mike Baumgardt, Jacob Evans, senior; and Charles Trovato, junior.

The 'Prohibition fire truck' Tamaqua's oldest surviving motorized fire apparatus, is back home safe and sound after a 54-year absence.