Lansford News

It was a wild ride through part of Tamaqua early Friday morning after a car careened off the street and hit a house.

A former convent in Carbon County could soon be coming down. But some local historical preservation groups are trying to save the structure in Lansford.

A dozen Carbon County tourism-related projects -- from a coal mining festival in Lansford to enticing Pennsylvania firefighters to spend more time in the area after a convention -- got a boost Thursday.

Two Pennsylvania residents remain hospitalized today after their Jeep flipped on its roof on Warrenville Road, officials said.

Lansford could be in line to get as much as $350,000 from the state Department of Community and Economic Development to repair and rehabilitate housing, Borough Council was told Wednesday.

A month after Lansford council's efforts to block the sale of the former Panther Valley Middle School in the borough appeared dead, the board is hoping to make the sale more difficult by stripping the ...

A robber who ordered employees at Shafer's Pharmacy in downtown Tamaqua to get on the floor yesterday wanted only one thing -- oxycodone.

PennDOT reports lane restrictions on the following roads in Carbon County: Blakeslee Boulevard in Mahoning Township, between Mill Road and Freddricks Grove Road, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 23-27. Lake Drive in ...

Another attempt by Lansford Borough Council to block Panther Valley School District from selling its former Panther Valley Middle School failed last week when four members voted against the move.

The massive old Panther Valley Middle School on Bertsch Street in Lansford has the musty, dusty smell of long-unused buildings. It's dim inside, and footsteps echo along the littered hallway.

In what was once a cafeteria, more than a dozen long tables rear up on two legs in a conga line. Old metal filing cabinets huddle in a corner, and three large, commercial copy machines -- their cords laid loosely on their tops -- wait by a wall.

In the hallway, a row of slightly dented, salmon-colored lockers sport a length of masking tape printed with the message ''SOLD -- BREINER.'' Down the hall, a classroom is crammed with rows of child-size desks, their chairs atop of them and legs glistening, as if waiting for the morning school bell to ring.

Route 209 in Lansford was closed Saturday night when a sink hole opened at 227 E. Patterson St., officials said.

By MIA LIGHT Staff Writer The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation recently unveiled three possible solutions to alleviate traffic congestion on Route 309 as it passes through Tamaqua.

A long-awaited sewer separation project in Lansford will cost nearly $2.2 million, but some of that may be covered by a state grant to be announced today.

Parishioners who didn't get the word last night at Masses learned this morning whether their Catholic churches would close, consolidate or be spared from the Allentown Diocese restructuring plan.

Panther Valley School Board, trying to find $740,000 to balance its proposed 2008-09 budget, is looking at cutting two positions, a disciplinarian and a crossing guard, and forgoing new computers.

FOUND Lift chair: Judy of Lehighton has a lift chair she is willing to give to Linda of Bethlehem. via The Morning Call

Summit Hill has given its approval to forming a Panther Valley council of governments. via The Morning Call

Lansford Borough Council members Wednesday said problems with the borough's trash and recycling haulers -- about whom several residents complained -- will be addressed soon in a face-to-face meeting with ... via The Morning Call

A STUDENT ART SHOW will be held 6:30-9 p.m. today in the lobby of Tamaqua Area School District auditorium, 502 Penn St. via The Morning Call

West Penn Township supervisors have voted to apply for $150,000 in grants to build a soccer field, baseball diamond and parking lot at a proposed township park after rejecting the idea last month. via The Morning Call