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updated: Fri Jun 27, 2008 01:32 pm

Orwigsburg News

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Friday Jun 27 | The Bud Angst Report

Peace At Last? Schuylkill Controller Commends Administrator On New Employee Travel Policy

Recent meetings of the Schuylkill County Commissioners that have featured clashes between the Commissioner Chair Mantura Gallagher and County Adminsitrator Darlene Dolzania on one side and Controller Melinda ...

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA, Frackville, PA, Tamaqua, PA, Tuscarora, PA, Elverson, PA

Tue Jun 17, 2008

SI.com

One way to handle gas prices: Move

It may seem a bit drastic, but more and more people are taking what is perhaps the ultimate step in cutting gas prices: They're moving.

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Sun Jun 01, 2008

Citizensvoice.com

Bomb squad tackles donated shell at historical society

A bomb squad from Fort Drum, N.Y., removed a Civil War-era artillery Saturday from the Historical Society of Schuylkill County.

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA, Pottsville, PA

Sat May 24, 2008

The Morning Call

Tamaqua won't form its own trash service

After researching the feasibility of Tamaqua operating its own trash hauling business, Borough Council has decided to keep contracting it out.

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Related Topix: Tamaqua, PA, Nesquehoning, PA

Thu May 22, 2008

The York Daily Record

Fuel passes personnel costs at some Pa. trucking companies

Trucking companies are hard hit by the rising cost of diesel fuel. Some Schuylkill County companies tell The Republican & Herald newspaper in Pottsville the cost of fuel now exceeds their personnel costs.

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

Wed May 21, 2008

The Sentinel

PA News

One ticket matched all five numbers drawn in Saturday's - - Cash 5'' game and the holder will receive $125,000. Lottery officials also said 57 players matched four numbers and won $358 each; 2,037 players ...

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Related Topix: Lottery, Waynesburg, PA, Greene County, PA, Allentown Metro

Mon May 19, 2008

WNEP

Man Charged in Connection with Mother's Death

A man who police said kidnapped his mother from a nursing home in Schuylkill County is now charged in connection with her death. via WNEP

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Sat May 17, 2008

The Morning Call

Man who took mom from home charged in her death

A man who police said kidnapped his elderly mother from a Schuylkill County nursing home last month, leading to her death, was charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter. via The Morning Call

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Related Topix: Family, Elderly, Schuylkill County, PA, Mount Carmel, PA, Northumberland County, PA

Thu May 08, 2008

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Business log: C.H. Briggs of Reading wins exclusive distributorship

C.H. Briggs Co., one of the largest independently owned distributors of specialty building products in the country, has been named the exclusive distributor of CeeLite LEC Technology within all of Briggs ... via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

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Related Topix: Reading, PA, Reading Metro, Wyomissing, PA, Tamaqua, PA

Tue May 06, 2008

Standard Speaker

Tamaqua man stabbed during argument

A Tamaqua man sits in Schuylkill County Prison after being charged with stabbing a man Tuesday morning during an argument. via Standard Speaker

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Coaldale, PA, Tamaqua, PA

Wed Apr 30, 2008

The Morning Call

Schuylkill dad accused of injuring infant son

A 22-year-old Schuylkill County man who complained of being frustrated with his children is in county prison today, accused of shaking his 6-week-old son so hard the baby is hospitalized in critical condition ... via The Morning Call

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA, New Ringgold, PA, Frackville, PA

Fri Apr 25, 2008

The Morning Call

Police: Teen driver hits teen on bike

An Orwigsburg teenager was flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest yesterday after being hit by a car driven by another borough teenager. via The Morning Call

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Related Topix: Schuylkill Haven, PA

Sun Apr 06, 2008

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Real estate franchise changes affiliation

“It is obviously a great company, with a management team that is nationally renowned”

The major Coldwell Banker franchise covering Berks County and eight other counties in the region on Tuesday announced it has switched its affiliation to Prudential Real Estate Affiliates Inc. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

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Related Topix: Real Estate, Schuylkill County, PA, Berks County, PA

Fri Apr 04, 2008

The Bud Angst Report

Dolzani/Kantner Feud Goes To Court

“I don't know why they are asking her. She couldn't do her job, and that is why she was fired from the bank.”

The simmering clash of personalities between two of Schuylkill County's female county officials has boiled over into a law suit and a claim for monetary damages - $1 plus costs. via The Bud Angst Report

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Related Topix: Cressona, PA, Schuylkill Haven, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Pottsville, PA

Wed Apr 02, 2008

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Film Review: - We Feed the World' a film about paucity, plenty

"We Feed the World" Three stars Not rated Directed by Erwin Wagenhofer Running time: 96 minutes Distributed by Bullfrog Films, Oley Venue: GoggleWorks Film Theater, Saturday and Sunday at noon. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

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Related Topix: Oley, PA, Berks County, PA, Agriculture, Science, Theater, Arts

Thu Mar 27, 2008

West Penn planners recommend development

The West Penn Township Planning Board has recommended approval of a 16-lot housing development on Millhead Road. via The Morning Call

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Wed Feb 27, 2008

hosted The Morning Call | The Morning Call

4 teens charged in Rush Township break-in

Four teenagers -- one of whom is pregnant -- used two-way radios to communicate during a Sunday night break-in at Hometown Farmers Market in Rush Township, police say. They are accused of trying to take hundreds of DVDs and other merchandise.

Police say the radios even helped two of the teens briefly elude capture when the other teens, sitting in a car outside the market, warned the pair inside that officers were coming.

But all four were arrested in nearby Mahanoy City after police found numerous items stashed in duffel bags in the market and broadcast a description of the getaway car. Read more

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Hometown, PA, Shamokin, PA, Coal Township, PA, Mahanoy City, PA

Fri Feb 15, 2008

TriStateNews.Com

Schuylkill Exec Pleas Guilty to $121 Million DBE Fraud Targeting PennDOT, USDOT

“DBE fraud harms the integrity of the DBE program and law-abiding contractors, including many small businesses, by defeating efforts to ensure a level playing field in which all firms can compete fairly for contracts”

HARRISBURG, Pa- A guilty plea has been entered in connection with a 21-month multi-agency investigation of fraud involving the government's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program. via TriStateNews.Com

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Related Topix: Harrisburg, PA, Cressona, PA

Wed Jan 30, 2008

The Morning Call

Orwigsburg Gas Station Loses $1,500 In Wire-Transfer Scheme

A high-tech fraud scheme cost a Schuylkill County businessman more than $1,500. A woman phoned the Hess Mart gas station in Orwigsburg about 6 p.m. Jan. via The Morning Call

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA, Schuylkill Haven, PA

Thu Jan 24, 2008

WFMZ-TV Allentown

Vehicle Hits Two Others, Crashes into Basement

An elderly Berks County man is in critical condition after his pick-up truck hit two other vehicles on Route 61 in Schuylkill County, smacked a guardrail, struck a utility poll, rolled down an embankment, ... via WFMZ-TV Allentown

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Related Topix: Berks County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Hamburg, PA

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