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Annual Summit Hill Hootenanny held at Ludlow Park
SUMMIT HILL, Pa. — Families in Carbon County found cause to celebrate a little on Sunday; you might even say they had a hootenanny. Summit Hill put together its 11th annual Hootenanny Music Festival in the town's Ludlow Park. Music lovers found food to eat vendors to browse and...
Farm sustains structural damage after storm in Columbia County
COLUMBIA COUNTY, Pa. — A business that has been operating for more than 100 years sustained damage and lost two animals after Wednesday's severe storms in Columbia County. It was all hands on deck Friday evening at Milheim Menagerie Farm in Briar Creek Township as family and friends cleaned up some of the damage.
Mobile home fire in Columbia County
COLUMBIA COUNTY, Pa. — Flames damaged a mobile home in Columbia County on Friday afternoon. Flames broke out along Sparrow Drive, just off Route 11 in Briar Creek Township, around 1:30 p.m. Friday afternoon. Officials say the fire was accidental. The Red Cross is assisting two people who were...
Be ready for damaging winds and quarter-sized hail with thunderstorms to hit Columbia County Sunday
On Sunday at 12:43 p.m. a severe thunderstorm warning was issued by the National Weather Service valid until 1 p.m. for Columbia County. The storms are anticipated to bring quarter-sized hail (1 inch) and wind gusts of up to 60 mph. "At 12:42 p.m., a severe thunderstorm was located over...
Pottsville Maroons topic of Shenandoah Historical Society’s July talk
SHENANDOAH – The Greater Shenandoah Area Historical Society’s meeting for July focuses on the upcoming centennial of Schuylkill County’s NFL title. Diana Prosymchak, executive director of the Schuylkill County Historical Society, will give a talk on the Pottsville Maroons, the 1925 NFL champion football squad, on July 2 at 6:30pm at the historical society at Main and Cherry Streets.
New Tripoli community plans memorial for volunteer firefighters, remembers fallen firemen
NEW TRIPOLI, Pa. — Northwestern Lehigh’s firefighter community gathered Sunday at Ontelaunee Park to celebrate the region’s volunteer fire companies. And to honor two fallen firemen who died fighting a Schuylkill County house fire in 2022. The inaugural Firefighter Appreciation Picnic featured food vendors, live music, corn...
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