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Marian sets donor fund in Malarkey's honor
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (194+ words) Marian Catholic High School is inviting alumni, parents, grandparents and friends to celebrate the legacy of the late John "Jack" Malarkey through a special monthlong giving initiative benefiting the Marian Fund. Malarkey passed away on June 5, 2025, leaving behind a legacy…...
Jim Thorpe High School graduation
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (84+ words) Times News Online Jim Thorpe High School graduation Jim Thorpe Area High School Graduation Friday, June 5, 2026 By JAMES R. LOGUE JR/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS Tamaqua Community Day features nature, food, music 22nd annual car show benefits Franklin Fire Company Petition…...
Tamaqua native named officer in charge of Navy school
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (434+ words) A Tamaqua native who has made a career in the U. S. Navy has been named the top officer of the Navy's Surface Advanced Warfighting School. Capt. Chad Trubilla recently took over as the officer in charge at the Surface Advanced Warfighting…...
Jim Thorpe's Holland headed to Elizabethtown College
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (118+ words) Times News Online Jim Thorpe's Holland headed to Elizabethtown College Jim Thorpe senior Conor Holland will continue his academic and athletic careers at Elizabethtown College. Holland, who plans on being a member of the men's soccer team, was joined at…...
Children learn about trucks, tractors at Penn Forest
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (327+ words) Children got a chance this past weekend to see and touch emergency trucks and equipment. "We do these events at the park as we don't have a downtown. We want a community feel and this allows for that," Holly Rivera,…...
Tamaqua MS students recognized at luncheon
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (129+ words) Times News Online Tamaqua MS students recognized at luncheon The top 50 eighth grade students at the Tamaqua Middle School were recognized at the Academic Achievement luncheon held recently at Basile's restaurant in Hometown. Thirteen students received the President's Outstanding Academic…...
CCTI hears college trustee, 2 new instructors
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (363+ words) The Joint Operating Committee of the Carbon Career & Technical Institute heard from a college trustee and two new CCTI instructors during its monthly meeting Thursday. David Krause, a member of the Lehigh Carbon Community College Board of Trustees for the…...
Palmerton valedictorian adds Harvard to achievements
1+ week, 1+ day ago (855+ words) Ezra Green had already committed to Columbia University when Harvard came calling. Green, a Palmerton Area High School senior set to graduate Thursday night, is the school's valedictorian, a National Merit Scholarship Finalist and holds a perfect PSAT score. He…...
Pleasant Vy. counselor selected for NEPA award
1+ week, 2+ day ago (499+ words) For 29 years, Julie Romanisko has been a guidance counselor at Pleasant Valley Intermediate School. On May 22, her coworkers surprised her with a special something during the third-grade assembly at the end of the day. PVIS Principal Sabrina Albright and her…...
L. B. Morris students raise trout in the classroom
1+ week, 2+ day ago (353+ words) Students from the fifth and seventh grades at L. B. Morris Elementary School in Jim Thorpe had a fun break from their usual classes recently. They headed over to the Jim Thorpe Sportsmens Club to set free the last 40 fish they had…...