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By BOB URBAN

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By BOB URBAN

rurban@tnonline.com

All of you out there know why you read The TIMES NEWS.

All of you out there know why you read The TIMES NEWS.

I think for many of us it is rare to be able to trace our history completely back to some satisfying origin due to historical events and in many ca

I think for many of us it is rare to be able to trace our history completely back to some satisfying origin due to historical events and in many ca

In early March 1910, Tamaqua's Bethany United Evangelical Church on East Broad Street hosted a young evangelist whom one reporter called one of the

By JIM ZBICK

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Last week I attended the Pleasant Valley School District's public hearing concerning the closing of Eldred Elementary School in Kunkletown.

Years ago, in local newspapers, there was a popular comic called, "There Oughta Be a Law".

It's hard to believe another winter has come and gone, but with the months of December and February I think most of us are happy to get a respite f