"It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always." Oprah Winfrey.

People looked at a sleigh outside the barn at Ontelaunee Park, New Tripoli, and asked each other why the shafts were offset.

One of Pennsylvania's most thrilling carousels was located just seven miles from Tamaqua and still exists, but is now located in Grand Rapids, Mich

David M. Dailey, Jr. wanted to learn how to carve wood in his spare time.

Flowered hats and fancy tea cups were to be seen throughout Wesley Hall of Effort United Methodist Church when it held a Victorian Tea.

Lansford and Hauto are only a mile apart. Yet the travel distance is ten to twelve miles.

Joe Evanousky is telling the rich story of anthracite coal and the people who mined it. But he's not using a single sentence.

Karen Fusco admits she likes to play.

One clear day, pilot Fran Stahl, Tamaqua, took to the skies over the valley and invited TIMES NEWS writer/photographer Andy Leibenguth to go along.