Posts tagged: Mahanoy City

Donations Needed for American Flags

The Mahanoy City American Legion Auxiliary Post #74 is seeking contributions to purchase approximately 50 American flags and brackets. The flags will be hung on Centre Street lamp posts from Catawissa to 3rd streets in the borough. The goal of this community project is to raise $1,500 so that flags...   Read More

Coal Cracker files Articles of Incorporation

Articles of Incorporation Articles of Incorporation were approved by the PA Department of State on February 19, 2016 for the purpose of creating a nonprofit corporation to be named Coal Cracker Kids, organized under the Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988. The purpose for which said corporation is organized is:...   Read More

West End Walking Tour

By Nick Kupensky On Sunday, November 22, one day before what would have been Father Emil Kubek’s 158th birthday, I led the first West End walking tour of Emil Kubek’s Mahanoy City. More than 100 people participated in the event, which included speeches and presentations by Father James Carroll, OFM...   Read More

Letters to the Editor on Kubek Coverage

To the Editor: My husband John and I thoroughly enjoy reading Coal Cracker. Being of Slovak and Lithuanian descent, the Father Emil Kubek article was very interesting to us. The questions for Mr. Kupensky from Amber Lawrence gave us much knowledge about Father Kubek and about Mr. Kupensky’s life and...   Read More

Meander through Mahanoy City

Mahanoy City Meander will be held on Sunday, January 31, from 1-3 pm. It is the first Schuylkill On the Move county walk. About the Meander It is free and open to all. The walk will explore the “Town on the Level” with Paul Coombe of the Mahanoy Area Historical...   Read More

A Tradition of Christmas

By Taylor Walsh         As a tradition, my family has been making Christmas cookies for many years. We make all different colors, shapes and flavors. Here is my absolute favorite Christmas cookie recipe! My grandma, Joann Koback, taught me how to make them. We make them together...   Read More

Smart Photos with Smart Phones

Pulitzer Prize Winner on Mobile Reporting Garry Pierre-Pierre, a Pulitzer Prize-winning, multi-media and entrepreneurial journalist, will lead the free Coal Cracker workshop “Smart Photos with Smart Phones” on Saturday, January 30, from noon – 2pm, at the Teen Canteen in Mahanoy City. The workshop is open to young people grades...   Read More

A Walk Through History

A Yale Scholar on the Streets of Mahanoy City By Amber Lawrence       I was lucky enough to interview Yale scholar Nicholas Kupensky, a teacher and author who has studied Carpatho-Rusyn language and literature. I asked him a few questions about his life and career, and a walking...   Read More

Are School Lunches Healthy?

By Serena Bennett         School lunch distribution is managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which is in charge of supporting nutritional programs for over 94,000 schools nationwide. Michele Schappell, Cafeteria Director at Mahanoy Area School District, confirms that she is required to follow nutrition standards...   Read More

Whitewater Rafting: Have No Fear

By Meredith Rhoades         Fear is inevitable. But it’s up to you to either face your fear and overcome it or run and hide and wonder what could have been. As I was riding the bus toward a whitewater rafting trip during summer vacation — and what...   Read More

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