Pottsville NewsLocal news for Pottsville, PA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Pottsville bank removes 50-year-old clocks- July 9, 2008 Their time had come. The malfunctioning clocks that faced north and south atop Sovereign Bank's 120 S. Centre St. location in Pottsville for decades were taken down two weeks ago, according to Jim Brennan, district executive for Sovereign Bank in Schuylkill County, who ordered them to be removed. "We were just unable to repair it any further," Brennan said Monday. While the clocks were local landmarks, according to David Derbes, president of the Historical Society of Schuylkill County,...http://www.topix.net/city/pottsville-pa/2008/07/pottsville-bank-removes-50-year-old-clocks... History, hops and more- July 9, 2008 Only a few of specialty brands come from old-time regional breweries with roots deep in the 19th century. D.G. Yuengling & Son in Pottsville, Pa., the nation's oldest beermaker, was founded in 1829, the first year of Andrew Jackson's presidency. Photo courtesy Wetten Importers Inc. (ENLARGE) European beers have hundreds of years of a head start over their U.S. counterparts. Compared with Europe's oldest brewers, however, Yuengling is exactly what its name means in German: a "young man." The.http://www.topix.net/city/pottsville-pa/2008/07/history-hops-and-more?fromrss=1 Peace At Last Schuylkill Controller Commends Administrator On New Employee Travel Policy- July 9, 2008 Recent meetings of the Schuylkill County Commissioners that have featured clashes between the Commissioner Chair Mantura Gallagher and County Adminsitrator Darlene Dolzania on one side and Controller Melinda Kantner on the other, Last week's commissioners' workshop meeting, however, reflected a relatively rare spirit of cooperation and good well as Kantner took the floor to commend Dolzani for authorship of a Revised County Travel Expense Reimbursement Policy. Stating that she had carefully...http://www.topix.net/city/pottsville-pa/2008/07/peace-at-last-schuylkill-controller-commen... Champney's death-row battle continues- July 9, 2008 Prosecutors are seeking to keep a Pottsville man on death row after a Schuylkill County judge ordered a new trial in his first-degree murder case. The state attorney general's office filed an appeal Wednesday of President Judge William E. Baldwin's ruling that Ronald G. Champney, 57, should get a new trial for the June 4, 1992, killing of Roy Bensinger. Senior Deputy Attorney General Andrea McKenna filed her appeal in the county court. It will be heard by the state Supreme Court, which...http://www.topix.net/city/pottsville-pa/2008/07/champneys-death-row-battle-continues?fromr... Two injured in Pottsville crash- July 9, 2008 Two people had to be extricated from their vehicle by the Pottsville Fire Department after a one-vehicle crash Saturday at 20th Street and Howard Avenue, police said. Pottsville police said Jonathan Montag, 22, of Pottsville, was traveling west on Howard Avenue at 2:36 a.m. in a 2001 Jeep Cherokee and ran a stop sign, striking a stone wall at St. John's Cemetery. Kaitlyn Hostetter, 18, of Pottsville, was a passenger in the vehicle. Montag and Hostetter both suffered injuries and were...http://www.topix.net/city/pottsville-pa/2008/07/two-injured-in-pottsville-crash?fromrss=1 Pottsville man faces charges for weapons- July 9, 2008 A 60-year-old Pottsville man is in Schuylkill County Prison after waving a handgun at two males riding bicycles along Race Street on Saturday, according to Pottsville police. Authorities said Frederick Richardson, 224 N. Second St., pointed a Taurus six-shot revolver at Anthony Lynn and William Hesse, both of Pottsville, at 5:59 a.m. Lynn and Hesse were riding their bicycles along the 100 block of West Race Street. Richardson was arrested at the scene and the gun, along with several other...http://www.topix.net/city/pottsville-pa/2008/07/pottsville-man-faces-charges-for-weapons?f... Democrats Plot to Remove Kantner from Controller's Office- July 8, 2008 Over the past few weeks, we have watched the catfight between Schuylkill County Controller Melinda Kantner and County Administrator Darlene Dolzani grow from a clash of egos to a public relations war and then to an all out civil lawsuit. Some courthouse commentators and political opponents have found the feud entertaining, while others brush it off as nonsense. The Clarke Report has discovered a more devious angle in this saga. I believe that Dolzani's lawsuit is the first step in a Democratic..http://www.topix.net/city/pottsville-pa/2008/07/democrats-plot-to-remove-kantner-from-cont... Thomas Snubbed by City Committee- July 8, 2008 The golden boy of the state GOP has some issues with his cohorts in Pottsville. Scott Thomas might be carrying the entire state party on his back with all the great publicity as of late, but that doesn't seem to impress those on the Pottsville City Republican Committee as they refused to invite the newly elected state committeeman to last week's city convention. Thomas, the youngest person to ever be elected as an officer to the state GOP, was the highest vote getter in the April primary...http://www.topix.net/city/pottsville-pa/2008/07/thomas-snubbed-by-city-committee?fromrss=1 Schuylkill Democrats Shuffling the Deck Chairs to Prep for 09'- July 8, 2008 With many eyes focused on the fast approaching presidential election in the fall, the Schuylkill County democratic Party has decided to get a head start on preparations for 2009. The Clarke Report learned earlier this week that a key figure in county politics is in the process of stepping down in order to give his chosen successor an incumbency edge leading into next year's elections. Sources tell me that Pottsville Mayor John D.W. Reilly is expected to step down from his post within the coming.http://www.topix.net/city/pottsville-pa/2008/07/schuylkill-democrats-shuffling-the-deck-ch... $10 million earmarked in state budget for Pottsville intermodal project- July 8, 2008 The Pennsylvania budget signed into law Friday includes $10 million for the proposed Pottsville-based intermodal project, which carries an estimated $19 million price tag, according to city and state officials. "I think what it shows us is how much support this project has from our legislative delegation. From day one they have come forth on this project. It's exciting. It's nice to see things coming together," City Administrator Thomas A. Palamar said of the downtown project, which will...http://www.topix.net/city/pottsville-pa/2008/07/10-million-earmarked-in-state-budget-for-p... |