Thousands of people visited Pottsville on Saturday for the annual Yuengling Stars & Stripes Summer Celebration. Thank you to the Yuengling Family for making this event special for the community, year after year.
Just a few years ago, it would have been hard to imagine Pottsville hosting such a successful event. With Alvernia University’s Pottsville CollegeTowne now open to students, 60 new market rate apartments under development in the Schuylkill Trust Company building at Centre and Market, and new businesses opening their doors, we’re seeing genuine progress in breathing new life downtown Pottsville.
Thousands of people visited Pottsville on Saturday for the annual Yuengling Stars & Stripes Summer Celebration. Thank you to the Yuengling Family for making this event special for the community, year after year.
Just a few years ago, it would have been hard to imagine Pottsville hosting such a successful event. With Alvernia University’s Pottsville CollegeTowne now open to students, 60 new market rate apartments under development in the Schuylkill Trust Company building at Centre and Market, and new businesses opening their doors, we’re seeing genuine progress in breathing new life downtown Pottsville.
Celebrating our nation’s independence – for a good cause!
Beth and I joined the fourth annual Independence Day Charity Event in Hazleton, hosted by the Paul and Lisa DeAngelo Family Foundation. In the past four years, this event has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to support the local autism community, youth sports, cancer research, and disabled veterans.
Pictured here are @repwatropa, Paul DeAngelo, Sr., me, and @repcabell.
Celebrating our nation’s independence – for a good cause!
Beth and I joined the fourth annual Independence Day Charity Event in Hazleton, hosted by the Paul and Lisa DeAngelo Family Foundation. In the past four years, this event has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to support the local autism community, youth sports, cancer research, and disabled veterans.
Pictured here are @repwatropa, Paul DeAngelo, Sr., me, and @repcabell.
Rep. Tim Twardzik, Commissioner Larry Padora and I were invited to join the long-running Independence Day Parade in Port Carbon yesterday. Ever since I first participated in this parade as a young boy in the 1960s, I’ve enjoyed this holiday tradition!
Rep. Tim Twardzik, Commissioner Larry Padora and I were invited to join the long-running Independence Day Parade in Port Carbon yesterday. Ever since I first participated in this parade as a young boy in the 1960s, I’ve enjoyed this holiday tradition!
This week always has a special meaning for my family. Way back on July 8th, 1848, Thomas Argall arrived in New York Harbor on the Roscius with his wife, Jane, and three children after leaving their home in Cornwall, England. He was 28 years old. He would become an American citizen 20 years later. I’m proud to be his great-great-great grandson.
When I asked a very distant Cornish cousin why my ancestors left their beautiful little seaside village, the answer was simple: the Irish Potato Famine also devastated Cornwall, the local mines were closing, and they left so they would not starve. The result: Hello, Pottsville!
As we celebrate the July 4th holiday, it’s important to remember how many of us share similar stories about how we became Americans. Enjoy this special holiday and remember its meaning.
This week always has a special meaning for my family. Way back on July 8th, 1848, Thomas Argall arrived in New York Harbor on the Roscius with his wife, Jane, and three children after leaving their home in Cornwall, England. He was 28 years old. He would become an American citizen 20 years later. I’m proud to be his great-great-great grandson.
When I asked a very distant Cornish cousin why my ancestors left their beautiful little seaside village, the answer was simple: the Irish Potato Famine also devastated Cornwall, the local mines were closing, and they left so they would not starve. The result: Hello, Pottsville!
As we celebrate the July 4th holiday, it’s important to remember how many of us share similar stories about how we became Americans. Enjoy this special holiday and remember its meaning.
Should cell phones be allowed in schools?
Students are facing a significant decline in academic achievement and the research shows a clear correlation between this trend and the rise in cell phone use. To improve student performance, legislation to support schools that limit access to cell phones during the school day was approved by the Senate with strong bipartisan support today.
As the chair of the Senate Education Committee, advancing this legislation was one of my top priorities this year. Senate Bill 1207, sponsored by @senator_aument, would create a pilot program to provide state funding to schools to purchase lockable bags to store cell phones in during the school day.
https://www.pennlive.com/education/2024/07/bill-to-prohibit-cellphone-use-during-school-day-advances-in-pa-senate.html
Should cell phones be allowed in schools?
Students are facing a significant decline in academic achievement and the research shows a clear correlation between this trend and the rise in cell phone use. To improve student performance, legislation to support schools that limit access to cell phones during the school day was approved by the Senate with strong bipartisan support today.
As the chair of the Senate Education Committee, advancing this legislation was one of my top priorities this year. Senate Bill 1207, sponsored by @senator_aument, would create a pilot program to provide state funding to schools to purchase lockable bags to store cell phones in during the school day.
https://www.pennlive.com/education/2024/07/bill-to-prohibit-cellphone-use-during-school-day-advances-in-pa-senate.html
I have been invited to join the annual 4th of July Parade in Port Carbon tomorrow.
This is not the first time I will be participating in this tradition; here is the proof from the 1960s, with the second photo taken just outside my parents’ small Washington Street apartment.
Congratulations to all the Port Carbon volunteers who have kept this proud tradition alive throughout the decades!
I have been invited to join the annual 4th of July Parade in Port Carbon tomorrow.
This is not the first time I will be participating in this tradition; here is the proof from the 1960s, with the second photo taken just outside my parents’ small Washington Street apartment.
Congratulations to all the Port Carbon volunteers who have kept this proud tradition alive throughout the decades!
Two young men from Carbon County earned the rank of Eagle Scout over the weekend: Phoenix Kalavoda and Philip Cicchinelli, both of Troop 555, Jim Thorpe. Congratulations!
I was joined by @repheffley, Commissioner Michael Sofranko, and Jim Thorpe Borough Council President Greg Strubinger to congratulate them on Saturday.
Two young men from Carbon County earned the rank of Eagle Scout over the weekend: Phoenix Kalavoda and Philip Cicchinelli, both of Troop 555, Jim Thorpe. Congratulations!
I was joined by @repheffley, Commissioner Michael Sofranko, and Jim Thorpe Borough Council President Greg Strubinger to congratulate them on Saturday.
Is your license plate worn out? You can get it replaced for free at an event I’m hosting with Rep. Tim Twardzik on July 31 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Schuylkill Haven Borough Building. A local police officer will be on hand to inspect your plate to determine if it’s illegible.
Call 570-773-0891 to RSVP.
Is your license plate worn out? You can get it replaced for free at an event I’m hosting with Rep. Tim Twardzik on July 31 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Schuylkill Haven Borough Building. A local police officer will be on hand to inspect your plate to determine if it’s illegible.
Call 570-773-0891 to RSVP.