schuylkill county – The Coal Speaker

December 13, 2021 THE COAL SPEAKER

A very Skooky (Die Hard?) Christmas: Your turn

This is how YOU responded to us about movies, cartoons, songs and traditions.. Merry Christmas to all and to all a Skook night.

July 18, 2021 THE COAL SPEAKER

DRIVE-IN 2021 EPISODE 7: PORN PURVEYORS AND THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN DRIVE-INs

Some little vestiges of the past that remain are immensely beautiful.. The run down signs. Overgrown landscapes.. All of the little reminders of past summer nights with open air convertible filling their autos with the open air flicker of a movie projector in the middle of a dark field..

Here are some lesser known locations now overgrown by nature or paved over by landscapers.

July 15, 2021 THE COAL SPEAKER

DRIVE IN 2021 EPISODE 6: The lustful location: Warm milk at the XXX Pine Grove drive-in

Today.. Pine Grove Drive-In theater was located at 327 Suedberg Road on the site of today’s Providence Place Retirement Center.

The same location that was the scene of criminal probes, jury decisions, and showings of X-rated films so many years before…..

January 17, 2021 THE COAL SPEAKER

One of Schuylkill County’s oldest breweries: 87 years in the making!!

Pure Springs Brewery Co existed in Fountain Springs, PA. It was destroyed by fire, and tied in to illegal operations of a brewery, and connected to the Minker and Genelli alcohol crime syndicates.

Pure Springs remains an active corporations even until today.

September 5, 2020 THE COAL SPEAKER

If nothing changes, nothing changes: The Coffee and Teagarden that was ahead of its time

Late 90s in the city of Pottsville.. a little gem of a place that popped up serving the city expressos, fresh coffee and teas.. A home blend of vanilla chai.. Sandwiches. A spicy soup that could cure hangovers and the common cold. And a sandwich they called Thanksgiving Every Day. And now 20 years later, Sage in Pottsville is closing its doors…

March 1, 2020 THE COAL SPEAKER

Frank Staudenmeier, RIP

The death of Schuylkill county commissioner Frank Staudenmeier is starting to sink in..

News began to rumor through mills late Saturday that Staudenmeier passed away while vacationing with family in Florida..

The worst of situations greeting what should have been the most joyful of situations..

Since that moment when the news broke to the local reading area, quiet contemplation and prayer has forced so many who knew and loved the Commissioner to realize that this, really, is real.