The Coal Speaker

November 2, 2019 THE COAL SPEAKER

Daylight fading coming.. waste another year

Daylight saving time became a national standard in 1966 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act, which was established as a way to continue to conserve energy.

October 30, 2019 THE COAL SPEAKER

Halloween 2019: The haunted times of coal mines past

This day, Halloween, is when the ‘veil’ is lifted from our world.. where the here and there separation is the thinnest of all.. So no better time that All Hallow’s Eve to showcase some interesting horror and macabre events from coal region past..

Namely at the No. 4 Jeddo Mine near Hazleton, PA..

October 27, 2019 THE COAL SPEAKER

When Friday night lights turn dark

The raw emotion of Friday night football is ingrained in the souls of people across the coal region of Pennsylvania..

When WITHOUT WARNING aired in 1994, it was 56 years after Orson Welles’ famous WAR OF THE WORLDS tricked radio audiences across America that aliens were landing on the planet earth..

While the WITHOUT WARNING show was not critically acclaimed–actually was critically evicerated by reviewers at the time–it seemingly wanted to do exactly the same thing that WAR OF THE WORLDS did: Trick some people into thinking the story was true..

October 20, 2019 THE COAL SPEAKER

Knoebels during the season of the witch

I’m pretty proud of my little tradition.. Each year since my son was 5 years old, I was able to

October 12, 2019 THE COAL SPEAKER

The top 5 listing of Halloween must do’s near Schuylkill County PA

Leaves browning as they crumble and drop to the ground.. autumnal breezes blowing through tree limbs.. That ever-mentioned thinning of the veil between the here and there is upon us.. It must be the season of the witch.. The top things to do in Schuylkill County PA