It’s Labor Day at Tri-State
Over 185 billion envelopes are produced each year. Just not in Ashland as of November 2024.
death of the coal region
This is the end…
This is the end… The death of the mall..
This is the end, beautiful friend
This is the end, my only friend, the end #SchuylkillMall
THE FATE OF THE MINERS HOSPITAL
The Ashland hospital: A symptom of a dying area .. or a future potential building of greatness again?
STILL STANDING!! THE LITTLE CHUNK OF THE SCHUYLKILL MALL THAT WON’T FALL DOWN
THE MALL THAT REFUSES TO FALL IN FRACKVILLE!
This photographer chronicles Pennsylvania’s forgotten industrial towns and people
This photographer chronicles Pennsylvania’s forgotten industrial towns and people: THIS IS A GREAT ARTICLE.. Photographer Niko J. Kallianiotis chronicles Pennsylvania’s forgotten coal towns and people. After the presidential election, his work took on special resonance. A sampling of some photos … from Tumblr http://ift.tt/2nNR85a
A-Treat Bottling Company closing after 97 years
A-Treat is closing its doors after 97 years of manufacturing and distributing soda to the Lehigh Valley and beyond. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! The best soda on earth.. Not good. I seriously cannot explain just how bad of news this is. I know everything changes, everything evolves, and old things die, but this was probably my favorite brand … Read moreA-Treat Bottling Company closing after 97 years
Which is Worse: A Bath Salt Epidemic or a Zombie Outbreak?
This Florida online paper perfectly sums up the horror that is drugs, particularly bath salts, in the once great coal region of Pennsylvania ..This is a great article, written from looking in from the outside. Dennis Maley, the author, grew up in Schuylkill County PA, or as residents term it the “skook” .. He penned … Read moreWhich is Worse: A Bath Salt Epidemic or a Zombie Outbreak?
These are three telling headlines in today’s POTTSVILLE REPUBLICAN AND HERALD.. A factory closing, a school having issues, and yet another store in the Frackville Schuylkill Mall shutting doors.. There was an old adage about the coal region of Pennsylvania: There’s a church and bar on every street corner. These days the churches have shuddered … Read more
Krokodil is the drug to watch..
My unamed nephew at an unnamed school in Pennsylvania tells me that his unnamed classmates have spoken of an interest in finding Krokodil.. this worries me. It truly does. . I have been spreading the message of this drug for months now after hearing about the ravages on bodies it is causing in Russia. This … Read moreKrokodil is the drug to watch..
You’ll never know where you’ll find a meth lad these days! It could be.. your backyard.. It could be a restaurant that has a hotel over top—a restaurant with a cute little grandmother figure standing outside watching for danger. This one, unfortunately, passed granny by. The site: Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; Frackville. Granny’s Motel: Cops swooped … Read more