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The Times News is a newspaper published daily except Sundays in Lehighton, Pennsylvania. [ 1 ] Its predecessor publications include the 1883 Mauch Chunk Daily Times of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania , and the 1951 Jim Thorpe Times News of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania .
May 26—JIM THORPE — Carbon County commissioners are upgrading facilities at the county animal shelter in Nesquehoning after an April assessment noted deficiencies. Commissioner Rocky Ahner ...
Lehighton is located in southern Carbon County at (40.831932, -75.714701 It is in northeast Pennsylvania 117 miles (188 km) west of New York City and 37 miles (60 km) south of Wilkes-Barre . The borough is situated on the west bank of the Lehigh River at an elevation ranging from 470 feet (140 m) above sea level at the river up to 725 feet (221 ...
Its coverage area centers on Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg and covers parts of Monroe, Pike, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne and Carbon counties as well as areas of western New Jersey. The Times News, of Lehighton, covers Carbon, Schuylkill, and Monroe counties, and also portions of northern Lehigh and Northampton counties.
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Lehigh County borders Montgomery County to its south, Bucks County to its southeast, Northampton County to its east, Carbon County to its north, Schuylkill County to its northwest, and Berks County to its southwest. The county is located 64 miles (103 km) northwest of Philadelphia and 93 miles (150 km) west of New York City.
Weissport is located in southern Carbon County at (40.829105, -75.700817). [9] It is on the east side of the Lehigh River, situated on low ground between the river and the former Lehigh Canal. To the west, across the river, is the much larger borough of Lehighton.
In 1745, the first colonial settlement in Carbon County was established by a Moravian mission in Gnadenhutten, in present-day Lehighton.By 1752, increased hostility between colonialists and Native Americans put Gnadenhutten at risk for attack; in 1755, the community was attacked by Native Americans.