PHOTO GALLERY: The Lehigh Anthracite Coal operation in Tamaqua produces up to 500,000 tons of coal per year on 8,000 acres. Anthracite coal is tested, washed, and processed on-site before transport… ...

TAMAQUA – When New York investment manager Doug Topkis bought an 8,000-acre coalfield near Tamaqua in bankruptcy court two years ago, he didn’t know anthracite from bituminous. He does now.

* Lehigh Anthracite bus tours of mining operations will be conducted at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Boarding will be in front of Tommy’s Italian Restaurant, North Railroad Street, for a ...

Jun. 9—Now in its 32nd year, Tamaqua Summerfest, to be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Father's Day, June 18, will have the complete package of community festival action and events, from vendors ...