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A year into its permit parking ordinance, Jim Thorpe Borough officials said Tuesday they would consider requests from residents to shrink the area where permit holders could park and make guest passes...

Jim Thorpe Borough Council narrowly authorized its solicitor Thursday night to draft proposed changes to a zoning amendment that would allow a property owner to install an on-lot septic system for his...

A two-man race to fill a vacant Jim Thorpe Borough Council seat was decided by the mayor Thursday night when council couldn’t break a 3-3 deadlock despite two tries. When the dust settled, Mayor Micha...

Municipalities are shelling out considerably more money than in prior years to get paving projects done this summer. Jim Thorpe Borough, during a workshop Thursday night, said it will have to cross th...

A proposal to give two parking permits each to West Broadway businesses without off-street parking stirred intense debate during Thursday night’s Jim Thorpe Borough Council workshop. Council declined ...

He comes from a family who has always been participatory in civic affairs, and now Michael Rivkin will get his chance to give back to his community. On Wednesday night, the Jim Thorpe bed-and-breakfas...