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Jim Thorpe Borough welcomed a new mayor and councilman Thursday night. Eric Cinicola was unanimously appointed to succeed Michael Sofranko as mayor, while Ted LaRizzio will fill the remainder of the l...

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...

Authorities say Thomas Highland, a Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, borough council member, has died of complications stemming from injuries in a house fire that...

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Jim Thorpe councilmember Thomas Highland died from complications due to breathing in too much smoke from a fire that occurred last year.

JIM THORPE, Pa. (AP) — An eastern Pennsylvania borough council member has died of complications stemming from injuries in a house fire that killed his wife almost a year ago, authorities said Thomas Highland, 61, was pronounced dead Friday at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest, the Lehigh County coroner’s office said Saturday.

Jim Thorpe borough councilman injured, wife dies in fire The Jim Thorpe community is rallying behind a borough councilman whose wife died in a fire at their home over the weekend. Author: Carmella Mataloni Updated: 6:06 PM EDT June 1, 2021 JIM THORPE, Pa. — Flowers sit behind caution tape thats taped around this home on Center Avenue in Jim Thorpe. The home belongs to borough councilman Thomas Highland and his family.  Highlands wife, Lynn, along with the fami...