Carbon County commissioners voted Thursday to move ahead with a project that will install sewer lines at Mauch Chunk Lake Park. The commissioners are accepting bids to install the lines, but work will ...

Carbon County officials are considering raising rates at Mauch Chunk Lake Park for 1992 and also might subcontract boat rentals to a private concessionaire. Dennis DeMara, parks director, said fixed ...

JIM THORPE, Pa. — From playing a small-sided soccer game to having a whole section of the swimming area to yourself, there was plenty of space for those who chose to celebrate the Fourth of July on ...

Carbon County commissioners on Thursday extended use restrictions for camping, swimming and pavilions at Mauch Chunk Lake Park. The park’s camping facilities opened in mid-May to county residents only ...

JIM THORPE – Carbon County Commissioners voted against taking land adjacent to Mauch Chunk Lake Park by eminent domain earlier this month, but a 45-acre tract could still become county land.

The “no swimming allowed” sign went up Wednesday at the Mauch Chunk Lake Park after a routine weekly water test revealed high bacteria levels in the water. Park director David Horvath said it is the ...

CARBON COUNTY, Pa. — Whether it was said out loud or posted on a sign, "Save the lake!" was a message one group of people wanted many to hear as they rallied outside the Carbon County administration ...

CARBON COUNTY, Pa. — The sun is glistening off the water at Mauch Chunk Lake Park near Jim Thorpe as beachgoers take in the last bit of summer even if the weather doesn't feel like summer. "I have my ...

A kayaker made an unusual sighting this month at a lake in Carbon County: Freshwater jellyfish. Tiffany Raeburn made the discovery while paddling on Mauch Chunk Lake, an excursion she and her family ...