SHENANDOAH – As the year comes to a close, join us as we look back on the year that was, captured through the lens of the Sentinel.
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – A miner depicted in the Anthracite Miners Memorial in downtown Shenandoah is snow-covered on January 6, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Shenandoah Police Patrolman Mark Hysock looks on as Adam Slavinsky of Steve’s Towing hitches a tractor trailer on Jan. 19, 2024. The tractor trailer careened down the Heights Hill and nearly struck the Shenandoah Ambulance building.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Mahanoy Area’s Jace Yedsena leaps for a dunk late in the Schuylkill League Championship Game on Feb. 16, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – The Mahanoy Area Boys Basketball Team celebrates their Schuylkill League title on February 16, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – A boy holds up a sign celebrating Mahanoy Area’s back-to-back District XI boys basketball championships as the team parades through town on March 2, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Shenandoah Valley’s Brayden Maksimik delivers a pitchduring a high school baseball game against Minersville on March 16, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Jeffery Nemeth, Sr., carries the cross in Gordon on March 29, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Lyons Falls, New York is shrouded in complete darkness during the totality portion of a solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – A barren balcony in the former J.W. Cooper Memorial High School as demolition preparation began on April 15, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – The ceremonial groundbreaking is held at the future site of the Center for Education, Business, and the Arts on April 18, 2024. From L-R: Susan Williams, DSI Executive Director; Ted Twardzik, Ateeco, Inc; Mary Luscavage, former DSI executive director; Tom Twardzik, Ateeco Inc.; Rep. Tim Twardzik; Rep. Dane Watro; Karen Kenderdine, DSI President; Sen. David G. Argall; Joe Boris, Shenandoah Council President.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – An excavator flattens part of the former J.W. Cooper Memorial High School on April 29, 2024.SHERRY STREETER / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – A piece of wood is seen driven into the ground on the campus of the Mahanoy Area School District on May 27, 2024 after a tornado moved through the town.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Two National Weather Service meteorologists survey storm damage in Mahanoy City after a reported tornado moved through, on May 28, 2024. KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – The roof of a building is seen atop cars in a lot at Village Auto in Mahanoy City on May 28, 2024, after a tornado moved through.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – The Shenandoah Valley High School flag waves in the wind at graduation ceremonies on May 31, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Firefighters battle a house fire on Connerton Road in Butler Township on July 10, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Members of the North Schuylkill competition band guard practice in Hope-Cesari Gymnasium on July 30, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – The Aurora Borealis is seen behind Saint Michael’s Church in Shenandoah on August 12, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL- The Shenandoah Valley Blue Devils soccer team rallies the crowd after a win on August 24, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – The Shenandoah Valley Blue Devils soccer team huddles before their game against Minersville on Sept. 16, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – A stable auroral arc is seen above St. John’s Lutheran Church in Brandonville during a solar storm on Oct. 10, 2024.MICQUELYNN KAPUSCHINSKY / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – The aurora shines over a tractor in the Ringtown Valley on Oct. 10, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – A Shenandoah Rescue Hook and Ladder firefighter starts a chainsaw at the scene of a house fire on Oct. 14, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – A combine harvester is seen working a field in Pattersonville, Union Township on Oct. 18, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – The scene of a house fire in Zion Grove on Nov. 3, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – A man waves a Trump flag at Main and Centre Streets in Shenandoah on Nov. 5, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Robert Matta and John Petritsch use a garden hose to keep a brush fire in check as Shenandoah Heights firefighters arrive in Weston Place on Nov. 8, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – An elf comes in for a landing over Shenandoah’s Veterans Memorial Stadium on Nov. 29, 2024.KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – A mine subsidence in the backyard of the Quick residence in Park Place is seen on Dec. 16, 2024.
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