Ron Devlin

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Reporter and Columnist at Reading Eagle

Staff Writer at Republican Herald

I'm a reporter/columnist for the Reading Eagle, covering municipal government and local history.

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Articles

World Cup roller derby skaters visit Pottsville’s Rage Parade

1 week ago | republicanherald.com | Ron Devlin

POTTSVILLE — Competitive roller skaters on their way to world championships in Austria stopped off recently at Rage Parade Skate Shop & Alternative Apparel. Clarissa Christ, the shop’s owner, said the skaters are all Pennsylvania residents. “This is a unique chance to showcase their dedication, hard work and pride,” Christ said.
Memorial Day sunset service in cemetery recalls bugler

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Ron Devlin

POTTSVILLE — Before James Nagle was a general in the Civil War, he led a company of Pennsylvania volunteers to Mexico City during the Mexican-American War in 1846-48. There, Nagle befriended a young Mexican boy, Emerguildo Marquiz, whom he adopted and raised in his Pottsville home. In 1861, Nagle would recruit volunteers for the 48th Pennsylvania Regiment, sometimes referred to as the Schuylkill County regiment, in response to President Abraham Lincoln’s call to arms.
Phoenix Fire Co. No 2 firehouse to become a real estate office

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Ron Devlin

POTTSVILLE — The Phoenix Fire Co. No. 2 firehouse, set to be closed due to a merger with Humane Fire Co. No. 1, will be repurposed as a real estate office. Jill Saunders, owner of Saunders Real Estate, is purchasing the building and will relocate her business from Schuylkill Haven to Pottsville. “Our current office has become too small for our growing team,” she said.
Judge Burke recalls Civil War soldier at Memorial Day service

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Ron Devlin

NEW PHILADELPHIA — Lt. William Cullen, an officer with the 48th Pennsylvania Regiment, died in the Battle of Antietam Creek during the Civil War on Sept. 17, 1862. Schuylkill County Common Pleas Judge William Burke, a direct descendant, recalled Cullen’s sacrifice Monday during Memorial Day ceremonies in the borough’s public square. Burke, who has deep family roots in New Philadelphia and neighboring Blythe Twp., recited a poem written by soldiers under Lt. Cullen’s command the day after he died.
Phoenix Fire Co. No 2 firehouse to become a real estate office

1 week ago | republicanherald.com | Ron Devlin

POTTSVILLE — The Phoenix Fire Co. No. 2 firehouse, set to be closed due to a merger with Humane Fire Co. No. 1, will be repurposed as a real estate office. Jill Saunders, owner of Saunders Real Estate, is purchasing the building and will relocate her business from Schuylkill Haven to Pottsville. “Our current office has become too small for our growing team,” she said.
Memorial Day sunset service in cemetery recalls bugler

1 week ago | republicanherald.com | Ron Devlin

POTTSVILLE — Before James Nagle was a general in the Civil War, he led a company of Pennsylvania volunteers to Mexico City during the Mexican-American War in 1846-48. There, Nagle befriended a young Mexican boy, Emerguildo Marquiz, whom he adopted and raised in his Pottsville home. In 1861, Nagle would recruit volunteers for the 48th Pennsylvania Regiment, sometimes referred to as the Schuylkill County regiment, in response to President Abraham Lincoln’s call to arms.
Fallen servicemen honored at Schuylkill Memorial Day services

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Ron Devlin

PORT CLINTON — Carol Schappell clutched an American flag Sunday morning at Memorial Day services near the borough’s monument to veterans. “My father, Guy C. Degler, served in World War II,” said Schappell, a Hamburg resident. “His name is on the honor roll, and I came to honor him today.”While he was in the service in April 1943, Cpl. Degler was among servicemen honored in a flag presentation in St. John’s Reformed Church, Port Clinton.
Fallen servicemen honored at Schuylkill Memorial Day services

1 week ago | republicanherald.com | Ron Devlin

PORT CLINTON — Carol Schappell clutched an American flag Sunday morning at Memorial Day services near the borough’s monument to veterans. “My father, Guy C. Degler, served in World War II,” said Schappell, a Hamburg resident. “His name is on the honor roll, and I came to honor him today.”While he was in the service in April 1943, Cpl. Degler was among servicemen honored in a flag presentation in St. John’s Reformed Church, Port Clinton.
50 years after war's end, Vietnam monument symbolizes sacrifice

2 weeks ago | centredaily.com | Ron Devlin

Gen. George A. Joulwan, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, recognized the sacrifices made by Schuylkill County servicemen and women in Vietnam in a letter dated May 25, 1996. "As a company commander in Vietnam, I had first-hand knowledge of the valor and dedication of American forces fighting for peace and freedom in a country ravaged by war," wrote Joulwan, a Pottsville native.
Ramsey mansion modeled after English town hall

2 weeks ago | centredaily.com | Ron Devlin

They called it Pottsville's most magnificent building. The Pottsville Miners' Journal headquarters on South Centre Street was the city's most talked about building in the latter part of the 19th Century. "Pottsville will never see another building like the $125,000 castle-like Miners' Journal building," the Pottsville Republican reported in its 75th Anniversary edition in 1959. Patterned after a town in Bradford, England, the structure's main tower was 170 feet high.