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

Retiring Judge Charles M. Miller honored as outstanding lawyer and jurist

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ron Devlin

ORWIGSBURG — On a night to be recognized for a 51-year career in the legal profession, Judge Charles M. Miller’s thoughts were with his colleagues. “I extend my profound appreciation to my judicial and non-judicial colleagues of the Schuylkill County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations, with special thanks to my staff and the entire court and county administrations, both past and present,” he wrote in the program for a testimonial dinner in his honor Friday at the Schuylkill Country Club.
Antique firetruck honored on 100th birthday

2 weeks ago | republicanherald.com | Ron Devlin

SHENANDOAH — A fire truck built when Calvin Coolidge was President of the United States was honored Saturday on its 100th birthday at the Schuylkill Historical Fire Society museum. A rare 1925 Ahrens Fox piston pumper led a parade of vintage fire trucks through the borough. “Ahrens Fox was billed as the Rolls Royce of fire trucks,” said Michael Kitsock, the museum’s curator.
Retiring Judge Charles M. Miller honored as outstanding lawyer and jurist

3 weeks ago | republicanherald.com | Ron Devlin

ORWIGSBURG — On a night to be recognized for a 51-year career in the legal profession, Judge Charles M. Miller’s thoughts were with his colleagues. “I extend my profound appreciation to my judicial and non-judicial colleagues of the Schuylkill County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations, with special thanks to my staff and the entire court and county administrations, both past and present,” he wrote in the program for a testimonial dinner in his honor Friday at the Schuylkill Country Club.
Plans call for making southern Schuylkill a tourist spot

3 weeks ago | republicanherald.com | Ron Devlin

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN-Imagine artists, entertainers and food trucks gathered in a venue at St. John and Main streets in the heart of the borough’s business district. That’s what Riverside Plaza, the space between M&T bank and Stine’s Pharmacy, would look like in a potential enhancement of the borough’s Main Street corridor.
Plans call for making southern Schuylkill a tourist spot

3 weeks ago | readingeagle.com | Ron Devlin

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Imagine artists, entertainers and food trucks gathered in a venue at St. John and Main streets in the heart of the borough’s business district. That’s what Riverside Plaza, the space between M&T bank and Stine’s Pharmacy, would look like in a potential enhancement of the borough’s Main Street corridor.
Miners National Bank story conjures memories of first job

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ron Devlin

It was with a sense of nostalgia that I covered the recent announcement that the Miners National Bank is being converted into a hotel. The Pottsville landmark on south Center Street was where I had my first full-time job. In the summer of 1961, after graduating from a bookkeeping course at Ford Business School, I walked across Centre Street and applied for a job at the bank. Percival Z. Adcock, vice president, showed me around the bank’s imposing lobby before offering me a job as a teller.
Miners National Bank story conjures memories of first job

3 weeks ago | republicanherald.com | Ron Devlin

It was with a sense of nostalgia that I covered the recent announcement that the Miners National Bank is being converted into a hotel. The Pottsville landmark on south Center Street was where I had my first full-time job. In the summer of 1961, after graduating from a bookkeeping course at Ford Business School, I walked across Centre Street and applied for a job at the bank. Percival Z. Adcock, vice president, showed me around the bank’s imposing lobby before offering me a job as a teller.
Make way for The Rosalia, a new hotel coming to Pottsville

3 weeks ago | republicanherald.com | Ron Devlin

POTTSVILLE — Beneath its Doric columns and busts of Greek gods, a 29-year-old entrepreneur announced plans to convert the Miners National Bank to a hotel Tuesday evening at a gathering outside 120 S. Centre Street. “We loved this building so much,” Hannah Corbacio said, “we built our business plan around it.”If all goes well, Corbacio and her husband, 30-year-old Nick Hair, will open the doors of the Rosalia hotel in spring 2026.
Transformation coming for Miners National Bank in Pottsville

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ron Devlin

POTTSVILLE — When Nick Hair and Hannah Corbacio drew up plans for a boutique hotel about a year ago, they figured on a small place with maybe five or so rooms. Not in their wildest imagination did the Pottsville couple think that the business plan they submitted to Ignite Schuylkill would morph into a 30-room luxury hotel in one of the city’s most historic buildings — the 197-year-old Miners National Bank.
Transformation coming for Miners National Bank in Pottsville

3 weeks ago | republicanherald.com | Ron Devlin

POTTSVILLE — When Nick Hair and Hannah Corbacio drew up plans for a boutique hotel about a year ago, they figured on a small place with maybe five or so rooms. Not in their wildest imagination did the Pottsville couple think that the business plan they submitted to Ignite Schuylkill would morph into a 30-room luxury hotel in one of the city’s most historic buildings — the 197-year-old Miners National Bank.