Coal Region Campfire

I only heard about Frank Gangemi a couple weeks ago. A Pottsville football legend in the 80s, he went on to play at Johns Hopkins and was All Conference on Offense & Defense, which is just unheard of. Amazingly, still not in the PAHS Hall of Fame, but I'm going to try to change that soon. One of my favorite interviews I've done.

We've been gone for a while, but we're back with a bang. General George Joulwan represents the Coal Region just about as much as you can. A 4 Star General and the former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO AND, most importantly, an "East Sider" through and through.

Episode 5 of season 3 We head up north North of the Mountain to the land of McAdoo. Definite finalist for Mac and Cheese Hall of Fame.

Groody Catering gets the Coal Region experience. Their hot sauce takes a back seat to no one.

Once again if you're a judge running for office in Schuylkill county, then you need to stop at the campfire. Jim Conville got the memo and he's here today

Watch the full episode later today on Facebook.

Coal Region Campfire has become the 60 Minutes of Schuylkill County. It's a must stop for Lenten Fish Dinners, and of course for judge candidates. Today we welcome Christina Hale and Chris Hobbs to the campfire. Chris Hobbs. Pubs guy. Won't hold it against him.

You're getting the audio early, but you need to see the visuals when we release this morning at 9 AM on Facebook! We discuss Lenten Fish Dinner of South Cass and also the dating possibilities of the St. Patrick End of Summer Festival (RIP)

Mr. Darren from the Girl Who Code program at the Pottsville Free Public Library pulls a seat at the campfire and talks the STEM program. It's FREE too!

Porcupine Pat is the absolute best. He's a true original who oozes passion. Today I had the pleasure of spending some time with him at the Charles Baber cemetery and he talked me through some of the trees there. Lots of history!

David from Boscov's recently passed away. He was one of my first interviews and I wanted to wait to do a bigger episode on Boscov's, but it just never worked out. You can't listen to this without having a smile on your face. Guy loved his job and did it with such passion. You can't teach that.

Muhammad Ali, as everyone knows and should know had his HQ here in Deer Lake. There's so many different stories and my hope with this series is to capture as many as possible.

Leroy Boyer from the Pottsville Republican and Jason Genovese join me today and we hash out the best athletes and coaches of all time from Schuylkill County and the Coal Region.

Jim Haluska from the Schuylkill Historical society takes the time to explain the historical events of the Spanish Flu here in the county.

Connor Hinchliffe started out as a catcher, then made the jump to pitcher, where today he's in the Phillies organization. Not. Too. Shabby. I swallowed my pride and met him at Railway and we had a catch. Tommy John surgery is scheduled for next week. Well worth it.

Presented by CACL and Darren J March Financial Services. Week 3. Hopefully, you're buckled in! Trinity Lutheran!

Presented by CACL and Darren J March Financial Services. Week 2. Prepare yourself.

Presented by CACL and Darren J. March Financial services. Jim Roth is on the Mount Rushmore of Coal Region football coaches. He's on the Mount Rushmore of PA Coaches. He's a legend, and he's built one of the most dominant and successful football programs in the entire country.

Presented by CACL and Darren J March Financial Services. The unofficial mayor of St. Clair Dave Plachko joins the campfire today as we celebrate National Chili Day at Tommy's M&S.

Presented by CACL & Darren J March financial services. Lenten Fish Dinner Review Tour kicks off Season 2 with St. Clair Fish & Games Lobster Bisque and Altamont Fire Company's fish fry. A very bold statement is made in this review. Very Bold.