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Borough began as a tourist spot
Before summer cottages went up on the shores of man-made Deer Lake, the area was farmland. Later developed as Deer Lake in the Pines, it became a busy summer tourist spot from the 1920s-’60s. People came not only for outdoor recreation, but for the Broadway stars and other entertainers who performed there.


Population: 528  Founded: 1936

Government
Seven-member board council.
Mayor: Joseph E. Lynch
Members: David B. Crouse, chairman; Donald E. Behler, vice chairman; James E. Bosak, David C. Breslin, Ned Buckley, Wayne Cooper, Charles W. Welsh

Municipal Address and Phone Number
308 Lake Front Drive
Orwigsburg, PA 17961
Phone: 610-562-4142 or 570-366-1607
Fax: 610-562-0990

Office Hours
By appointment.

Regular Meeting Time
8 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month at the Deer Lake-West Brunswick Township Fire Hall, Lake Front Drive.


Part of the Blue Mountain School District
DISTRICT OFFICE:
685 Red Dale Road, Orwigsburg, Pa 17961
Phone: 570-366-0515
Fax: 570-366-0838
Superintendent: William H. Hall

NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 3055

HIGH SCHOOL:
1076 W. Market, Schuylkill Haven, Pa 17972
Phone: 570-366-0511
Fax: 570-366-1965
Principal: James F. Orwig

MIDDLE SCHOOL:
685 Red Dale Road, Orwigsburg, Pa 17961
Phone: 570-366-0546
Fax: 570-366-2513
Principal: William J. Toomey Jr.

BLUE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY, CRESSONA:
45 Wilder Street, Cressona, Pa 17929
Phone: 570-385-5580
Fax: 570-385-7206
Principal: Patricia A. LaPlaca

BLUE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY EAST:
675 Red Dale Road, Orwigsburg, Pa 17961
Phone: 570-366-1065
Fax: 570-366-1797
Principal: Jeffrey S. Zweibel

BLUE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY WEST:
1383 Long Run Road, Friedensburg, Pa 17933
Phone: 570-739-4461
Fax: 570-739-4822
Principal: Linda K. Cheripka

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS: Joseph A. Martin, president; Samuel J. Deibert, treasurer; Theodore H. Heffner, Vicki H. Hill, Gary D. Hitzemann, Matthew G. Kelly, G. Patrick O'Hara, Sallie A. Geary Sandler, Susan M. Thompson

BOARD MEETING DATE/TIME: 8 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of the month, except otherwise published in the school calendar.

Map of Deer Lake