Native of Locust Gap honored by Cumberland bar association
CARLISLE - The Cumberland County Bar Association presented attorney Henry F. Coyne, a Camp Hill attorney and native of Locust Gap, with its Distinguished Member Award during its recent annual...
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n SHAMOKIN - Jesse White, 32, of Mount Pleasant Mills, waived to court Tuesday charges of forgery and criminal attempt to commit possession of a controlled substance and was ordered by Magisterial...
View Article9 graduate from DUI court
SUNBURY - While other DUI treatment courts are just in their infancy around the state, Northumberland County's program just celebrated its eighth class of graduates. On Tuesday, nine members were...
View ArticleErdman starts Dept. of Revenue job on Monday
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Controller Charles "Chuck" Erdman's salary will more than double when he begins his new position Monday as deputy secretary for administration in the Pennsylvania...
View ArticleNoteworthy 2/10/11
Volunteers needed to deliver daffodilsThe American Cancer Society needs volunteers to help deliver and sell flowers for Daffodil Days at direct sale sites in the area.Daffodils are sold in a bunch for...
View ArticleLove stories: Thomas and Sandra McCollum
Back around 1990, my wife, Sandra, who was single at the time, told me one of her fellow employees put an ad in the "Look Before You Leap" section of the Valley Trader on her behalf. It described her...
View ArticleLove stories: Laurie and Lon Morris
I met my husband, Lon, way back in 1986, in the Mount Carmel Area High School Band. I was in 11th grade, he was in ninth. My best friend had a crush on him after he was invited to join the band two...
View ArticleLove stories: Kersten Reichenbach and Jeramy Cox
When I saw him I fell so in love. I was so shy, people tried to push me into him and I had to say something. But that day felt different. When I looked into his eyes I knew he was the one. Well, three...
View ArticleLove stories: Mary and Lewis Snyder
I met Lewis 17 years ago. He is the love of my life. I was a single girl with three children and they were my pride and joy. When we first started talking, I wouldn't let him come to my house because I...
View ArticleWeis bottled water now in 100 percent recycled PET plastic
SUNBURY - The bottles for Weis Quality 24-pack 20-ounce bottled water are now made with 100 percent recycled PET plastic. Weis Markets is the first supermarket company in the country to offer this...
View ArticleBorough council still active in Centralia Couple's home worth $116K; owners...
CENTRALIA - The borough council meeting started promptly at 6 p.m.It ended at 6:10 p.m. Two council members and the mayor chatted about the weather before getting down to their short agenda: paying one...
View ArticleAnti-bullying T-shirt available
MOUNT CARMEL - The 2011 Mount Carmel Area Junior-Senior. High School Anti-Bullying T-Shirt is now available for purchase.The first place design by Ashley Stief, eighth-grade student, shows chain links...
View ArticleRalpho shops around for insurance
ELYSBURG - As a result of Ralpho Township supervisors' decision to shop around for insurance quotes, agents from three local firms gave presentations Tuesday at the board's monthly meeting.After...
View ArticleLove stories: Vicki and Michael Boris
Believe it or not, the first time I actually ever laid eyes on my husband is during a traffic stop while he was working for the sheriff's department. Yes, that's right; I got pulled over for speeding....
View ArticleLove stories: Barbara and Ned Kerstetter
It was May 30, 1960, with great weather for cruising uptown. I saw this tall, good looking guy in front of Woolworth's. I knew he was Ned Kerstetter because we started first-grade together at McKinley...
View ArticlePolice still looking for Shamokin man, Coal Twp. woman
COAL TOWNSHIP - Authorities are continuing their search today for a 42-year-old Excelsior woman and a 31-year-old Shamokin man who have been missing for several days in unrelated incidents.Deborah...
View ArticleHighway deaths increased in '10
HARRISBURG - Deaths in crashes on Pennsylvania highways climbed to 1,324 in 2010, an increase of 68 from the year before, according to Acting PennDOT Secretary Barry J. Schoch."Fatality statistics are...
View ArticleEx-Chrysler dealers sue
WASHINGTON - A group of car dealers who lost their businesses in Chrysler's 2009 bankruptcy sued the government Thursday, claiming their dealer franchises were closed without adequate compensation.The...
View ArticleMillersburg man killed in crash with tractor-trailer
LYKENS TOWNSHIP - A 73-year-old Millersburg man was killed Thursday when his car crashed into a tractor-trailer along Route 25 near Joss Lane in this Dauphin County township.State police at Lykens...
View ArticleNoteworthy 2/19/11
School in sessionCOAL TOWNSHIP - Shamokin Area School District will be in session Monday, Thursday, April 21, and Friday, May 20, which are snow makeup days.Barletta, Marino to speak at King'sWILKES...
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