Noteworthy 11-27-11
Applicants sought for nursing award HARRISBURG - Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania, a nonprofit foundation created to recognize and retain nurses in the state, has scholarships available for tuition,...
View ArticleShamokin native hired as veterinarian in Danville
DANVILLE - A Shamokin native was hired as a veterinarian at Montour County's Alpine Animal Clinic. Dr. Lloyd V. Reitz Jr. was raised on his family's fourth-generation dairy farm near Shamokin. In...
View ArticleShamokin man heads Lancaster Career and Technology Center
MOUNT JOY - James E. Catino, of Arch Street in Shamokin, began his duties as the principal/director of the Lancaster County Career and Technology Center's (LCCTC) Mount Joy campus on July 5. Catino is...
View ArticleThree receive awards at Sunbury Hospital
SUNBURY - Sunbury Community Hospital (SCH) employees recently nominated and voted for their choices for Employee of the Year, Non-Clinical Manager of the Year and Clinical Manager of the Year. Dee...
View ArticleJeeps will roll into OHV park
BY LARRY DEKLINSKI COAL TOWNSHIP - The Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (AOAA) isn't official yet, as Northumberland County hopes for millions in government grants or private donations to complete the...
View ArticleAccelerating SUV launches over vehicle on Route 487
ELYSBURG - An Elysburg man was seriously injured in a bizarre accident Saturday morning on Route 487 at Sheetz Markets in which his Ford Explorer went airborne across the hood of one vehicle and struck...
View ArticleSchuylkill Co. textile mill damaged by fire
CRESSONA - A fire at Cressona Textile Waste Inc. Saturday night all but destroyed the building. "It was through the roof when I came here," said Jim Reed, chief of Schuylkill Hose Company No. 2. The...
View ArticleMan in bizarre accident condition improves to fair
DANVILLE - The medical condition of Lester Yocum of Elysburg, who was injured in a bizarre accident Saturday morning on Route 487 at Sheetz Market in Elysburg, has been upgraded from serious to fair,...
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Railroad display to open Dec. 9SHAMOKIN - The Lower Anthracite Model Railroad Club, located on the second floor of the former American Legion Building, 210 E. Independence St., above the public...
View ArticleLake Augusta Riverfront project would connect six miles worth of riverfront land
by justin strawser It may take at least 12 years to complete, but the Lake Augusta project is expected to transforms six miles worth of local parks, walking trails and riverfronts in seven...
View ArticleCarney could be planning comeback
Five years ago, few observers thought a Democratic political science professor could knock off a four-term Republican congressman well-connected to President George W. Bush in a majority Republican...
View ArticleLawmakers' office rent tops $600k annually
HARRISBURG - State lawmakers representing Northeast Pennsylvania spend more than half a million taxpayer dollars annually in rent on district offices, a Times-Tribune analysis of financial records...
View ArticleLetters to Santa 'golden' in 2011
By Rob Wheary SHAMOKIN - Many have said that Tom Kutza and the "helpers" who bring "Letters to Santa" to the airwaves have hearts of gold.Now the tradition can be called golden as well.The popular...
View ArticleUnited Way has $40,000 toward its $50,000 goal
SHAMOKIN - Lower Anthracite Region United Way (LARUW), part way through its 2011 campaign, is on track toward its $50,000 goal. As of Nov. 23, $40,073.45 had been collected, with corporations, small...
View ArticleMother thankful for school helping son with Tourette's Classmates, staff...
On this Thanksgiving holiday, one local mother is thankful for how her son, who suffers from Tourette syndrome, is treated by the staff at Mount Carmel Area School District."They have really gone over...
View ArticleUnderprivileged children theme of LARC service
DANVILLE - Ministering to underprivileged children served as the theme of Sunday's annual Advent gift-giving service sponsored by LARC (Lutheran, Anglican and Roman Catholic) in the beautiful chapel of...
View ArticleSeven drug bust defendants in court
MOUNT CARMEL - Seven defendants charged by members of the Northumberland-Montour Drug Task Force in a Nov. 15 drug bust throughout Northumberland County waived their rights to preliminary hearings...
View ArticleNoteworthy 11/29/11
Christmas party signups acceptedKULPMONT - Signups are now being accepted for the children's Christmas party, which will be held at the West End Fire Company, 1254 Maple St. Children from birth to age...
View Article4 recovering after SUV plunges more than 50 feet off interstate bridge
McADOO - State police at Frackville identified four people who were inside an SUV that plunged over a bridge on Interstate 81 in Delano Township on Sunday afternoon. Seth Macaluso, 20, of Shippensburg,...
View ArticleHunters greeted with something unusual on opening day: Warmth
ARISTES - Pennsylvania's nearly 750,000 fluorescent orange-clad hunters were greeted with something unusual the first day of the two-week rifle deer season Monday morning - warmth. Monday's high was...
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