Twelfth Day event scheduled
NORTHUMBERLAND - The Friends of Joseph Priestley House will host its annual Twelfth Day celebration from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Joseph Priestley House, 472 Priestley Avenue.Twelfth Day is the 12th...
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HARRISBURG - Gov. Tom Corbett is asking lawmakers to share the pain of the newest round of state budget cuts. He is seeking a 3 percent or $8.1 million spending reduction in the Legislature's $272...
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All SaintsAll Saints Evangelical Lutheran, 12th and Scott streets, Kulpmont.Pastor - The Rev. Alfred J. Bashore.Worship service - 9 a.m. with Word and Sacrament.Participants - Marsha Karnes, communion...
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The Susquehanna River Valley Visitors Bureau has announced the winners of its fourth annual "Every Turn a Treasure" photo contest, which ran from Aug. 1 through Jan. 1. Nearly 300 digital images were...
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COAL TOWNSHIP - Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School will hold an alumni weekend Jan. 20 and Jan. 21 featuring a social and alumni basketball games.A social for all Lourdes alumni will be held at 7...
View ArticleDriver whose vehicle struck Ringtown cyclist faces charges
Laguna Pueblo police filed charges Thursday against the driver of the vehicle that hit and killed a 19-year-old cyclist from Ringtown, three months after the U.S. attorney in New Mexico announced they...
View ArticleBench in Sunbury to be dedicated in memory of the late Philip Gildea
SUNBURY - A bench that will be located outside the Northumberland County Courthouse in Sunbury will be dedicated in memory of a well-known Sunbury resident at a ceremony Monday, Rep. Lynda Schlegel...
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NoteworthyRelay for Life meetingELYSBURG - The Southern Columbia Area Relay for Life will have its wrapup/kickoff meeting Tuesday, Jan. 17, at the Knights of Columbus Hall at Queen of the Most Holy...
View ArticleMount Carmel Public Library to close on Wednesdays
MOUNT CARMEL - Citing rising costs and a lack of funding, the Mount Carmel Area Public Library announced earlier this week that the library will close on Wednesdays.Librarian Vivian McCracken said...
View ArticleACT to 'Celebrate Broadway' Sunday
MOUNT CARMEL - Anthracite Citizens Theater (ACT) is presenting "Celebrate Broadway": A Concert Style Musical Review, at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Mount Carmel Area Junior-Senior High School auditorium.This...
View ArticleTrio adds pizzazz to TV travel show 'Explore PA' episode airs Sunday on WVIA
Al Varano wears many hats: self-employed businessman, middling actor, pizza enthusiast. But among them all, perhaps the hat that looks best atop his Italian head is one for both self-promotion and...
View ArticleFlood, other factors caused Shaw's demise Meat market closes after 30 years...
By Mark Gilger SHAMOKIN - A popular city business has closed after 30 years.Shaw's Meat Market & Deli, 316 N. Shamokin St., closed during the Christmas holiday season. Owner Leon Shaw, of...
View ArticleKing to receive back pay More than $131,000 approved for former county IDA...
SUNBURY - Former Northumberland County Industrial Development Authority (IDA) Executive Director James King will receive more than $131,000 in back pay, approximately $40,000 less than he...
View ArticleMarino: Iran must not block oil tankers Move would constitute 'act of war,'...
SHAMOKIN - If Iran decides to block a key waterway in the Persian Gulf, it could be considered "an act of war," U.S. Rep. Tom Marino (R-10) said.But, the congressman added, he doesn't think it will...
View ArticleCollege News: Misericordia dean's list
DALLAS - Tamara Bradley has been named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Misericordia University with a grade-point average of 3.95. She is a sophomore nursing major. A 2010 graduate of...
View ArticleCollege News: Arcadia Univ. dean's list
LUMBERTON, N.J. - Kevin R. Iwanski, of Lumberton, N.J., was named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Arcadia University with a 3.84 grade-point average. He is majoring in criminal justice with...
View ArticleCollege News: Penn Tech
WILLIAMSPORT - Michael Stepp, a son of Bruce and Kathy Stepp, of Paxinos, was named to the dean's list at Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport for the fall semester with a 3.833...
View ArticleHonor roll: Mount Carmel Area
MOUNT CARMEL - The honor roll for the first marking period has been announced for students in the Mount Carmel Area School District: Fourth-grade distinguished honors - Michael Balichik, Tyler...
View ArticleSenior Citizen Activities for Jan. 9-15
Shamokin-Coal Township Monday - Morning cards, 8:30 a.m.; nickel bingo, noon to 1:15 p.m.; executive board meeting, noon; members meeting at 1:30 p.m. with installation of new officers. Tuesday -...
View ArticleAnnual Heart to Heart luncheon planned
DANVILLE - The third annual Heart to Heart luncheon hosted by the ACTION Health Task Force will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 10 at the Danville Elks Club. Dr. Bradley David Fenster, a...
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