Commissioners announce two of nine jobs eliminated
SUNBURY - Eliminating an assistant district attorney position and data entry clerk in the county's register and recorder's office are among the budgetary cuts proposed by commissioners Rick Shoch,...
View ArticleBridy: Water filtration project 'progressing'
SHAMOKIN - A Northumberland County commissioner said talks are continuing with officials in the natural gas industry to construct a filtration plant in the area to clean water from former coal lands in...
View ArticleBridy denies forwarding crass email
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Commissioner Stephen Bridy has denied sending an e-mail received by fellow Commissioner Rick Shoch on New Year's Eve involving a joke that can be construed as offensive...
View ArticleCeremony marks merger
COAL TOWNSHIP - For the past 100 years, patients have received medical care from a small rural hospital nestled in the hills of Coal Township.On Wednesday, Geisinger-Shamokin Area Community Hospital, a...
View ArticleRalpho Township Public Library
ELYSBURG - The following memorials were received at the Ralpho Township Public Library:In honor of the birthday of Pat Shultz from Ron and Franny Gajkowski, Vic and Julie Lisiewski, Tom and Kay...
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SUNBURY - Sunbury Community Hospital has begun a program whereby emergency room patients receive a follow-up call after they've been discharged.The Discharge Callback Administrator (DCA) program...
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Often, the first thing to wear out on a purse is the inside seam. If the rest of the purse is in good condition, repair the seam with a needle and thread instead of buying a new purse. Try avoiding...
View ArticleDistrict Court 1/13/12
MOUNT CARMEL - The following hearing took place Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones. Defendants who waived their cases or were held for court were ordered to appear for plea court...
View ArticleNoteworthy 1/13/12
MCA collecting for heart associationMOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Area High School Interact Club is teaming up with the American Heart Association (AHA) in the fight against cardiovascular disease by...
View ArticleMan accused of raping girl at 'canyon party' waives case
MOUNT CARMEL - A Bloomsburg man accused of raping a juvenile girl at a "canyon party" in a wooded area in Mount Carmel Township waived his case to Northumberland County Court following a preliminary...
View ArticleBarletta speaker at county GOP meeting
SUNBURY - The Northumberland County Republican Party welcomed U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta (R-11) to the area Wednesday evening. The freshman representative from Hazleton was guest speaker at a party meeting...
View ArticleSafety at top of new board member's list
KULPMONT - One of the borough's new council members used her first official meeting to start a crusade for safer, cleaner streets.Stephanie Niglio, named chairwoman of council's code, health, safety...
View ArticleShoch, Bridy hear issues
SUNBURY - Northumberland County District Attorney Tony Rosini and Register and Recorder Mary Zimmerman met with county Commissioners Rick Shoch and Stephen Bridy Thursday afternoon to voice their...
View ArticleGuard dies in crash
PAXINOS - A corrections officer praised as a "great guy" died Thursday when his pickup truck slammed broadside into a tree along Route 61 near here.Matthew Persing, 41, who lived along the highway in...
View ArticleStreet department workers get raises
COAL TOWNSHIP - Coal Township street department employees will receive pay raises under a new three-year contract approved by township commissioners Thursday night.Seven of the 11 workers classified as...
View Article'TRUST' DOOMS JRA TREASURER
A member of the SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority (JRA) has been removed as board treasurer because he favors privatizing the local railroad system. Dennis Reitz, one of two JRA members representing...
View ArticlePolice search for man in theft
ATLAS - A Mount Carmel man was charged with receiving stolen property and police are looking for another man in connection with the theft of more than $5,000 worth of items taken from a local hardware...
View ArticleChurch listings 1/14/12
All SaintsAll Saints Evangelical Lutheran, 12th and Scott streets, Kulpmont.Pastor - The Rev. Alfred J. Bashore.Worship service - 9 a.m. Participants - Marsha Karnes, communion assistant and altar...
View ArticleSaturday spirit 1/14/12
There is only one thing wrong with trying to treat others with empathy by imagining ourselves in their places - we cannot really know what they are going through.On "The Dick Van Dyke Show," there was...
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MOUNT CARMEL - On May 30, 1993, the Mount Carmel Area Joint Veterans Committee raised its first flag over the monuments of the Susquehanna Bank lot at Second and Oak streets in honor and memory of the...
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