MCA b-ball bashed
MOUNT CARMEL - A disgruntled parent heavily criticized the varsity boys' basketball program at Mount Carmel Area High School during a school board meeting Thursday night, while the veteran head coach...
View ArticleChurch services listings Feb. 18
All Saints All 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,...
View ArticleWomen's domestic violence leader, Wanda Lucibello, to speak at BU
BLOOMSBURG - A nationally known leader in the fight against domestic violence will deliver the keynote address at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania's Colloquium on Domestic Violence at 6 p.m....
View ArticleDistrict court 2/18/12
MOUNT CARMEL - The following hearings took place Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones. Defendants who waived their cases to court were ordered to appear for plea court April 9 at...
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Church to hold creation conferenceBURNSIDE - Fatih Bible Church will hold a creation/evolution conference at 6 p.m. tonight at the church. The conference is free and open to the public. A second in a...
View ArticleRosinis' dedication to family, community saluted at funeral
ELYSBURG - Family, friends and community service were the most important things in life to Jim, Pat and William Rosini.They dedicated themselves to helping others and touched many lives through the...
View ArticleLand banks latest tool in blight fight
HARRISBURG - Local governments could set up land banks to prepare abandoned and tax-delinquent properties for new uses under a House-approved bill offering the latest tool to fight blight. The House...
View ArticleMeal price increases scrutinized
MOUNT CARMEL - Mount Carmel Area School Board failed to approve breakfast and lunch prices for next school year that called for some increases.A motion was listed on the agenda at Thursday night's...
View ArticleAnnual competition begins
SHAMOKIN - A special educational competition between local schools kicked off on Monday. The annual Stock Market Game Challenge from EconomicsPennsylvania, sponsored locally by Sunbury Motor Co. and...
View ArticleBoy, 11, charged in assault
PORTER TOWNSHIP - An 11-year-old male student at Williams Valley Elementary School was charged by state police at Lykens with aggravated assault, harassment and disorderly conduct involving a...
View ArticlePolice Blotter 02-19-12
Crash in TrevortonZERBE TOWNSHIP - Three people escaped injury Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash about 100 feet from the intersection of Route 225 and South Eighth Street.State police at...
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Property transfersTammi J. and Lawrence R. Pancher, to Tammi Jo Pancher and Scott Jaymes Binsack Sr., property in Shamokin, $1.Harold E. Kase to Harold E. Kase, property in Rush Township,...
View ArticleMarriage licenses Feb. 19, 2012
Martin Mikell Robinson Jr., 134 Pocahontas Lane, Elysburg, and Laura Elizabeth Buck, 3914 N. Harvard, Peoria, Ill. Issued Feb. 18, 2012.Michael Aaron Troutman and Clorissa Danielle Kehler, both of 1435...
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Ashes to be distributed; Bible study setMOUNT CARMEL - Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 47 Market St., will distribute ashes during Mass at 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday.The church is also offering the...
View ArticleMC Ministerium to hold mid-week Lenten services
MOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Area Ministerium will conduct mid-week Lenten services for members of the community.All services will begin at 6 p.m. with the sharing of a common meal consisting of...
View ArticleGrieving parents spread word about rare disease
SHAMOKIN - Tabitha McClure made this vow to her stillborn daughter Sophia Grace:She would share her story with the world and bring awareness to the heartbreaking condition of anencephaly, a congenital...
View ArticleDriver hurt in rollover
BEAR GAP - An Atlas man remained in serious condition Saturday night following a crash late Friday in which his SUV overturned along Route 54 north of here.Robert Broadt, 41, was transported by...
View ArticleRaising awareness
Tabitha McClure will participate in a March of Dimes event on May 6 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, that raises money to support programs that fund research and help mothers have healthy,...
View ArticleA mother's final journey documented in new book
MOUNT CARMEL - The new book, "Sailing Away: A Mother's Final Journey," about "Mae" Kozlowski's battle with an inoperable brain tumor was the inspiration of both an instant and a lifetime. Throughout...
View ArticleTax refund donations to aid military families
HARRISBURG - Individuals filing their 2011 Pennsylvania personal income taxes can help the state's military personnel and their families by donating part or all of their refund to the Military Family...
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