Shamokin faces financial D-Day Council, mayor encouraged to 'do something'...
SHAMOKIN - "D-Day" is how City Clerk Dave Kinder described the month of June during a special meeting Tuesday evening to discuss the town's financial crisis. Kinder, who announced earlier this month he...
View ArticleCrash claims trucker Maine driver ejected, pinned under wreckage
PITMAN - A 45-year-old truck driver from Maine was killed Tuesday morning when his rig transporting a load of potatoes failed to negotiate a turn along curvy Route 125 between Pitman and Hegins,...
View Article77 union members get $1/hr. pay hike But they'll pay more toward health care
SUNBURY - Full-time employees covered under a new contract approved by AFSCME Residual 86 and Northumberland County will receive a $1 per hour pay increase this year, but they will also contribute...
View ArticleNoteworthy 04-21-11
Easter egg hunts slated Saturday- OVERLOOK - Oak Grove United Methodist Church will hold an Easter egg hunt for children between the ages of 1 and 12 at 11 a.m. Saturday. Prizes will be given to all...
View ArticleAppeals court rules in favor of fired SASD groundskeeper
SHAMOKIN - A groundskeeper for Shamokin Area School District, who lost his job three years ago for allegedly threatening his supervisor, may be re-instated after a state appeals court recently ruled in...
View ArticlePolice: Shamokin man took bath salts, jumped through 2nd-story window
SHAMOKIN - A 50-year-old Shamokin man broke bones in both his feet and suffered a back injury after jumping out a second-story window late Monday while allegedly under the influence of bath...
View ArticleKETEC off to healthy start
MOUNT CARMEL - KETEC's campaign to collect approximately $2.5 million to boost industrial development met early success with the announcement of over $260,000 in contributions. The news was discussed...
View Article1,000 trout released into Carbon run
COAL TOWNSHIP - Habitat for Wildlife (HFW) Wednesday afternoon released 1,000 small Brook Trout into Carbon Run, a small stream that flows into Shamokin Creek at Shamokin. Yes, you read that right....
View ArticleRepublicans lead Dems in registrations for primary
SUNBURY - Republicans maintain a lead of 1,403 in voter registrations, according to statistics provided by the Northumberland County Elections office. Monday was the deadline for registering to vote or...
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Municipality Republican Democrat Others TotalCoal Township 1,678 3,160 364 5,202Delaware Township 1,410 763 256 2,429East Cameron Township 165 191 22 378East Chillisquaque Township 241 83 46 370Herndon...
View ArticleSenior Citizen Activities
Shamokin-Coal TownshipMonday - Morning cards, 8:30 a.m.; pinochle, 12:30 p.m.Tuesday - Morning cards, 8:30 a.m.; shopping at Boscov's, van leaves at 9 a.m., cost is $2; bridge, 12:15 p.m.Wednesday -...
View ArticleHonor Roll
Northumberland County Career and Technology CenterCOAL TOWNSHIP - The honor roll for the third marking period at the Northumberland County Career and Technology Center was announced by Robert K....
View ArticleBreaker work subject of debate at MC Twp. meeting
ATLAS - When the floor was opened to the public at Wednesday's Mount Carmel supervisors meeting, Joseph Chimel asked supervisors and solicitor Vince Rovito how he would go about proposing an ordinance....
View ArticleSalvation Army tourney raises $2,756 for chapter Referees given special...
COAL TOWNSHIP - Last weekend's Salvation Army Adult Basketball Tournament raised $2,756.50 for the local Salvation Army chapter, one of the highest amounts raised in the eight-year history of the...
View ArticlePolice Blotter 04-22-11
DUI chargeSTONINGTON - John Raji Salim Kozock, 24, of 1888 Irish Valley Road, Paxinos, has been charged by Trooper Nicholas Berger of state police at Stonington with two counts of driving under the...
View ArticleCasey urged to find $$ to fight NEPA drug trade
SCRANTON - Law enforcement and public officials from Lackawanna and Luzerne counties met with U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and federal officials Thursday to discuss the need for federal aid in fighting drug and...
View ArticleNoteworthy 04-22-11
Lodge reaches out to Anthracite FOPASHLAND - Adam Bernodin, Ashland chief of police, invites members of the former Anthracite Lodge 6 Fraternal Order of Police to join the FOP's North Schuylkill Lodge...
View ArticleBillboard controversy Witmer, Anonia say photo of all board members creates...
SHAMOKIN - An election billboard is the latest source of tension among members of the Shamokin Area School Board, but those behind the campaign say they were trying to be fair, not cause trouble. The...
View ArticleCouncilman Ronald Tanney resigns in Mount Carmel
MOUNT CARMEL - Borough council unanimously accepted the resignation of Councilman Ronald Tanney at its monthly meeting Thursday night."We'll miss the guy; he was certainly for the public," said...
View Article$200 average tax reduction from slots
HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania homeowners should receive an average $200 in slots-funded property tax relief this year, according to estimates released by state Budget Secretary Charles Zogby. Zogby...
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