Mount Carmel Area juggles funds to keep kindergarten
MOUNT CARMEL - Mount Carmel Area School Board passed a motion Thursday night to eliminate the kindergarten program next school year before later agreeing to operate the program with federal Title I...
View ArticleProtest will greet Corbett in Shamokin area visit tonight
PAXINOS - Shamokin Area first-grade teacher and teachers union treasurer Mary Yohe considers the invitation-only, $1,000 per couple fundraising dinner on behalf of state Rep. Kurt Masser (R-107) this...
View ArticleStilp says pink pig represents more than activism; it's leadership
The 25-foot long inflatable pink pig for which Gene Stilp is so well known represents more than just his feeling about politics. It also reflects his eye for effective marketing, his intimate knowledge...
View ArticleChamber salutes its own at awards night
RANSHAW - On a night that is "really about the members," the Brush Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce saluted its own at the annual awards dinner Thursday night at Brady Fire Company. That's how...
View ArticleEx-worker sues Shamokin roofing firm; president defends
WILLIAMSPORT - A Shamokin roofing company has been named as a defendant in a federal lawsuit brought by a former employee. The suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. Middle District Court in Williamsport by Jason...
View ArticleChurch members retrieve items from locked building
MOUNT CARMEL - It was tough work, but work the congregation had been waiting to do for almost a year. Members of Union Evangelical Free Church, Locustdale, returned to their former home in Mount Carmel...
View ArticleNoteworthy 4/21/12
Culver to name highway for war hero MILTON - State Rep. Lynda Schlegel Culver (R-108) will name a portion of a highway after a local man who was killed in Iraq. A portion of state route 642 will become...
View ArticleNew exhibit at Clyde Peeling's Reptiland
ALLENWOOD - Clyde Peeling's Reptiland is set to re-introduce a large-scale animatronic dinosaur exhibit, called Dinosaurs Come to Life, this summer. Beginning on Saturday, April 28, an outdoor area of...
View ArticleElks Teenager, Junior Student, Junior Teen of the Month named
MOUNT CARMEL -Elk's Teenager of the Month for February is Chantelle Skavery, of Mount Carmel. She is a daughter of Gerald and Theresa Skavery. Skavery likes to run competitively and hang out with...
View ArticleAir Force Airman Austin M. Bassett
Air Force Airman Austin M. Bassett graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in...
View ArticleArmy Pfc. Sammie J. Martinez
Army Pfc. Sammie J. Martinez has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values,...
View Article$2,300 bill not authorized by Mount Carmel Borough Council
MOUNT CARMEL - A six-month old, unauthorized bill for general maintenance on an American Hose and Chemical Fire Company truck has left Mount Carmel Borough Council members unhappy. Earlier this week at...
View ArticleCinema Centers sold to NJ corp.
MILLERSBURG - A local chain of theaters has been sold from the family business to a New Jersey corporation that looks to turn theatres into interactive experiences. A press release Friday announced...
View ArticleBarletta proud of mindset change inspired by freshman representatives, wants...
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta (R-11) didn't see all of his legislative goals come to fruition, or even debated, in his first 16 months in Washington. But he credits the House Republican majority, of which he...
View ArticleCORBETT: MONEY NOT THERE
PAXINOS - Gov. Tom Corbett reiterated in person at Indians Hills Golf and Tennis Club Friday night what he's been saying for the past few months across the state: The loss of federal stimulus money has...
View Article"Cocktails for you, cuts for kids!"
PAXINOS - Armed with handmade cardboard signs and creative chants, more than 150 teachers, students, parents, school board members and residents lined Old Reading Road near Indians Hills Golf and...
View ArticleClausi's protest of aging cuts leads to rally's lone 'incident'
PAXINOS - While local educators made their position known on public school funding, Northumberland County Commissioner Vinny Clausi used the visit by Gov. Tom Corbett to the Shamokin area Friday night...
View ArticleDistrict attorney clarifies spending on steak dinner
SUNBURY - District Attorney Tony Rosini said information about meal expenditures first raised at Tuesday's Northumberland County commissioners meeting has been inaccurately reported.Commissioner Vinny...
View ArticleFamily Home Medical to offer seniors homes while creating jobs
MOUNT CARMEL - Senior citizens of the area will soon have a new option for their long-term care, according to Family Home Medical, a locally owned home health agency, which has introduced Our Family...
View ArticleTwo Shamokin Area teams come from behind to win Stock Market Challenge
Teams from Shamokin Area pushed ahead of their Mount Carmel Area counterparts in the high school and middle school divisions for "photo finish" victories in the final week, Week 10, of the 2012 Stock...
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