MCA to crown field day queen
MOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Area High School Field Day queen will be crowned before the home track meet today against Montoursville.Candidates are:Senior Danelle Avellino resides in Marion Heights...
View ArticleShamokin sophomore selected for Miss Teen pageant
COAL TOWNSHIP - Melissa Smallets, a sophomore at Shamokin Area Middle/Senior High School, has been selected to compete in the 2012 Miss Teen of Pennsylvania Scholarship and Recognition Pageant to be...
View ArticleKeefer sentencing postponed
SUNBURY - The sentencing of a Shamokin salvage yard owner convicted in February of a felony offense of theft of movable property has been continued for two weeks because his attorney had to attend a...
View ArticleNoteworthy 05-01-12
City tax office closed todaySHAMOKIN - The city tax office will be closed today. Normal hours resume Wednesday.New phone number announcedSUNBURY - Effective Friday, the office phone number for the...
View ArticleInformant to be sentenced Friday
SUNBURY - An informant, who played a key role in the conviction of a Shamokin area man charged with trafficking cocaine, was scheduled to be sentenced Monday morning on his own criminal charges, but...
View ArticleIrish Isle sues Indiana firm over walk-in freezer mixup
WILLIAMSPORT - A local meat market has filed suit against an Indiana company claiming its mistake cost $70,000 in product last year.The suit, filed by Irish Isle Provision Co. Inc., Shamokin, in U.S....
View ArticleTop brass may not take raises
COAL TOWNSHIP - Board members and administrators of Shamokin Area School District have agreed in principle to cut administrative salaries and benefits. The agreement would terminate a planned wage...
View ArticleEducation funding: Changes add more worry
Third in a series In addition to the loss of federal stimulus money, what has further muddied the understanding of public school funding in Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed 2012-13 budget is a change that...
View ArticleBridy questions funeral bill
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Commissioner Stephen Bridy has accused veteran coroner James F. Kelley of a possible conflict of interest for submitting a bill to the county for funeral expenses for a...
View ArticleBoard agrees to keep secretary, cut detective
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Salary Board unanimously eliminated three positions Monday, including the county detective, while reinstating a secretary's position in the district attorney's office it...
View ArticleCommittee suggests cutting $157K from athletic budget
COAL TOWNSHIP - The Shamokin Area School Board will consider cutting its athletic budget by 28 percent. The board's athletic committee met Monday and recommended the school board approve cutting...
View ArticleOur Lady of Hope CCW
COAL TOWNSHIP - The Catholic Council of Catholic Women met at Our Lady of Hope Church for its April meeting.The meeting was opened by President Margaret Forbes with the prayer of Good Counsel, followed...
View ArticleTrevorton Patsies
TREVORTON - A meeting of the Trevorton Patsies was held April 16 at St. Patrick's Church hall. The meeting opened with the Senior Adult Ministry prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. There were 32...
View ArticleOrganization News: Rainbow Club
COAL TOWNSHIP - The Rainbow Club met at Our Lady of Hope Hall for their April meeting. The meeting was opened by President Ruth Romanoski with the Senior Adult Ministry prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance...
View ArticleTrevorton Seniors
TREVORTON - The Trevorton Senior Action Center held its monthly meeting on April 5. Mary Ellen Hoffman, vice president, opened the meeting with prayer and Pledge of Allegiance. The secretary's report,...
View ArticleChurch of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
MOUNT CARMEL - The following memorials have been presented for the months of March and April to the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel:MarchJohn E. Owens (birthday) from Joan, Jack, Dave and Michael...
View ArticleGeisinger to offer free skin cancer screenings
DANVILLE - Geisinger Medical Center's (GMC) dermatology department will conduct free skin cancer screenings this month in Montour, Columbia, Northumberland and Snyder counties.More than 3 million...
View ArticleTeen crashes car into house
SHAMOKIN - A 17-year-old Coal Township female suffered injuries early Tuesday morning when her car crashed into the front of a home on Gold Street near Chestnut Street.Shamokin police reported Jordan...
View ArticleLewisburg man sentenced in child sex assault
SUNBURY - Northumberland County District Attorney Tony Rosini reported Albert P. Carroll Jr., 47, of Lewisburg, was sentenced Monday to 4 1/4 to 8 1/2 years in a state correctional institution after...
View ArticlePolice Blotter 05-02-12
Boyfriend charged in assault SHAMOKIN - Norman J. Bohner Jr., 33, of 406 W. Chestnut St., Shamokin, was arraigned Sunday by on-call Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones on charges of simple assault...
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