New site, same garbage
COAL TOWNSHIP - Driving along township streets during the past few weeks, the chief of police concluded residential sections of Coal Township had never been cleaner during his time at the...
View ArticleLourdes students stage 'fatal' DUI accident to show classmates dangers of...
COAL TOWNSHIP - Beer cans strewn around a student ejected from a car, a bottle of Jim Beam in a smashed-up car with three students still trapped inside it and a crying teenager arrested for DUI created...
View ArticleUniforms to be purchased 'as-needed'
COAL TOWNSHIP - Shamokin Area School District won't be buying sports uniforms next school year, and neither will most student-athletes. The district will make do with what it has, according to several...
View ArticleManna for Many salutes its volunteers
SHAMOKIN - Manna for the Many, the food pantry serving the Shamokin-Coal Township area, held its annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner at St. John's United Church of Christ on Monday.Hosted by the board...
View ArticlePolice Blotter 05-04-12
Aggravated assaultELYSBURG - Seth M. Gillen, 32, of Dalmatia, was charged by Ralpho Township Sgt. Chris Kreisher with aggravated assault, simple assault, retail theft and harassment relating to a...
View ArticleDistrict Court 05-04-12
MOUNT CARMEL - The following hearings 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 05-04-12
Tiny Tech registration COAL TOWNSHIP - The Northumberland County Career and Technology Center Tiny Tech Pre-School is now accepting registrations for children between 2 1/2 years old and...
View ArticleEvent planned for Stellfox scholarship
COAL TOWNSHIP - Organizers of the Jean Stellfox Memorial Award will hold a fundraiser Memorial Day weekend to raise money for the scholarship.The first Stellfox Award will be presented this year to the...
View ArticleCulver speaks out on behalf of early childhood education
HARRISBURG - At a press conference held Wednesday by the Early Childhood Education Caucus in the Capitol Media Center, Rep. Lynda Schlegel Culver (R-108) spoke about the importance of quality early...
View ArticleWarden looking for more correctional officers
by justin strawser SUNBURY - A high turnover rate and low number of applications have kept the number of correctional officers down, worrying the Northumberland County Prison warden."It puts us behind...
View ArticleFinal vote tally listed
SUNBURY - Some commentators are predicting the presidential election in November will be a close one. So, the Northumberland County vote in the presidential primary could be a harbinger of things to...
View ArticleVictim funding cuts a concern
SUNBURY - Another area of concern in Gov. Tom Corbett's controversial proposed 2012-13 budget is the elimination of funding for Victims of Juvenile Offenders (VOJO), a $3.4 million line item to support...
View ArticleFormer hospital workers file suit
Two former employees of Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs sued the bankrupt hospital's former presidents, and the sponsor of two benefit programs, on Wednesday in federal court for...
View Article'Rock stars' visit Whaleback
COAL TOWNSHIP - Sometimes it takes an outside opinion for the locals to realize just what wonderful things are in their own back yard.Thursday morning, a group of retired professors who all earned...
View ArticleChurch listings 5/5/12
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 5/5/12
Jerry and Liz and Francis. Those three names are inextricably woven together despite the fact that Gerard J. "Jerry" Quinlan was an Irish American from New Jersey, his wife the former Elizabeth "Liz"...
View ArticleNo injuries in C.T. crash
COAL TOWNSHIP - Four people, including a 3-year-old girl, escaped injury in a two-vehicle accident Friday morning on Route 225 near the Cameron Bridge/Second Street intersection.Coal Township Patrolman...
View ArticleNews in Briefs 05-05-12
NoteworthyGolf tourney to benefit Toys for TotsHUMMELS WHARF - The Merle H. Phillips Charity Classic Golf Tournament will be held Monday, May 21, at the Susquahanna Valley Country Club. Registration...
View ArticleFirst mud run promises a day of fun and music Irish Valley event to be held...
IRISH VALLEY - It will be a day of mud runs and music as the first Filthy Fun Mud Run is held in the area in June.The Irish Valley Motocross Park will be the first stop on this year's Filthy Fun Mud...
View ArticleSCI-Coal Twp. prison expansion completed $3M+ under budget
COAL TOWNSHIP - The expansion of the state prison in the township came in more than $3 million under budget.The state allocated $15.5 million for the creation of J Block, a 128-prison cell unit, at...
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