District commends bus driver, students for response at power line incident
COAL TOWNSHIP - The bus driver and students aboard a Shamokin Area School District bus involved in an accident involving power lines last week were commended Tuesday for their actions at the...
View ArticleBoater safe after river rescue
UPPER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP - A Snyder County boating enthusiast is alive today thanks to the efforts of river rescue emergency crews from Sunbury and Upper Augusta Township who reached him near a small...
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Dear Abby: I am a divorced man with a live-in girlfriend I'll call Donna. Her two boys also live with us. Donna's older son will graduate from high school this year, and she has planned a party that...
View ArticleArts council considering bank donation
HERNDON - A popular local landmark, the former Herndon National Bank building, may soon disappear from the borough's landscape if efforts to revitalize it as a useful structure fail. Because the...
View Article'Local Landmarks' is the theme of art show
SHAMOKIN - The Northumberland County Council for the Arts Fine Arts Gallery will celebrate the opening of its annual Artists Invitational with a reception from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today.Many local artists...
View Article4 arrested in drug bust
SUNBURY - Four individuals were arrested during a drug bust conducted this week by the Northumberland-Montour Drug Task Force.Task force members from Sunbury City Police, Point Township Police and the...
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10th anniversary concert tonightCOAL TOWNSHIP - The Shamokin Area Senior High School band, orchestra and chorus will present the 10th annual "Pops" Concert at 7 p.m. today in the high school...
View ArticleVNA plans health fair
ELYSBURG - VNA Health System will host its annual health fair June 13 at Knoebels Amusement Resort. The fair will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Pavilions Q and V. "The health fair is VNA Health System's...
View ArticleFather Adam celebrating 40th anniversary Parochial vicar at Mother Cabrini to...
SHAMOKIN - The Rev. Adam Ziolkowski, parochial vicar at Mother Cabrini Church, will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his ordination during the 11 a.m. Mass at the church Sunday.The 67-year-old native...
View ArticleArea high schools beat 16,899 others nationwide in U.S. News & World Report...
COAL TOWNSHIP - Two local high schools were awarded bronze medals in the 2012 U.S. News & World Report Best High School Rankings.Mount Carmel Area and Shamokin Area high schools were among 137...
View ArticleSASD will have 4-day weeks in summer
COAL TOWNSHIP - The Shamokin Area School Board voted Tuesday to operate at four days a week this summer in a move to cut costs and save energy.Summer school, free lunch and "Jump Start" will all...
View ArticleMCA passes proposed budget; boys soccer co-op voted down
MOUNT CARMEL - While neighboring school districts are facing significant budget deficits and personnel cuts, Mount Carmel Area School Board unanimously passed a proposed $16 million spending plan for...
View ArticleChief retiring, named LATS acting director
MOUNT CARMEL - The borough's police chief will retire this month, but he won't be without work for long; he's been named the new acting director of the Lower Anthracite Transit System (LATS).When Mount...
View ArticleVote on raises 'invalid'
COAL TOWNSHIP - AFSCME members employed at Shamokin Area School District declined a request to forego pay raises next school year, but the process they used has been discredited by the union's...
View ArticleSenior Citizen Activities
Shamokin-Coal TownshipMonday - Morning cards, 8:30 a.m.; exercise, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.Tuesday - Morning cards, 8:30 a.m.; Shopping at Boscov's, van leaves at 9 a.m., cost is $2; bridge, noon.Wednesday -...
View ArticleMemorial Day services: Mount Carmel Twp.
ATLAS - American Legion Post 804 in Atlas announces their plans for Memorial Day, May 28. A breakfast will begin at 8 a.m. at the post home on Route 61. Members of the community are invited to attend a...
View ArticleMemorial Day services: Coal Township-Shamokin
The annual Memorial Day march that travels through Coal Township and Shamokin will be held at 9 a.m. Monday, May 28, organized by area veterans organizations and the Shamokin and Coal Township fire and...
View ArticleMemorial Day services: Kulpmont
KULPMONT - Kulpmont Veterans Committee has announced its schedule for Memorial Day activities. Participants are asked to meet at American Legion Post 231, 856 Ash St., at 9 a.m. A King Coal Tours...
View ArticleMemorial Day services: Mount Carmel
MOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Area Joint Veterans Committee has announced its activities for the Memorial Day holiday. On Saturday, May 26, veterans graves will be decorated, starting at St. Mary's...
View ArticleBanners honor veterans in Mount Carmel, Sunbury
Mount Carmel and Sunbury have recently added light pole banners that salute veterans from their communities. In Mount Carmel, the 35 banners are hanging along Oak Street and parts of Market and Third...
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