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Mid-Rise false alarmMOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Fire Department was summoned to the Mount Carmel Mid-Rise on Hickory Street around 5:45 p.m. Monday. A 911 caller reported black smoke from the...
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'Meet the Candidates' tonight SHAMOKIN - Shamokin Area Democrat Women will host a "Meet the Candidates" evening at the Shamokin Knights of Columbus, Independence and Rock streets, at 7 p.m. today....
View ArticleFire that destroyed trailer used for storage 'suspicious'
CATAWISSA - Fire destroyed a house trailer used for storage Monday afternoon in Franklin Township, and police consider the blaze suspicious.Locust Township Police said Catawissa, Valley Chemical...
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Charles P. HorvathAge: 58. Residence: Rush Township, since 1979. Occupation: Retired (in 2006) science teacher; worked in Norristown, Danville and Line Mountain school districts. Owner and operator of...
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'Entrepreneur' says county cando better job of luring businessesSnydertown council president touts business, marketing backgroundEditor's note: One in a series of interviews with the 11 candidates for...
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Charles P. Horvath, who proudly describes himself as a "Tea Party" Republican, is conducting what he calls a classic "shoestring" campaign. Voters probably won't be seeing his name on roadside signs,...
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Larry Wary, who describes himself as a "creative and ambitious entrepreneur," wants to put those entrepreneurial skills to work as a Northumberland County commissioner by marketing the county's assets...
View ArticleMarino issues statement about demise of Osama
U. S. Rep. Marino issued this statement Sunday night following the announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed:"This development is welcome news to our nation and the world and is a tribute to...
View ArticleLocals reflect on their 9/11 roles, 'surreal' news of bin Laden death
Ted Pietkewicz was at the Shamokin Moose Sunday night, watching the Phillies and was about to head home.That's when the news flashed on the screen: Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. forces.For...
View ArticleParents of local fallen soldiers, Sandri, Sheetz, share their thoughts
SHAMOKIN - You won't find Bob Sandri dancing in the streets to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden.But you can bet he appreciates what happened. And he's pleased it wasn't accomplished with a...
View ArticleShamokin man wanted to be part of history
by justin strawser Dan Parker wasn't content sitting at home early Monday morning watching thousands gather on television in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden."Instead of...
View ArticleBackyard Tourism Week schedule May 9-14
LEWISBURG - Backyard Tourism Week is scheduled Monday through Saturday, May 14, at the Susquehanna River Valley Visitors Bureau, Route 15 and Hafer Road. Each day, the Visitors Bureau will host an open...
View ArticleShamokin grad ready for latest deployment
Army National Guard First Lieutenant Brian E. Shaffer has been mobilized and activated at Joint Base Dix-McGuire-Lakehurst, N.J., in preparation for deployment to serve in support of Operation Enduring...
View ArticleChen appointed CFO of Sunbury Community Hospital
SUNBURY - Sunbury Community Hospital today announced the appointment of Linda Chen as Chief Financial Officer. She has assumed her new duties effective April 18. Chen comes to Sunbury after serving as...
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Bicycle stolenCOAL TOWNSHIP - A 13-year-old male from Coal Township was charged with theft and receiving stolen property after an April 14 incident at Shamokin Area High School.Patrolman Christopher...
View ArticleClausi's daughter badly burned
ALLENTOWN - Christina Clausi, 31, of Coal Township, daughter of Northumberland County Commissioner Vinny Clausi, was listed in satisfactory condition Tuesday at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown...
View ArticleHomicide trial ends in mistrial
POTTSVILLE - They deliberated almost 20 hours over three days, but in the end, jurors in the capital murder trial of a Reading man who allegedly shot a Shenandoah man in his home could not reach a...
View ArticleNeither side satisified in such rulings
POTTSVILLE - A hung jury, like the one that resulted Tuesday from the trial of Julius C. Enoe, does not satisfy either side.It is a jury that cannot render a unanimous verdict, as any in a criminal...
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College, plane references correctedLarry Wary, a candidate for the Republican nomination for Northumberland County commissioner, received an associate degree in business management from Louisiana Tech...
View ArticleTrevorton blaze ruled accidental
TREVORTON - An electrical outlet is being blamed for starting a fire that gutted two homes here Sunday evening.State Police Fire Marshal Norman Fedder ruled the blaze that started at 220 S. 10th St....
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