Year in Review 2012: November news
Nov. 1 - A Berwick man and an Elysburg woman were charged with fleeing police and assaulting a police officer after authorities were led on a two-hour foot chase through Elysburg. The man, Justin...
View ArticleYear in Review 2012: September deaths
Sept. 1 - Judy A. Kerstetter, 67, of Shamokin; Donna Ann (Ferrari) Ondrasik, 62, of Palmerton; Richard W. Price IV, 77, of Robesonia. Sept. 2 - Ruth A. Deeter, 80, of Ashland; Aloysius J. Wilinski, 83,...
View ArticleCoal Township man named to health firm's advisory board
MOUNT CARMEL - Family Home Medical Home Health Agency announces that Stephen Minker has accepted an invitation to join the agency's professional advisory board. The board provides guidance and...
View ArticleYear in Review 2012: June births
June 1 - A daughter, Sophia, to James and Deborah Gownley, of Mount Carmel; a son, Channing Cole Ladd, to Jerry Ladd and Shanda Dubaskas, of Selinsgrove. June 2 - A daughter, Alayna Grace Lahr, to...
View ArticleYear in Review 2012: August births
Aug. 3 - A daughter, Kylie Regina, to Nicholas and Kelly Cuff, of Catawissa.Aug. 5 - A son, Daniel Lee, to Brian and Elizabeth Koshinski, of Coal Township.Aug. 8 - A daughter, Breann Riley Bickel, to...
View ArticleYear in Review 2012: July deaths
July 1 - Jane E. Zigner, 76, of Bloomsburg; William J. "Plug" Vaughn, 53, of Ashland; Helen A. Biedrzycki, 90, of Bloomsburg. July 2 - June A. Taglieri, 80, of Trevorton. July 3 Â- Joseph H. Carrigan,...
View ArticleYear in Review 2012: October deaths
Oct. 1 - Edwin E. Howerter, 84, of Kulpmont; Ruth M. Friedman, 76, of Woodbury, N.J; Thelma E. Kane, 95, of Mount Carmel; Rosemarie Picarelli, 76, of Shamokin.Oct. 2 - Catherine L. Honicker, 92, of...
View ArticleYear in Review 2012: December births
Dec. 3 - A son, Elijah Mckay, to Alicia and Shane McKay Brosious, of Coal Township.Dec. 4 - A son, Ayden Daniel, to Brandon and Ashley Newmeister, of Shamokin.Dec. 5 - A daughter, Tristen Elizabeth, to...
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May 1 - Robert A. Snyder, 32, of Berwick; James V. Varano, 87, formerly of Shamokin; Lucille L. Krewson, 64, of Mount Carmel; Billy E. George, 89, of Elysburg.May 2 - Marie A. Gibson, 64, of Shamokin;...
View ArticleYear in Review 2012: January news
Jan. 3 - Northumberland County Commissioner Rick Shoch was elected board chairman after Democrat Vinny Clausi declined the original nomination. He said the top vote-getter in the election should be...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Sunday, January 13, 2013
Next flag ceremony Jan. 20MOUNT CARMEL - The next Changing of Colors ceremony conducted by the Mount Carmel Area Joint Veterans Committee will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, at the flag pole of the...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Monday, January 14, 2013
City council meeting canceledSHAMOKIN - The monthly meeting of Shamokin City Council scheduled for 7 o'clock tonight has been canceled due to lack of quorum. It is rescheduled for 7 p.m. Jan. 22 at...
View ArticleMeth lab detection
MOUNT CARMEL - Family And Friends Concerned About the Abuse of Drugs (FFCAD) recently hosted Mount Carmel Chief of Police Todd Owens and Officer Matt Dillman on a presentation of "How to Detect a Meth...
View Article'Twelve Days After Christmas' party pays tribute to Sandy Hook victims
MOUNT CARMEL - The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Our Lady of Victory No. 588 held its "Twelve Days After Christmas" party on the Epiphany, Jan. 6. Celebrating the arrival of the magi marks...
View ArticleTime for a school change
TREVORTON - The first two meetings to help students transition to the new building alignment in the Line Mountain School District next school year have been positive, according to elementary principal...
View ArticleMount Carmel Area staff, students pleased with officer's presence
By Mark Gilger MOUNT CARMEL - Mount Carmel Township Patrolman Brian Carnuccio not only provides security in Mount Carmel Area School District, but also serves as a counselor, educator and confidant to...
View ArticleMother gets 12 to 60 months in jail for daughter's hyperthermia death
SUNBURY - The mother of a 1-year-old girl, who died from hyperthermia after being left in a room for 19 hours with a space heater in 2010, was sentenced Monday to 12 to 60 months in a state...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
SHAMOKIN - The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court Feb. 25 in Northumberland County Courthouse, Sunbury,...
View ArticleShamokin cell phone robbery hearing continued
SHAMOKIN - A preliminary hearing for a 15-year-old Shamokin boy charged with robbing a cell phone from a city man Jan. 6 while allegedly brandishing what appeared to be a handgun has been continued at...
View ArticleBeck resigns after long tenure on Shamokin Area board
COAL TOWNSHIP - LaRue Beck, a longtime director of Shamokin Area School Board and an even longer fixture with the district PTA, resigned from the board of directors Tuesday due to failing health. Her...
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