Noteworthy: April 3, 2013
Chamber job fair todayPAXINOS - A job fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at Masser's Banquet Hall, near the intersection of Routes 487 and 61.Job seekers will be granted free admission and...
View ArticleCity considers census to help collect back taxes
SHAMOKIN - City officials are considering funding a door-to-door census in the hope of boosting the collection of delinquent taxes.It's estimated $150,000 in per capita and occupational taxes went...
View ArticleTermination lawsuit settled
WILLIAMSPORT - Notice was filed in federal court here late Tuesday afternoon that Kymberley Best's lawsuit against Northumberland County, a commissioner and former commissioner has been settled with...
View ArticleClausi wants new prison near SCI-CT
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Commissioner Vinny Clausi believes an ideal site for a new county prison would be next to the State Correctional Institution at Coal Township near the village of...
View ArticleFirms seek new workers
PAXINOS - Three new vendors at Wednesday's job fair at Masser's Banquet Hall represented the wide variety of businesses looking for new employees or at least to market their brands.Sunbury Motor Co....
View ArticleResolution would allow Shamokin to receive reimbursment for demo costs
SHAMOKIN - City council adopted a resolution Wednesday that would allow Shamokin to receive any potential state or federal reimbursement of demolition costs stemming from the tear-down of a partially...
View ArticlePrison board is satisfied
SUNBURY - Members of Northumberland County Prison Board said they are satisfied with a report submitted Wednesday by top officials from PrimeCare Medical Inc. that addresses various concerns with their...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Thursday, April 4, 2013
Food pantry distribution is SaturdayATLAS - The Mount Carmel Township Food Pantry will hold its monthly distribution from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the township complex. Residents in Atlas, Diamondtown,...
View Article'Finally, finally, finally,' highway project has the money needed to break...
SHAMOKIN DAM - There is an exit sign at last on the long highway to the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway.State Sen. John R. Gordner (R-27), with state Department of Transportation (PennDOT) officials...
View ArticlePolice correct name of man accused in fatal Rt. 15 crash
LEWISBURG - Donald E. Pease, 82, of Gorham, N.Y., was identified Wednesday as the driver accused of causing a fatal accident Sunday on Route 15.He was misidentified as 81-year-old Edward Peace in a...
View ArticleTwo former Bloom U. field hockey players jailed
BLOOMSBURG - Two former members of the Bloomsburg University field hockey team were sentenced in Columbia County Court to serve short prison sentences for beating another woman in the street during the...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Friday, April 5, 2013
MOUNT CARMEL - The following hearings took place Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court May 13 in Northumberland County Court, Sunbury, can...
View ArticleHistory Day volunteer
INDIANA, Pa. - Corrine Filipczak, of Marion Heights, a criminology major at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, served as a volunteer for the 2013 National History Day regional competition at IUP.Close...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Friday, April 5, 2013
Shamokin banner deadline todaySHAMOKIN - Today is the deadline for those wanting to purchase a banner as part of the Citizens for a Better Community (CBC) Hometown Heroes Banners project.Call Angie...
View ArticleCT sweeper schedule announced
COAL TOWNSHIP - Below is the street sweeping schedule for the week of April 8.West EndMonday: North side of Lynn Street from Ash Street to Jackson Street, in the morning; south side of Lynn Street from...
View ArticleGoretski, former Kulpmont mayor, seeks return to post
KULPMONT - Nicholas P. Goretski III is a candidate for Kulpmont Borough mayor.Goretski, 59, is married to the former Cynthia Rossi for 35 years this August. He has three adult children, Nicholas IV,...
View ArticleCimino is candidate for Mt. Carmel mayor
MOUNT CARMEL - Philip "Bing" Cimino has announced his candidacy for mayor of Mount Carmel Borough. A registered Democrat, Philip is also asking for the support of Republicans through write-in votes....
View ArticleDean's list at St. Francis
LORETTO - Joseph Klebon of Paxinos has attained dean's list honors for the fall semester at Saint Francis University.Klebon, a junior who is majoring in physical therapy, earned a 3.75 grade-point...
View ArticleGordner: Funding will grow
SUNBURY - Funding for state conservation districts is expected to increase by more than $2 million over the next three years, state Sen. John R. Gordner (R-27) told those attending the Northumberland...
View ArticleClausi, Phillips not aware of Best settlement
WILLIAMSPORT - Vinny Clausi and Merle Phillips said they were unaware the lawsuit filed against them by fired Northumberland County employee Kymberley Best was settled, and both said they wouldn't have...
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