Line Mtn. students get in the Olympics spirit
TREVORTON - Trading in skates for fun slides and sleds for scooters, Line Mountain Elementary School students participated in their own winter games Friday to coincide with the Winter Olympics in...
View ArticleGeisinger CEO Steele named to Congressional Budget Office panel
DANVILLE - Dr. Glenn Steele Jr., president and chief executive officer of Geisinger Health System, has again been named to the U.S. Congressional Budget Office's panel of health advisers.Steele has...
View ArticleSon to seek trial in Mount Carmel neglect case
SUNBURY - A Mount Carmel man charged with neglecting his 86-year-old mother, who was found malnourished, dehydrated and living in wretched conditions, appeared a bit haggard Friday morning when his...
View ArticleRush Township man claims judge erred in recommendation
WILLIAMSPORT - A Rush Township man whose federal lawsuit was recommended for dismissal by a U.S. magistrate judge Jan. 22 filed his objections against the report Wednesday.In documents filed by...
View ArticlePlan approved to have prison inmates in city for cleanup
SHAMOKIN - The chairman of the Shamokin Planning Commission says a request was approved by a federal prison official to have inmates assist in two cleanup projects in April.Jeffrey Fromm said the...
View ArticleCollege News: Undergraduate research program
SELINSGROVE - Patrick W. Erickson, a 2011 graduate of Shamokin Area High School and a junior biochemistry major at Susquehanna University, participated in a 10-week undergraduate research program at...
View ArticleSix Lourdes girls vie for homecoming queen title
COAL TOWNSHIP - Six senior girls at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School will vie for the title of homecoming queen for the 2013-14 school year. The crowning of the queen will occur at halftime during...
View ArticleFree hospice volunteer training scheduled
NORTHUMBERLAND - SUN Home Hospice is seeking volunteers. Free training will be provided from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 19 and 26 and March 5, in Northumberland. Additional training sessions are...
View ArticleCollege News: Penn State University graduates
UNIVERSITY PARK - The following area residents earned degrees from The Pennsylvania State University at fall commencement ceremonies:Nicole E. Attinger, Sunbury, University Park Campus, Bachelor of...
View ArticleArea man's Penn State football collection represents 40 years worth of memories
Like countless other Scranton area residents, Dr. Ken Gentilezza, lives for Penn State football. But it's fair to say the Waverly Township, Lackawanna County, resident has taken his fandom to the next...
View ArticleLandlord fees: Sunbury tops at $6,250 in comparison of 5-year costs
A Kulpmont landlord's cost to rent properties under the borough's new fee set to take effect March 1 would be the area's second highest if considered over a five-year period. The News-Item compared...
View ArticleShamokin warns snow plowers: Get permit, or get cited
SHAMOKIN - The city is offering prorated snow plow permits for the remainder of the winter - either that or a citation. Permits normally cost $50. City council amended an existing ordinance on...
View ArticleShippensburg University
SHIPPENSBURG - Kortni Koshinskie, a freshman biology student at Shippensburg University, was named to the university dean's list for the fall semester with a 3.75 grade point average. A 2013 graduate...
View ArticleFor the Record: Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014
Marriage licensesCorey Adam Barley to Shirley Ann Foreman, both of 405 S. Fifth St., Shamokin. To be issued Feb. 10.Michael Scott Inch to Tracy Lynn Stoneroad, both of 348 Hatchery Road, Dalmatia. To...
View ArticleWHAT LANDLORDS PAY
Average cost for property owners, renting five units over a five-year period. Shamokin: $625 $25 per rental unit, charged yearly. Coal Twp.: $625* $25 per rental unit, charged yearly. *The township...
View ArticleConference rescheduled in Line Mountain female wrestler case
WILLIAMSPORT - The judge who ruled in the Audriana Beattie case granted an extension for paperwork deadlines and rescheduled the initial case management conference. The conference involving Beattie's...
View ArticleKulpmont deadlock remains over landlord ordinance
KULPMONT - Borough leaders and landlords discussed revising a proposed landlord registration fee during a 30-minute meeting last week. After the contentious debate, borough council deadlocked on two...
View ArticleMcCann School of Business
SUNBURY - Alyssa Koshinskie graduated summa cum laude in January from McCann School of Business and Technology, earning an associate degree in respiratory therapy. A 2006 graduate of Our Lady of...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014
Marine Corps League to meetSHAMOKIN - The Marine Corps League, Black Diamond Detachment 846, will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Knights of Columbus, 400 E. Independence St.,Membership is open to men...
View ArticleEducation workshop announced by DEP
WILLIAMSPORT - The Department of Environmental Protection invites middle school teachers of grades four through eight, administrators and building managers to a training workshop on the Keystone Energy...
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