Lourdes awards its underclassmen
COAL TOWNSHIP - The annual underclassmen awards program was held at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School on Wednesday, June 1, as part of the year-end activities. Following an opening prayer by the Rev....
View ArticleSCRA fed up with latest garbage dumping site
RANSHAW - As president of the Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance (SCRA), Jim Koharski has worked for more than 10 years trying to restore local waters and sites damaged by acid mine drainage and...
View ArticleMCA board accused of holding up bus 'abuse' settlement
MOUNT CARMEL - Attorneys representing the Mount Carmel Area School District are being accused of holding up a legal settlement for a family that contends their mentally challenged son was verbally and...
View ArticleLocal officer graduates from FBI academy
COAL TOWNSHIP - Coal Township Detective Jeffrey Brennan is among elite company in law enforcement.On Friday, he became the first police officer in Northumberland County history to graduate from the...
View ArticlePlans progress to raze building
SHAMOKIN - A former apartment building at 28-32 N. Market St. that has become an eyesore and safety hazard will be razed, but when it will be demolished remains the biggest question.During Monday...
View ArticleSusquehanna University
Michael Latorre, a son of Steven and Cheryl Latorre, of Den Mar Gardens, Kulpmont, graduated from Susquehanna University with a Bachelor of Science in business administration with a finance emphasis....
View ArticleMansfield Univ.
Jordan Pinamonti was recently notified by Maravene Loeschke, president of Mansfield University, that she had been named to the President's List of Distinguished Undergraduate Scholars for having...
View ArticleUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore
Lindsay R. Reed, daughter of Linda and Earl Reed Jr., of Trevorton Road, graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md. (UMBC), May 23. UMBC is an honors university. She earned a Bachelor of...
View ArticleLCCC graduate
WILKES-BARRE - Rachel Lynn Sahutsky graduated from Luzerne County Community College with an associate's degree in criminal justice during a commencement ceremony May 26 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in...
View ArticleZerbe concerned about ATV riders on Coal Hill
TREVORTON - Because they say Reading Anthracite has been uncooperative in dealing with the ATV riders using Coal Hill, Zerbe Township supervisors looking for other ways to stop the practice.At their...
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SHAMOKIN - Shamokin City Council agreed Monday night to raise the television cable franchise fee one percent, approved a lease agreement for a wood chipper and granted several requests for special...
View ArticleTrevorton Senior Action Center
TREVORTON - The June 3 meeting of the Trevorton Senior Action Center opened with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. There were nine members present, Edwina Savidge, Judie Urick, Betty Jane Bohner,...
View ArticleGordner's state tax equivalization board legislation passes Pa. Senate
HARRISBURG - Legislation to reform the State Tax Equalization Board (STEB) has unanimously passed the Senate, according to the bill's sponsor, Sen. John R. Gordner (R-27). Gordner introduced Senate...
View ArticleMount Carmel Area Public Library Memorials
The Mount Carmel Area Public Library is grateful for the following memorial donations, the most basic and important source of support to their efforts. Birthday memorial Frank Barella Sr. from wife...
View ArticleSecond appeal involves confessed judgment
SUNBURY - A story last week erroneously reported the second appeal Red Gold Enterprises filed in the Center City Apartments case was on the management plan for the operation of the Shamokin apartment...
View ArticleHearing for sheriff's sale slated in Center City case
SHAMOKIN - In light of a recent state Superior Court ruling, the Shamokin Housing Authority will make a second effort to likely acquire ownership of the Center City Apartments complex.According to the...
View ArticleFor the Record
Marriage licensesDennis Molesevich and Michelle M. Murnane, both of 107 Montana Drive, Kulpmont. Issued June 13.Lester Dean Sampsell and Barbara A. Portzline, both of 938 W. Market St., Trevorton....
View ArticleNoteworthy 06-08-11
Kelly Earnhardt enjoys KnoebelsELYSBURG - Kelly Earnhardt, sister of Dale Earnhardt Jr., NASCAR's most popular driver, and daughter of the late Dale Earnhardt, a NASCAR legend, apparently made a visit...
View ArticleFour local Red Cross chapters consolidate
SUNBURY - Four local chapters of the American Red Cross will consolidate into one to control costs and improve community services, directors announced Monday.On July 1, the Red Cross branches in...
View ArticleWinds ripped roof off barn Thursday; Saturday, lighting burned it to ground
by justin strawser LOCUST TOWNSHIP - Lighting may not strike twice in the same location, but a storm sure can.A barn in rural Catawissa had its roof ripped off Thursday night by the same storm that...
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