Noteworthy: Sunday, June 15, 2014
Author to discuss recent bookSUNBURY - Local author Robert Miller will present a program on his recent book, "The Cogan Legend," at the Thursday's meeting of the Northumberland County Historical...
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Bloomsburg UniversityBLOOMSBURG - Mark Rocco Anonia, of Paxinos, a junior secondary education-citizenship major, was recently inducted into Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society in recognition...
View ArticleDanville to host annual firemen's convention
DANVILLE - Danville will play host this year to the 111th annual Six-County Firemen's Association convention. The two-day affair will be held Friday, June 27, and Saturday, June 28, and is hosted by...
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Elizabethtown CollegeELIZABETHTOWN - Christine Mrozek, a senior at Elizabethtown College, was named to the dean's list for the spring semester with a 4.0 GPA. She is majoring in biology and pre-med and...
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Allegheny CollegeMEADVILLE - Michael Purcell, a son of Kenneth and Tara Purcell, of Kulpmont, graduated from Allegheny College May 10.A 2010 graduate of Mount Carmel Area Junior-Senior High School,...
View ArticleShamokin anniversary queens to be crowned Sunday
SHAMOKIN - Four queens will be crowned Sunday for the city's 150th anniversary celebration.The queens will be crowned at 4:30 p.m. at the Independence Fire Co., Arch and Market streets. All 17...
View ArticleCommissioners split on plan for new chief clerk
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Commissioner Rick Shoch has a plan to fill the vacant chief clerk's position that he said could save $105,000 annually.Commissioners Stephen Bridy and Vinny Clausi don't...
View ArticleInmate's death ruled a suicide
SUNBURY - The death of an inmate at Northumberland County Prison on Sunday night was ruled a suicide by the county coroner Monday.Cyrus Lewis, 34, of Shamokin, was found unresponsive inside his cell by...
View ArticleMissing Coal Township girl returned to parents
COAL TOWNSHIP - A township girl who was reported missing by her parents Sunday, June 8, has returned home safely Saturday.Coal Township police said Annette Price, 15, of 849 W. Spruce St., was located...
View ArticleState: No record of tool cleaning by Shamokin dentist since June 2013
By Eric Scicchitano HARRISBURG - State investigators said there are no records to show if any dental tools had been sterilized after June 2013 at the office of a Shamokin dentist whose license was...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Tuesday, June 17, 2014
MCA free lunch program under wayMOUNT CARMEL - Mount Carmel Area School District will provide free lunch through July 25 to all children through its Summer Food Program. Lunch is held 11 a.m. to 12:30...
View ArticleAOAA sold 1,125 passes, raised $46,775 so far this season
BURNSIDE - A total of 1,125 passes have been sold so far for access to Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area, according to authority members at their meeting Monday night.The value of passes sold is...
View ArticleBarletta not for impeachment
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta said Tuesday he doesn't favor impeaching President Barack Obama and isn't proposing or advocating the idea, even though he thinks the president has violated the Constitution...
View ArticleLightning damages fridge
DANVILLE - Firefighters form four communities responded to a report of a lightning strike during the height of Monday night's thunderstorms that rumbled across Northumberland and Montour counties.The...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Get Fresh Market debuts ThursdayDANVILLE - Geisinger-Shamokin Area Community Hospital will debut the Get Fresh Market, monthly, beginning Thursday, in the hospital cafeteria. The public is invited to...
View ArticleMilton man killed in motorcycle crash
HARTLEY TOWNSHIP - A Lamar motorcyclist was killed in a one-vehicle crash Monday evening on Route 192 near the RB Winter State Park.State police at Milton say Terry L. Stover, 67, was flown to Hershey...
View Article183 call department of health after Shamokin dentist suspended
SHAMOKIN - A city dentist's failure to follow procedures to sterilize dental tools used at his office has elicited 183 calls Monday and Tuesday to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, according to...
View ArticleDeadline passes for SCA to change its health plan
CATAWISSA R.R. - Southern Columbia Area School Board member Charlie Porter called the last negotiation session between the board and district teachers "disappointing.""We had tried very hard to...
View ArticleAnnual church festival set for this weekend
MOUNT CARMEL - Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 47 S. Market St., will hold its annual festival at Fourth and Market streets from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday, featuring the Shoreliners, and from 5 to 10:30...
View ArticleSplit vote gives split roles for Northumberland County's new chief clerks
SUNBURY - A split vote of the Northumberland County Salary Board has split the job of the chief clerk, dividing the duties among two full-time employees in the commissioners' office until the end of...
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