Gas prices continue drop, fall another 6 cents
Susquehanna Valley gas prices continued their steady drop, this week falling six cents to $2.242 a gallon, according to AAA East Central's Fuel Gauge report. On the national front The national average...
View ArticleMount Carmel student among Slifer House interns
LEWISBURG - Slifer House Museum, on the campus of RiverWoods, welcomes a Mount Carmel native as one of five Susquehanna University students doing internships during the 2015 spring semester.Justin...
View ArticleCounty has 57 fewer inmates since fire
Northumberland County has reduced the number of inmates by 27 percent since a fire destroyed the county prison two weeks ago. On Jan. 14, the day of the fire at the 139-year-old prison, there were 172...
View ArticleCommunity, family and friends celebrate life of late Sunbury Motor Co. president
SUNBURY - "He was very, very generous," Cory Fasold told a crowd that packed the Sunbury Elks Wednesday night. He spoke of Robert W. "Bob" Mertz, the president of Sunbury Motor Co. who passed away...
View ArticleDog Tag Brewing gives $1,000 to Sandri scholarship
SHAMOKIN - Dog Tag Brewing, which salutes fallen soldiers on its beer cans, has donated $1,000 to the Sgt. Matthew J. Sandri Scholarship Fund.The donation was made just seven months after Dog Tag, a...
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Sept. 2 - A son, Owen Patrick to Ryan J. and Amanda K. Lebo, of Kulpmont.Sept. 3 - A son, Connor Allen, to James and Amanda Thomas, of Shamokin; A son, Weston Conrad, to Alison and Timothy Reuter, of...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Friday, Jan. 30, 2015
Pre-K, kindergarten registration openMOUNT CARMEL - Packets for registration for Pre-K Counts and kindergarten can be picked up in the Mount Carmel Area Elementary School office between 8:30 a.m. and 3...
View ArticleCoal Township approves tax anticipation borrowing
COAL TOWNSHIP - Commissioners voted Thursday to borrow $250,000 from a local bank, a common practice while they wait for tax revenue to start coming in.During a special meeting, commissioners, by 4-0...
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Dec. 3 - A son, Carsen Anthony, to Amber Zwolinski, of Coal Township.Dec. 4 - A daughter, Aubrianna Marie Howe, to Maureen Wydra, of Atlas.Dec. 7 - A son, Hudson Webb, to Bernard and Kristy Hoffman, of...
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Mount Carmel AreaMOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Area School District has released its honor roll lists for the first marking period of the 2014-2015 school year.Distinguished honorsGrade 6 - Tyler...
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Nov. 4 - Marian Angelo, 83, of Danville; Irene M. Bernas, 85, of Kulpmont; Wilbur F. Zigner, 62, of Shamokin.Nov. 5 - Donald Wetzel, 87, of Herndon; Julia A. Clark-Venema, 51, of Montoursville; Anna...
View ArticleMemorials: Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library
Shamokin-Coal Township Public LibrarySHAMOKIN - The Shamokin Coal Township Public Library has announced that memorials for the period of Nov. 25, 2014 to Jan. 20, 2015 have been presented for the...
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Feb. 3 - A winter storm was to blame for a box truck shearing off a utility pole on Sunbury Street, which snagged traffic traveling north on Route 61. Coal Township helped Shamokin by buying a load of...
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Aug. 1 - Tatum N. Tillett, 27, of Elysburg.Aug. 2 - Claire I. Bradley, 88, of Ashland; George Persing, 88, formerly of Shamokin; G. William Raker, 80, of Trevorton; Robert P. "Pop" Snyder Sr., 67, of...
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March 1 - Albert R. Colross, 65, of Atlas; Catherine "Katie" Rutkoskie, 91, of Danville; Vincent J. "Jim" Varano, formerly of Shamokin.March 2 - Aloysius Tomcavage, 85, of Paxinos; Alice Parker, 69, of...
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May 1 - Amanda Dreher, 28, a former teacher's aide at Shamokin Area Middle-High School, was charged by Coal Township Police on three counts of institutional sexual assault after an investigation showed...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Friday, Jan. 30, 2015
MOUNT CARMEL - Eight defendants pleaded guilty Wednesday and were ordered by Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones to pay fines and costs. Six were placed on probation.n Dustin J. Murray, 19, of 505 E....
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Sept. 1 - Joseph F. Kleczynski, 80, of Flemington, N.J.; Ronald "Ronnie" Evans, 86, of Mount Carmel; Thomas C. Wagner, 80, of Shamokin Dam; Helen Lenker Clark, 100, of Paxinos; Gary Hixson Sr., 63, of...
View ArticleKallaway Center planning an artful spring
SHAMOKIN - Springtime is icing on the cake at the Kallaway Center for the Arts. The Shamokin arts center, operated by the Northumberland County Council for the Arts and Humanities (NCCAH), has a...
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Feb. 2 - A daughter, Alana Yvette Rodriguez, to Carlos Rodriguez and Damaris Padua, of Shamokin; a daughter, Giselle Marie Billus, to Christina Johnson and Joe Billus, of Marion Heights.Feb. 3 - A...
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