City offered help in straightening out finances
SHAMOKIN - Shamokin City Council may hire Concord Public Financial Advisers Inc. to refinance and restructure the city's annual debt service.During a 25-minute presentation Monday night that included...
View ArticleAnimal fight spectators target of Marino's bill
WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Tom Marino, D-10, along with U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton, a Democrat from Ohio, have introduced legislation that makes it a federal offense to attend an organized animal fight and...
View ArticleHerndon woman wins $30,000 on Powerball
HARRISBURG - A Herndon woman cashed in a Powerball ticket for $30,000 in June, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery's website.Alania Anskis won the month's top prize, correctly picking four numbers...
View ArticleDuck drop race, 'speeder cars' all set for Sunday
SHAMOKIN - The Brush Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce's Community Wellness Committee has once again partnered with the Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance (SCRA) for the annual railroad motor car...
View ArticleCrash closes detour road
DALMATIA - A key road in a traffic detour in effect for a bridge replacement project in lower Northumberland County was closed for more than five hours Tuesday because of a traffic accident on Route...
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Website lists unclaimed propertyHARRISBURG - Rep. Lynda Schlegel Culver (R-108) is encouraging area residents to check the Pennsylvania Treasury Department's Bureau of Unclaimed Property for any...
View ArticleTax bureau may hold private sale
SUNBURY - Northumberland County commissioners authorized the tax claims bureau Tuesday to conduct a private sale for five current or former blighted properties in Shamokin and Mount Carmel, pending the...
View ArticleKids focus on fun at Millville camp
Area children are forgetting about illness and having fun at Camp Dost this week at Camp Victory in Millville. The program is a one week camp for children with cancer and their siblings and is designed...
View ArticleFeds: Lovett did violate Hatch Act
SUNBURY - Dodie Lovett, an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Northumberland County commissioner in the May 17 primary election, violated the Hatch Act by running for public office, according to the...
View ArticleDanville Rotary names Rotarian of the Year
DANVILLE - At a recent meeting, the Danville Rotary Club named Marc A. Varano Rotarian of the Year. The award was based on Varano's leadership, commitment and work ethic in promoting the goals of...
View ArticleAviation Heritage Days this weekend in Selinsgrove
by justin strawser SELINSGROVE - The second annual Aviation Heritage Days is expected to be a "huge deal" for the Selinsgrove area, Jim Taylor, event organizer and manager of Penn Valley Airport...
View ArticleFormer mail carrier to plead guilty
SHAMOKIN - A former mail carrier in Shamokin will plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of failing to deliver mail, according to U.S. Attorney Peter J. Smith.Smith said an arraignment is slated for July...
View ArticleCouple with local ties to be extradited in Texas murder
Two former Shamokin area residents charged last month in connection with a Christmas Day murder in Texas were formally indicted June 27 on capital murder offenses and remain in Northern Neck Regional...
View ArticleNoteworthy 7/14/11
Food pantry distribution setATLAS - Mount Carmel Township Food Pantry will distribute surplus food from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday for residents in Atlas, Diamondtown, Strong, Locust Gap, Connorsville,...
View ArticleComplaints about bottle rockets aired by Kulpmont council
KULPMONT - Mayor Myron Turlis heard a lot of noise over the Fourth of July weekend - mostly complaints.At Tuesday night's borough council meeting, Turlis spoke about the number of calls he received...
View ArticleBishop Waltersheid to celebrate Mass Sunday at Church of Our Lady
MOUNT CARMEL - Bishop Wiliam Waltersheid, auxiliary bishop of Pittsburgh and a native of Locust Gap, will celebrate the 8:30 a.m. Mass Sunday at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 47 S. Market St.The...
View ArticleCity requests meeting on disconnection of rain gutters
COAL TOWNSHIP - The city of Shamokin wants a meeting to discuss the enforcement of state mandate that prohibits runoff from rain gutters from entering the sanitary sewer system.The Shamokin-Coal...
View ArticleBoard to consider holding cell at jail
SUNBURY - The Northumberland County Prison Board formed a three-person committee Wednesday morning to investigate the feasibility of establishing a holding cell in the prison for county-wide municipal...
View ArticleTruck goes up in flames
PAXINOS - A large box truck carrying snack foods caught fire along Route 487 Wednesday, creating a spectacular scene of flames and smoke that stopped traffic and closed the highway. The fire, which...
View Article9 properties in ill repair listed on township website; elderly man, sisters...
COAL TOWNSHIP - Twenty-eight citations have been filed this year against four elderly siblings in Zerbe Township in connection with nine blighted properties they own in Coal Township.Coal Township...
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