Hero neighbor ran into burning buildings to save woman and pets
MOUNT CARMEL - The "unfamiliar face" that escorted 89-year-old Maria Johnston from her home during a fire on Friday night in the borough no longer remains a mystery.John Roddy, 54, of 21 West Avenue,...
View ArticleLocal breaker boy becomes a fighting man in the Civil War
Editor's note: The latest in an occasional series recognizing the 150th anniversary years of the Civil War. When the Civil War began in 1861, many men, both young and old, joined the service, and so...
View ArticleSusquehanna history honor society
SELINSGROVE - Rebecca Krieger, of Elysburg, was one of 18 students recently inducted into the Phi Alpha Theta history honor society at Susquehanna University.Krieger, a rising junior majoring in...
View ArticleBiology honor society at Susquehanna
SELINSGROVE - Two area students, Amanda Cavanaugh, of Shamokin, and Courtney Conrad, of Coal Township, were recently promoted within Susquehanna University's chapter of the National Biological Honor...
View ArticleShamokin American Legion Auxiliary chooses officers
SHAMOKIN - American Legion Auxiliary Unit 73 elected officers for 2011-2012 at a recent meeting.Officers are: President, Bonnie Alleman; vice president, Lois McCormick; secretary, Jamie Bordell;...
View ArticleTrevorton Senior Action Center
TREVORTON - The Trevorton Senior Action Center held its monthly member meeting July 7 at the center. The meeting was opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. There were eleven members present...
View ArticleBerezovske represents Garfield Camp at Sons of Union Veterans encampment
MOUNT CARMEL - The Allied Orders of the Grand Army of the Republic held their annual encampment in Scranton June 23 to 25. Meeting at the Hilton Scranton and Conference Center were the Sons of Union...
View ArticleDistrict Court 7/26/11
n SHAMOKIN - Marc Benjamin Jr., 23, of 119 W. Montgomery St., Coal Township, waived to court July 19 drug-related offenses involving a Dec. 31 incident at Sixth and Walnut streets.Benjamin was charged...
View ArticleNoteworthy 7/26/11
Food surplus signups WednesdayKULPMONT - All Kulpmont residents enrolled or wanting to enroll in the Food Surplus program must re-sign up for the July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012, period. Signups...
View ArticleFire ruled accidental
MOUNT CARMEL - The fire that damaged four homes at 9:54 p.m. Friday in the borough was traced to an extension cord and ruled accidental by Milton state fire marshal Trooper Norman Fedder.Fedder said no...
View ArticleRV fire quickly extinguished
ELYSBURG - Firefighters quickly extinguished a blaze on board of a motorhome owned by a noted coach and author on trapshooting Monday morning.Crews were called at 11:15 a.m. for a report of a mobile...
View ArticleOwner: 'Dangerous dog' was euthanized without investigation
STRONG - Lori Podpora chokes up when she remembers her two-year-old pit bull mix, Delilah, playing in the yard with her daughters.The family pet was put down by a local SPCA shelter after being taken...
View ArticleRice service to be held Wednesday
SUNBURY - The Northumberland County Bar Association will hold a memorial service at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the county courthouse for Carl Rice, magisterial district judge for the Sunbury area, who died...
View ArticleCommittee at odds over tax collector
A disagreement among members of the Northumberland County Tax Collection Committee over how a countywide collector for the earned income tax was selected will soon be decided in county court.The tax...
View ArticleDistrict Court 7/27/11
- SHAMOKIN - Patrick J. Henz, 29, of Montgomery Street, Shamokin, waived to court Tuesday multiple drug-related charges involving five different incidents and was ordered by Magisterial District Judge...
View ArticleNoteworthy 7/27/11
District judge office closedMOUNT CARMEL - The office of Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones will be closed at 10 a.m. today for a memorial service for Magisterial District Judge Carl Rice of Sunbury...
View ArticleInmate found dead in cell
FRACKVILLE - Prison officials reported that an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Frackville died Sunday.Superintendent Robert Collins said in a release that Luis Diaz, 31, was pronounced...
View ArticleSteppin' Out starts summer session
ELYSBURG - A program designed to help girls and women get healthier has started a new season.Steppin' Out is a 12-week walk/jog/run program, initiated in 2010, to engage women ages 12 and older to...
View ArticleLaurel queen trades tiara for hardhat to earn college money over summer break
KULPMONT - Although she is the reigning Pa. State Laurel Queen, 2011 Mount Carmel graduate Brigid Demko is happy to take off her tiara and put on several different hats to help pay for college tuition....
View ArticleCity to save $48,000 with new insurance
SHAMOKIN - Shamokin City Council unanimously awarded a one-year $106,000 insurance package Tuesday night to a Hellertown firm that expands the city's current coverage and saves more than $48,000.After...
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