Aerobats to host Fly-In at Pillow airstrip
PILLOW - The Aerobats Flying Club, a radio control airplane club, will host the first Carl Bredbenner Fly-In starting at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28, at a private airstrip on a farm...
View ArticleOrganization News: Carmelite 50+ Club
MOUNT CARMEL - President Cindy Saukitis opened the monthly meeting of the Carmelite 50+ Club and greeted the members and officers present, 10 in all. The Pledge of Allegiance, Sam's Prayer, St. Mother...
View ArticleOrganization News: American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 231
KULPMONT - A meeting was held on Tuesday, April 28, at the American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 231, with the following in attendance, Jamie Bordell, Bernie Foulds, Betty Chapman, Reggie Poplaski, Maria...
View ArticleCollege News: Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Robert E. Cook Honors College
INDIANA, Pa. - Brett Duell, of Paxinos, graduated summa cum laude from Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Robert E. Cook Honors College. He received his bachelor's degree in chemistry with a minor...
View Article$6.4M gut, reno planned for Madison Court apartment building in Shamokin
SHAMOKIN - Shamokin Housing Authority's Madison Court apartment building will be completely gutted next spring and undergo a $6.4 million renovation project to transform it into a new building inside...
View ArticleCollege News: Graduate of Rocky Vista College of Osteopathic Medicine
PARKER, Colo. - Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine (RVUCOM) has announced the graduation of Matthew Andrew Bubnis, of Elysburg.Bubnis is one of 144 RVUCOM graduates who received a...
View ArticleElks winners for May
MOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Elks award winners for the month of May have been announced. Student of the month is senior Tommy Moser, a son of Tom and Brenda Moser, of Natalie. Moser participates...
View ArticleDomestic Relations amnesty period open until June 30
SUNBURY - The Northumberland County Domestic Relations Department is offering its annual support amnesty period this month.A list provided by the county court administrator's office shows those with...
View ArticleCoal Township reunion attended by 227 classmates
COAL TOWNSHIP - The Coal Township High School Alumni Association celebrated its 79th anniversary with a banquet at Brady Fire Company Banquet Hall May 23. Two hundred twenty-seven classmates assembled....
View ArticleSpeakers urge MCA grads to never give up, keep trying
MOUNT CARMEL - Jennifer Bolick, the valedictorian of the Mount Carmel Area High School Class of 2015, took the audience back in time 30 years, and hopes the results are the same.At Friday's graduation...
View ArticleChild advocacy center receives $5k grant
NORTHUMBERLAND - The Child Advocacy Center of the Central Susquehanna Valley, a division of Geisinger Health System's Janet Weis Children's Hospital, has been awarded a grant of $5,000 from the Sunbury...
View ArticleJudge to rule on weatherization injunction within three weeks
WILLIAMSPORT - An injunction hearing concerning the closing of Northumberland County's weatherization department wrapped up around noon Friday, but not before the county planning department director...
View ArticleAwards presented to students at Northumberland County Career and Technology...
COAL TOWNSHIP - The following awards were presented to students at a year-end program at Northumberland County Career and Technology Center:Coal Township Alumni Association Scholarship to a deserving...
View ArticleAwards program held at Southern Columbia
CATAWISSA RR - The following students were recognized during an awards program Wednesday at Southern Columbia Area High School:Elysburg Rotary Club Service above Self Award ($1,000) - Seth Joseph.Jane...
View ArticleShamokin Area H.S. Alumni held 132nd annual reunion
SHAMOKIN - The Shamokin Area High School alumni held their 132nd annual reunion May 23 at Masser's Banquet Hall, Paxinos.President Sandra Dilliplane Rossnock (1992) sent 440 letters to alumni...
View ArticleShaffer guest speaker at PASR spring meeting
PAXINOS - The Northumberland Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees (PASR) recently held its annual spring meeting at Masser's Restaurant in Paxinos. Almost 30 members...
View ArticleElks present awards to Mount Carmel Area students
MOUNT CARMEL - The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Mount Carmel Lodge 356 announced the Mount Carmel Area Elks Students of the Year. Students were presented with certificates by Elks lodge...
View ArticleHare asks to move homicide trial from Northumberland County
SUNBURY - The 59-year-old man police say delivered a fatal dose of prescription painkillers to a 9-year-old boy in October claims media coverage of his case will prevent a fair trial.A motion was filed...
View ArticleGordner elected chair of Capitol Preservation Committee
HARRISBURG - State Sen. John R. Gordner (R-27) has been unanimously elected chairman of the Capitol Preservation Committee. Gordner is only the third chair in the 33-year history of the committee and...
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