Funding options for sports could be problematic
Fourth in a seriesBy CHUCK SOUDERSSports Writerchuck_s@newsitem.comMOUNT CARMEL - Mount Carmel Area School District's recent decision to effectively scuttle two girls sports programs, volleyball and...
View ArticleRepublicans name district judge nominees; Democrats still taking names
staff writerjustin_s@newsitem.comSUNBURY - Three Republican candidates hoping to replace the late Carl Rice for district judge have been identified by the party chair, but the Democratic chair is not...
View ArticleHouse panel debates pros and cons of legislature reduction
BY ROBERT SWIFTHARRISBURG BUREAU CHIEFrswift@timesshamrock.comHARRISBURG - The pros and cons of undertaking long-term political reform by reducing the size of the state Legislature were debated Tuesday...
View ArticleLulu Roberts is 100 years old today
MOUNT CARMEL - Lulu Roberts, a resident of Mount Carmel Senior Living Community, is celebrating her 100th birthday today.Lulu was born Aug. 12, 1911, in Chambersburg. She is a daughter of Menaris and...
View ArticleNoteworthy 08-12-11
Food Pantry distributionATLAS - The Mount Carmel Township Food Pantry will hold its monthly distribution from 9 to 11 a.m., on Saturday, Aug. 13 at the township garage, for residents in Atlas,...
View ArticleMan burned in lawn mower fire
CLEVELAND TOWNSHIP - David Jeffrey, 63, of Pineswamp Road, Cleveland Township, was transported by Life Flight to Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown after experiencing burns on his legs from a lawn...
View ArticleEx-judge gets 28 years in prison in 'kids for cash' case
SCRANTON - The parents of children locked up by Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. as part of a $2.8 million kids-for-cash racket cheered when the prosecutors who sent the former Luzerne County judge to prison for...
View ArticleWill it be Stellar or Venna for MCA superintendent
by justin strawser MOUNT CARMEL - It's either going to be Mount Carmel Area Junior-Senior High School principal Bernard Stellar or Shamokin Area High Middle/High School principal Chris Venna for the...
View ArticleMine company fined more than $900,000 for fatal blast
Almost five years after a Donaldson man died in a Tremont Township coal mine explosion, a judge has ordered the mine owner to pay more than $900,000 in penalties, federal officials said...
View ArticleDolphin, horse tell starry stories
 Out of the 88 constellations that can be seen from Earth, Delphinus the Dolphin is the nineteenth smallest and Equuleus the Little Horse is the second smallest. They're cozied up together in...
View ArticleMovie costumes pull in millions
 In the past few months, some of the best collectibles that depict celebrities or were owned by celebrities have recently jumped off the auction block for multi-million dollar prices. For instance, a...
View ArticleMinor mold problems at Sunbury CareerLink
SUNBURY - A minor mold problem at the new Northumberland/Snyder/Union Counties PA CareerLink did not result in any disruption of service in the city, said the Deputy Press Secretary at Pennsylvania...
View ArticleNoteworthy 8/13/11
Saylor named committee co-chairSUNBURY - Northumberland County Judge Charles H. Saylor has been named co-chairperson of the Transitional Youth Committee under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Office of...
View ArticleCounty accepting nods for Older Worker 2011 award
SUNBURY -The Northumberland County commissioners Frank J. Sawicki, Vinny Clausi and Merle H. Phillips join the Northumberland County Area Agency on Aging in accepting nominations for the Outstanding...
View ArticleLine Mountain band awarded $50,000 from Pepsi
MANDATA - PepsiCo Inc. has awarded the Line Mountain School District band program with $50,000 to refresh all their uniforms as part of a initiative to make the nation's communities a better...
View ArticleMount Carmel Area School board to consider transportation to athletic practices
MOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Area School Board will consider transporting student athletes to practice at Lourdes Regional School."(MCA Solicitor) Edward Greco is reviewing it. We need to for...
View ArticleNew VoIP phones installed Monday
SUNBURY - Installation of a new telephone system that will save Northumberland County approximately $90,000 annually after loans are paid, according to county officials, will begin on Monday with the...
View ArticleCriminal cost office moving to probation dept.
SUNBURY - In an effort to optimize efficiency and maintain sound financial controls over the collection of fines and restitution paid for criminal offenses, the criminal cost office will transfer from...
View ArticleReady to run
ELYSBURG - A small group of volunteers involved in organizing the local Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Run met with PennDOT officials and local police Friday afternoon to discuss details, traffic...
View ArticleLithuanian Days draws crowd for food, entertainment and heritage
FRACKVILLE --There was plenty of yellow, green and red-colored flags and other decorations in and around center court at the Schuylkill Mall Saturday as the 97th annual Lithuanian Days drew a crowd...
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