Noteworthy: Thursday, May 16, 2013
Schedule change for senior centerMOUNT CARMEL - The borough's senior center's open house, scheduled for Friday, has been moved to Wednesday. Food and beverages will be provided.The schedule of...
View ArticleTickets available for train ride
SHAMOKIN - Tickets for this year's train ride during the upcoming Anthracite Heritage Festival of the Arts are now available.Beverly's Flower Shop, Shuey Jewelers and Susquehanna Bank, all along...
View ArticleNorthwestern Academy teachers must reapply
COAL TOWNSHIP - All teachers in the regular education program at Northwestern Academy would have to reapply to Shamokin Area School District to keep their jobs next school year, according to the...
View ArticleHarrisburg man gets up to 5 years for local drug deals
SUNBURY - One day after pleading guilty to four felony counts of delivering crack cocaine in Shamokin and Coal Township, Rufus Hudson, 37, of Harrisburg, was sentenced to serve 21 months to 5 years in...
View ArticleKevin Marinelli petitions court to amend judgment Request based on claim that...
WILLIAMSPORT - Former Shamokin resident Kevin Marinelli, who was sentenced to death for murdering Conrad Dumchock in his Kulpmont home April 26, 1994, has asked a federal judge to consider amending...
View ArticleCandidates for Kulpmont mayor, council are Democrats, but affiliation doesn't...
KULPMONT - When Republican voters in Kulpmont head to the polls for Tuesday's primary election, they'll have to do some extra typing on the touch-screen voting machine if they want to cast a vote for...
View ArticleWoman killed in Route 61 crash
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - A Monroe County woman died Thursday morning when the car in which she was a passenger collided with another in North Manheim Township.The crash occurred at Route 61 and Manheim Road...
View ArticleWinhofer moving on after 6 years at chamber
SHAMOKIN - Sandy Winhofer is in her final days as director of the Brush Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce after nearly six years leading the organization.Winhofer, of Kulpmont, has announced her...
View ArticleDoctor's relocation fills Mill Road Square in Shamokin
SHAMOKIN - After seven years at the Ressler Center on the Geisinger-Shamokin Area Community Hospital campus, Dr. Sanjay Sen has moved his private practice to Mill Road Square. The new doctor's office...
View ArticleSenior Action Center activities: Week of May 19
Shamokin-C.T.Monday - Morning cards and puzzles, 8:30 a.m.; yoga, 9:30 a.m.; Walk A Mile, 10:30 a.m.; crafts, 12:30 p.m.Tuesday - Morning cards and puzzles, 8:30 a.m.; lunch at Annabelle's, arrive at...
View ArticleMCA will fix pool
MOUNT CARMEL - Mount Carmel Area School Board made district residents happy Thursday night by passing a proposed $16 million budget without a tax increase and agreeing to make needed repairs to the...
View ArticleShamokin Area School Board candidates share hopes for district
Eight candidates are vying for party nominations for four seats on the Shamokin Area School Board. The field includes incumbents Brian Persing and Edward M. Griffiths; two former board members, Mark...
View ArticleLine Mountain OKS $17.2M budget
MANDATA - Taxes in the Line Mountain School District will remain the same in 2013-14 with board members unanimously passing the 2013-14 budget Tuesday night.The board's 7-0 vote keeps the real estate...
View ArticleHealth advocates push for fewer smoking exemptions
HARRISBURG - A new push by health advocates is under way to expand the statewide ban on indoor smoking by eliminating a dozen existing exemptions and allowing local governments more say on the...
View ArticleMount Carmel council asks police to investigate LATS
MOUNT CARMEL - Borough council has requested Mount Carmel Borough Police Chief Todd Owens to launch a criminal investigation into the operations of the Lower Anthracite Transportation System (LATS),...
View ArticleAristes woman injured in Ralpho Township accident
RALPHO TOWNSHIP - An Aristes woman suffered injuries in a crash Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Penn Avenue and Bottle Road.Joan Marie Mayernick, of Aristes, was transported to...
View ArticleClausi, Bridy comments retracted
Clausi did not criticize supervisorsThe News-Item incorrectly reported comments from Northumberland County Commissioner Chairman Vinny Clausi at the May 8 prison board meeting. A story in the May 9...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Friday, May 17, 2013
Applications for festival eventsSHAMOKIN - Registration forms are available for two popular events at the Anthracite Heritage Festival of the Arts set for May 24 and 25.Following the annual parade, the...
View ArticleAuxiliary at GMC approves 2013 project funding
DANVILLE - The Auxiliary at Geisinger Medical Center (GMC) approved more than $375,000 in funding toward projects that will improve patient care and further professional development at GMC and...
View ArticleSAHS names March SOM
COAL TOWNSHIP - Senior Erica Gammon and seventh-grade student Jennifer Kozlowski have been selected as students of the month for March at Shamokin Area Middle-High School.Gammon is a daughter of Eric...
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