Grading Our Schools: SCA graduation rate is seventh best in state
CATAWISSA RR - Southern Columbia Area performed better than most of the local public school districts in state testing in the 2011-12 school year. SCA not only met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)...
View ArticleGroup home grant secured
COAL TOWNSHIP - A grant has been secured to establish a group home in Coal Township for troubled young mothers.Ellen Withrow, grants and development coordinator for Central Susquehanna Intermediate...
View ArticleWork camp arrives to spruce up
COAL TOWNSHIP - More than 300 youth and adult campers converged on Shamokin Area Middle/High School, ready to serve the area and God through manual labor. Sunday was arrival day for those taking part...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Monday, July 22, 2013
Internships in Barletta's offices openWASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Lou Barletta, (R-11) announced that fall semester internships are available in his Washington, D.C., office and all of his district...
View ArticleNonprofit debate gains momentum
HARRISBURG - The role of nonprofit organizations in providing charity while enjoying tax-exempt status will get a higher profile in Pennsylvania in coming months.State lawmakers are setting the stage...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Monday, July 22, 2013
The following landlord/tenant claims and judgments were filed with Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III, of Shamokin.n Bressi and Martin Real Estate, of Shamokin, against Scott Frantz and...
View ArticleGordon man dies in ATV accident
COAL TOWNSHIP - A Gordon man was killed in an ATV crash Sunday afternoon at the top of Burnside Mountain. Township police report John Nemeth, 49, of Gordon, was killed in the 2:56 p.m. crash in a...
View ArticleMan charged with criminal homicide in fatal stabbing
BLOOMSBURG - A South Centre Township man was charged with criminal homicide following an altercation at his residence in which a 24-year-old male was stabbed and killed.State police at Bloomsburg...
View ArticleAOAA authority seeks grants to improve Carbon Run
SHAMOKIN - Members of the Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (AOAA) Authority are seeking grant funding generated from the state's impact fees on natural gas drilling.Authority members voted Monday...
View ArticleKulpmont special meeting tonight could involve chief
KULPMONT - Borough council will hold a special meeting tonight that may involve Police Chief Rick Wilson III.Officials are mum on the reason for the executive session or whether it even involves the...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Street sweeper schedule announcedMOUNT CARMEL - Borough residents are reminded that the street sweeper schedule is in effect. All vehicles must be moved from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. Failure to move a vehicle...
View Article'Go Joe' coming to Shamokin tonight
SHAMOKIN - Joe Snedecker, WNEP weatherman, will ride into the city for his station's 7 p.m. broadcast today as part of the 16th annual Go Joe benefit bike ride. His arrival will round out a carnival...
View ArticleSCA coach dies from bee sting
COAL TOWNSHIP - Kevin Collins, head coach of the varsity girls basketball team at Southern Columbia Area, died Tuesday after having been stung by a bee.Collins was playing golf with a friend and after...
View ArticleRiver event to be held Saturday
MILTON - The Friends of the Milton State Park organization is hosting its first annual River Town Paddle between Watsontown and Lewisburg Saturday. Kayak and canoe enthusiasts, experienced or not, are...
View ArticleCoal Twp. woman displaced by fire
COAL TOWNSHIP - The lone tenant of a three-story apartment building under renovation in the 1400 block of West Arch Street escaped injury Tuesday afternoon when fire broke out near her bathroom window...
View ArticleCoroner: ATV rider died from blunt force trauma
COAL TOWNSHIP - The death of an ATV rider near the top of the Burnside Mountain Sunday afternoon has been ruled accidental.Following an autopsy conducted Tuesday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown,...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Wednesday, July 24, 2013
SHAMOKIN - The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court Aug. 26 in Northumberland County Court, Sunbury, can...
View ArticleGroup drops CAFO appeal
CLEVELAND TOWNSHIP - Residents living in the R2 Residential Medium Density District fighting against proposed chicken barns will no longer appeal the zoning hearing board's approval due to the...
View ArticleGordner: CSVT is not a lost cause
HARRISBURG - State Senator John Gordner (R-27) is confident that the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway (CSVT) will be a reality, despite snags to pass the bill that would have provided the majority of...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Reminder to parents about busesCOAL TOWNSHIP - Shamokin Area School District reminds parents who have changed addresses, sitters or day-care providers to notify the district of the changes as soon as...
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