...what's a gal to do when Shark Week jumps the shark?
Unless you are living under a rock deep at the bottom of the ocean, you know this week is Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. Annually, for the last 25 years, viewers wait with baited breath for a...
View ArticleGeisinger purchasing convent in Danville
DANVILLE - Geisinger Health System announced Tuesday it has entered into an agreement with The Society of the Sisters of Christian Charity of New Jersey to purchase the Holy Family Convent at 1 Montour...
View ArticleKessler lawyer: Councilman went door to door in opposition
FRACKVILLE - The actions of a Gilberton Borough Council member were criticized as part of Tuesday's press conference involving video-ranting police chief Mark Kessler and his attorney, Joseph P....
View ArticleNorthumberland County judges recuse themselves from Shamokin records case
SUNBURY - All three Northumberland County judges have recused themselves from presiding over an open records appeal filed by the City of Shamokin regarding a request made by county Commissioner Stephen...
View ArticleKelley: Heart attack killed Tharptown driver
POINT TOWNSHIP - A 45-year-old Tharptown man died from a heart attack Thursday morning prior to being involved in a one-vehicle accident near the intersection of Routes 147 and 405.Harley E. Gonsar was...
View ArticleCoal Township residents: Tell your creek stories
TELL YOUR STORYResidents of Ranshaw and Tharptown are encouraged to write letters detailing damage to their properties caused by the September 2011 flooding. Photos and other documentation, including...
View ArticleTeens cited for tresspass at vacant Kulpmont factory
KULPMONT - A 14-year-old Reading girl whose leg got caught in a conveyor belt inside a vacant commercial building last month was cited for criminal trespass along with three other juveniles.A...
View ArticleColonial Crafts Day Saturday in Sunbury
SUNBURY - The Northumberland County Historical Society will bring an interesting and colorful blend of art, craft and history to the back and side yards of the historic property Saturday when it hosts...
View ArticleDid Wilson get a buyout? Kulpmont won't confirm
KULPMONT - The borough won't say if it paid anything to former Police Chief Rick Wilson III when his retirement was accepted five months before his five-year contract expired.Responding to a July 31...
View ArticleMiners to remember Earl Kieffer at annual picnic
HEGINS - Earl W. Kieffer left a legacy in anthracite coal mining that will be commemorated at this year's 29th annual Independent Coal Miners Picnic, noon Saturday at Hegins Park. Kieffer, who died...
View ArticleMount Carmel backs off authority loan stipulations Meanwhile, MCMA has acted...
MOUNT CARMEL - Members of Mount Carmel Borough Council have changed course and won't require three stipulations before guaranteeing a $1.25 million loan for the Mount Carmel Municipal Authority...
View ArticleKulpmont property owner pleads not guilty to 21 citations
MOUNT CARMEL - The latest chapter in the battle between a property owner and Kulpmont Borough over a pile of charred rubble that has been sitting on a Chestnut Street lot for the past six month will be...
View ArticleFamily News: Howerter reunion held
ELYSBURG - On July 27, the children of the late Wilbert and Sara Howerter held their 14th reunion at the Kulpmont Sportsman Club grounds.Eileen Schlegel was named the oldest attendee while Tia Tobias...
View ArticleCoal Township residents voice concern of lack of creek fixes
COAL TOWNSHIP - The Flood of 2011 may only be a memory for many township residents, but for those who live along creeks, it remains a nightmare.More than 40 residents of Ranshaw and Tharptown attended...
View ArticleKulpmont police insurance jumps $8,700
KULPMONT - The borough's law enforcement liability policy is nearly seven times more expensive than before council settled a civil lawsuit involving former Police Chief Rick Wilson III.Had Wilson...
View ArticlePaxinos man, girlfriend charged with false imprisonment
KULPMONT - Christopher P. Berkheiser, 31, of 873 Airport Road, Paxinos, and his girlfriend, Katrina M. Picarella, 26, of 661 Pine St., Kulpmont, were charged by former Chief of Police Richard Wilson...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Friday, Aug. 9, 2013
MOUNT CARMEL - The following hearings took place Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court Sept. 23 in Northumberland County Court, Sunbury,...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Friday, Aug. 9, 2013
Bridge replacement plannedLOWER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP - A PennDOT crew will begin a bridge replacement project on Route 4022 (Boyles Run Road) Monday, Aug. 19.The existing 28-foot-long bridge was built in...
View ArticleLawyer wants to consult doctor in toddler injury case
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Chief Public Defender Edward Greco wants to hire a medical expert who will help him better prepare for the upcoming trial of a Sunbury woman charged with physically...
View ArticleShamokin, FEMA must work 'hand-in-hand' on creek project, engineer says
SHAMOKIN - The city engineer says working "hand in hand" with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be a must to ensure the restoration project of Shamokin Creek and Carbon Run goes...
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