Mount Carmel Area Ministerium begins mid-week Advent services this Wednesday
MOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Area Ministerium will conduct mid-week Advent services. All community services will begin at 6 p.m. with soup and a sandwich followed by the service. The offerings of...
View ArticleJudge: Fired Northumberland County employee can have job, back pay
SUNBURY - A Northumberland County judge has upheld an arbitrator's ruling to reinstate a fired union county employee with back pay and seniority.Judge Charles Saylor issued an order Nov. 15 denying a...
View ArticleShamokin Area High School choir to present holiday concert Thursday
COAL TOWNSHIP - The Shamokin Area Senior High choral ensembles will present their annual winter concert at 7 p.m. Thursday in the high school auditorium. The public is invited to attend this free...
View ArticleKraynak gets house arrest, plans to appeal
SUNBURY - Dr. Raymond J. Kraynak Jr. was ordered to spend 30 days under house arrest and had his driver's license suspended for one year as part of his sentencing Monday morning on a driving under the...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013
Soroptimist Club meeting setSUNBURY - The Soroptimist International Club of the Snyder, Union and Northumberland Counties, Inc., will hold a monthly meeting and annual Christmas Party at 6 p.m....
View ArticleCarmelite 50-Plus
MOUNT CARMEL - Cindy Saukaitis, president, conducted the monthly meeting of the Carmelite 50-Plus Club which was held at the Village Towne Restaurant. She greeted the eight members who attended.Members...
View ArticleWW2 veteran honored at Changing of Colors
MOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Area Joint Veterans Committee held its 448th Changing of the Colors flag ceremony Nov. 24 at the flag pole of the Susquehanna Bank in honor and memory of Charles Kent, a...
View ArticleShamokin man charged in burglary related to fire will go to trial
SUNBURY - A 51-year-old Shamokin man scheduled to enter a guilty plea several times on burglary-related charges involving a fire and break-in at two Shamokin properties has decided to take the cases to...
View ArticleWoman, 18, charged in fatal Sunbury stabbing
SUNBURY - An 18-year-old married woman from Selinsgrove who reportedly was paid for female companionship after meeting men through the Internet was charged late Tuesday afternoon with stabbing to death...
View ArticleKnights council in Mt. Carmel holds Christmas poster contest
MOUNT CARMEL - Knights of Columbua Bishop Lawrence F. Schott Council 628 is inviting Mount Carmel Area boys and girls, ages 5 to 14, to participate in the organization's internation "Keep Christ in...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Santa parade will be Saturday MOUNT CARMEL - The annual Santa Claus Parade - sponsored by the Mount Carmel Lions Club, the Mount Carmel Business Association and the Mount Carmel Volunteer Fire...
View ArticleKindness at its finest in reaction to Coal Township burglary
SHAMOKIN - The kindness of friends and the goodwill of strangers was reflected in donations recently made to Restoration Ministries Church. An anonymous donor took Pastor Paul Eby and church volunteers...
View ArticleFuel Gauge: Gas prices fall again but just a fraction of a penny
Susquehanna Valley gas prices fell just a fraction of a penny to $3.39 a gallon this week, according to AAA East Central. On the national front Tuesday's national average price for a gallon of gasoline...
View ArticleLATS to hold 3 public meetings in December
MOUNT CARMEL - Three open house meetings will be held later this month to obtain public input on the Lower Anthracite Transportation System (LATS) to develop a Transit Development Plan (TDP). Executive...
View ArticleMan who jumped from vehicle still critical
EAST CAMERON TOWNSHIP - The Coal Township man who jumped from a moving vehicle Monday following an argument with his girlfriend was still listed in critical condition by a Geisinger Medical Center...
View ArticleNorthumberland County passes tentative $72.7M budget
SUNBURY - Northumberland County commissioners avoided a possible shutdown in government services Tuesday by passing a tentative $72.7 million budget for 2014 that calls for a 1 1/2-mill tax increase....
View ArticleMount Carmel man charged with neglect of malnourished mother
MOUNT CARMEL - An 86-year-old borough woman was found last month to be malnourished, dehydrated and living in wretched conditions, and her son is charged with his mother's neglect. Joseph Francis...
View ArticleSCA board reorganizes
CATAWISSA RR - President Mike Yeager and Vice President Charlie Porter remained in their Southern Columbia Area School Board positions following the re-organizational meeting Tuesday night at the...
View ArticleGlen Burn 'mantrip' moves to AOAA trailhead
BURNSIDE - The Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (AOAA) has a new 7,000-pound showpiece.A "mantrip," which carried guests of the former Glen Burn Mine Tour, was transported Wednesday from an isolated...
View ArticleDitchey president of Mount Carmel Area School Board
COAL TOWNSHIP - Thomas Ditchey was named president of the Mount Carmel Area School Board on a split vote Wednesday night during the annual reorganization meeting at Northumberland County Career and...
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