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Fourth-grade chorus presents Christmas program

(12/11/13)

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Barbour homicide hearings to be held on same day at courthouse

SUNBURY - Preliminary hearings for a couple accused of murdering a Port Trevorton man last month are scheduled for Friday, Dec. 20, before Magisterial District Judge Benjamin Apfelbaum at...

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Shamokin woman charged in several drug deals pleads guilty

SUNBURY - A Shamokin woman charged in several drug-related cases has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced Tuesday.Sarah Ann Karpinski, 24, pleaded guilty Tuesday to four felony counts of possession...

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Senior Citizen Activities: Week of December 16 to 20

Shamokin- Coal TownshipMonday - Morning cards, puzzles and board games, 8:30 a.m.; LATS public meeting to discuss opinions and ideas concerning LATS service, 10 a.m. to noon; crafts, 12:30 p.m.Tuesday...

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Police: Cigarette sparked fatal Shamokin fire

SHAMOKIN - Tuesday's fire that killed a city teenager and destroyed five homes is believed to have been caused by a discarded cigarette. Raymond J. Siko II, the city's fire investigator and a police...

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Noteworthy: Friday, Dec. 13, 2013

Drop-off point for prescriptionsCOAL TOWNSHIP - Chief of Police William Carpenter said unused or outdated prescription medications can be dropped off at a box in the hallway at Coal Township Municipal...

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Pension plan reps brief Ralpho supervisors on fund management

ELYSBURG - Ron Bittner and Barry Keck, both representing Univest, which is the current pension plan management firm serving Ralpho Township, attended the monthly meeting of the board of supervisors to...

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Military News: Werner serving as linguist with Navy

FORT GORDON, Ga. -Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Kathryn M. Werner has arrived for duty as a linguist with Navy Information Operations Command Georgia. Werner has served in the military for 8 years....

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Merit Award winners

MOUNT CARMEL - The November School Board Merit Award winners were announced and recognized at the November Mount Carmel Area School Board meeting. At the high school level, senior Coral Swank, a...

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Pickup crashes into tree, bursts into flames

TREVORTON - A 22-year-old West Hazleton man was in critical condition Saturday after he wrecked into a tree causing his pickup truck to burst into flames.Otto R. Jacome was taken by Trevorton Ambulance...

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Noteworthy: Sunday, December 15, 2013

Handicapped parking fees dueATLAS - Mount Carmel Township supervisors reminds residents who have handicapped parking places that in order to keep a reserved parking place for 2014, a new application...

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OLOL students learn computer coding

COAL TOWNSHIP - More than 300 students from first to 12th grades are participating in the Hour of Code event. During Computer Science Education Week, students are being given their first taste of...

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For the Record: Sunday, December 15, 2013

Marriage licensesBarry Anoia, of 1118 W. Walnut St., Coal Township, to Jessica Knapik, of 4425 State Route 61, Paxinos. Issued Dec. 14.Luther Edwin Metzger Jr. to Danielle N. Venesky, both of 30 S....

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Family, friends, say goodbte to Missy

COAL TOWNSHIP - Family and friends gave their final goodbyes to Melissa Lee "Missy" Pangburn Saturday at Shamokin Area Middle/High School.Several hundred people, including many of Pangburn's...

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Hegins woman doesn't let rare disease stop her from doing things she enjoys

HEGINS - As she was growing up, Angie Lucas said her family just thought she was ignoring them.It wasn't until her kindergarten teacher, Peggy Leitzel, suggested that she may have a hearing problem...

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Girl Grapplers: Former Williams Valley wrestlers says girl wrestlers 'not a...

Part 2 of 4 REINERTON - Former Williams Valley School District wrestler Ashley (Buffington) Keiter recalls a story from her high school days, when one of her teachers refused to be present when Keiter...

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LM rededicates restored Steinway

MANDATA - A Steinway Grand Piano purchased in 1964 for Mahanoy Joint High School was rededicated Sunday, the culmination of the $20,000 Ebony and Ivory fundraising project. Several pianists performed...

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Catherine I. Rebuck

WATSONTOWN - Catherine I. Rebuck, 90, of Watsontown and formerly of Dornsife, passed away Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, at Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg. Catherine was living with her daughter,...

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Cause of Northumberland County Prison kitchen fire to be determined today

SUNBURY - A kitchen fire broke out inside Northumberland County Prison on Saturday night. Russ Wertz, second assistant chief of the Sunbury Fire Department, said a fire that ignited on a prep table...

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District Court: Monday, Dec. 16, 2013

The following landlord/tenant claims and judgments were filed in magisterial district court:Hugh A. Jones, Mount CarmelDavid and Emma Wengerd, of Lewisburg, awarded $2,881.59 on Dec. 11 from Leroy...

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