As opposition persists, Kulpmont close to start on new borough hall
KULPMONT - As time continues to deteriorate the former Wilson Grade School, given a second life as the borough's administrative home more than 30 years ago, municipal officials have been busy with...
View ArticleJune 2013 deaths
June 1 - Lenora A. (Polinko) Lobos, 73, of Lewisburg.June 2 - Leonard A. Dettore, of Hazleton; Carl M. Galazeski Sr., 76, of Wilmington, Del.June 3 - Walter R. Boyer, 84, of Gowen City; Gloria E....
View ArticleDecember 2013 news
Dec. 2 - Christopher Powell, 25, of Coal Township, was airlifted for treatment after he jumped from a moving vehicle following an argument along Upper Road, near Gowen City. Dec. 2 - Dr. Raymond...
View ArticleWest End Fire Company hosts soupie contest
SHAMOKIN - One by one, the judges passed the small disposable plates from one person to the next, taking a soupie sample with each turn, and forming an opinion with each bite.On the table before them,...
View ArticleDecember 2013 births
Dec. 3 - A son, Vincent Valentine Hutton, to Mark Hutton Jr. and Katrina Lopez, of Mount Carmel; a son, Riley Alexander Zigner, to Richard T. Zigner and Samantha M. Nevick, of Mount Carmel. Dec. 6 - A...
View ArticleRemains could be that of Mount Carmel airman
KULPMONT - Bob Nolan is sad that no family members have been to his second cousin's grave in the Long Island National Cemetery for about two decades.Once a military forensic lab confirms whether the...
View ArticleStrip mine land to be reclaimed
BY LARRY DEKLINSKI COAL TOWNSHIP - Approximately 74 acres of hazardous, abandoned strip mine land, southwest of the Northumberland County Career and Technology Center, will soon be reclaimed. Crews...
View ArticleGaming fund to benefit local fire companies
HARRISBURG - Nearly $250,000 in state gaming funds will benefit 20 local volunteer fire and ambulance providers serving communities in the 108th Legislative District in Northumberland and Snyder...
View ArticleNew medical marijuana push focuses on kids
HARRISBURG - A new push to have Pennsylvania legalize marijuana use for medical reasons focuses heavily on the potential benefit for sick children. The issue will be in the limelight Tuesday when the...
View ArticleLocal business owner says customers aren't too cold for milkshake special
COAL TOWNSHIP - Bob Spangenberg doesn't think the milkshake drinkers he served this weekend at Spangenberg's Family Drive-In are crazy for braving the frosty beverage in such low temperatures. "They...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Monday, Jan. 27, 2014
The following landlord/tenant claims and judgments were filed in magisterial district court: John Gembic III, Shamokin Harvey Green, of Kulpmont, against Curt and Maria Lahr, of Coal Township, for...
View Article2 Mahanoy city residents killed in crash
MAHANOY TOWNSHIP - Two Mahanoy City people died from injuries they suffered Friday in a head-on crash on the Frackville-Morea Highway in Mahanoy Township. The crash occurred just before 4 p.m. in a...
View Article'Raise the Region' expected bigger, better in 2014
WILLIAMSPORT - An online fund raising event that raised over $834,900 for nonprofit organizations in a six-county area last year will return bigger and better in 2014. The First Community Foundation...
View ArticleNo jail time for ex-officer who threatened family in Mount Carmel Township
SUNBURY - A former Mount Carmel Township police officer accused of threatening to kill himself and his family in July won't spend any time in jail for the incident.Shane Joseph Geary, 29, of South...
View ArticleAds, guards sought for moving memorial wall
THARPTOWN - Local organizers of a visit by the Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall later this year continue to seek help from local businesses and residents.Advertising is sought to help pay for a program....
View ArticleGembic back on job today
SHAMOKIN - A local judge was released from a hospital Sunday and was expected to be back on the job today.Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III, who had been hospitalized since Jan. 21, said...
View ArticleLine Mountain kindergarten registration set
TREVORTON - The Line Mountain School District will hold kindergarten registration for the 2014-2015 school year from 9 a.m .to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, at the Line Mountain Elementary...
View ArticleCoal Township police pick up fundraising fraud investigation
COAL TOWNSHIP - Police are investigating claims that donations raised online following a deadly fire in Shamokin were never turned over to the victims.Victoria Fortune, 25, of 1625 Pulaski Ave., Coal...
View ArticleGordon man pleads guilty to charges involving indecency
SUNBURY - A Gordon man charged with having indecent contact with a 7-year-old girl in Elysburg in December 2012 pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanors of indecent assault and indecent...
View ArticlePolice: Man possessed Spice when he fled officer, hit parked car
COAL TOWNSHIP - Multiple charges have been filed against a Shamokin man who was found in possession of Spice after fleeing from police and striking a parked car in the west end of the township...
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