Monday Profile: BIO BOX
Name: James Schiavoni Age: 61 Employment: Culinary Arts Instructor at the Northumberland County Career and Technology Center, Coal Township. Formerly worked at the Mohawk Mountain House, New Paltz,...
View Article'Chef' pays forward his passion for culinary arts
COAL TOWNSHIP - Jim Schiavoni, or "Chef" as his students respectfully call him, could have worked anywhere. Growing tired of the travel from his previous job, however, he decided to put roots down and...
View ArticleConfirmation class spruces things up for local shut-ins
MOUNT CARMEL - When Bishop Ronald Gainer confirms the nine eighth-grade students from Divine Redeemer later this month, he will anoint them with the aromatic oil known as chrism and the words "Be...
View ArticleFinal state list of roadwork includes 10 county projects
Six projects in Northumberland County will start this year as part of the Corbett Administration's final list of highway, bridge and mass transit improvement projects to be funded in 2014 by the...
View ArticleFire reduces home to rubble
WEST CAMERON TOWNSHIP - A family is homeless after their rented home was reduced to rubble Monday evening. No one was home when fire broke out at 158 Heintzelman Road, located just off Lower Road,...
View ArticleMerit Award winners named at MCA
MOUNT CARMEL - Olivia Bressi-Harman and Angela Weng were named Mount Carmel Area Board of Education Merit Award winners at the high school and elementary school levels, respectively, for February. The...
View ArticleMount Carmel man acquitted of Tri-Valley Pharmacy robbery
Charles R. Frantz Jr. did not help rob Tri-Valley Pharmacy in Valley View in May 2011, a Schuylkill County jury decided Monday.The jury of eight men and four women deliberated approximately an hour...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Tuesday, April 8, 2014
150th committee meets tonightSHAMOKIN - The Shamokin 150th Anniversary Committee will meet at 6:30 tonight to discuss plans for upcoming events, the July 5 celebration and various fundraisers. New...
View ArticleSlaby in as city clerk
SHAMOKIN - Citing his extensive experience in finance, banking and municipal government, Shamokin City Council officially hired Robert M. Slaby as city clerk at a special meeting Monday night in the...
View ArticleMan accused of attempting to kill his ex-wife, son
BEAVERDALE - A Mount Carmel man was taken into custody late Saturday after being accused of attempting to kill his ex-wife and 7-year-old son by driving at a high rate of speed and crashing into a...
View ArticleAOAA preps for opening weekend
BURNSIDE - The Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (AOAA) Authority is working to resolve several issues before the park's official opening May 17.The park is scheduled to open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. that...
View ArticleCity eyes tax revenue
SHAMOKIN - The collection of city real estate taxes is on pace to match what was paid last year, according to tax records.But the pace will have to increase slightly for actual tax revenue to meet 2014...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Comments sought on transit planLEWISBURG - Planning organizations representing the Williamsport area and eight counties in the SEDA-COG region are seeking input on the draft of their 2014 Coordinated...
View ArticleAOAA ride to raise money for first responders
COAL TOWNSHIP - Riders are invited to the Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (AOAA) to help raise money for first responders in Coal Township, Shamokin and Zerbe Township.Anthracite Trail Riders (ATR)...
View ArticleDurdach Bros presenting craft beer from Great Lakes Brewing Co.
PAXINOS - Durdach Bros. Inc. in Paxinos is now offering craft beer from the Great Lakes Brewing Co. in Ohio.Brothers Patrick and Daniel Conway introduced a new era of Cleveland brewing in 1988. Great...
View ArticleBack to business as usual for Line Mountain
MANDATA - All was quiet Tuesday at the latest meeting of the Line Mountain School Board.One-hundred teachers massed with picket signs at a meeting one month ago. Half returned for another meeting two...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Wednesday, April 9, 2014
SHAMOKIN - The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court May 19 in Northumberland County Courthouse, Sunbury,...
View ArticleAll that remains: Cause still unknown in West Cameron Twp. fire
HUNTER'S STATION - A fire marshal could not determine the cause of a blaze that destroyed a house near here Monday night. East Cameron Township Fire Chief Jim Reed said state police fire marshal Kirk...
View ArticleAmerican Pale Ale: The beer that started a revolution
In 1910, there were approximately 1,500 breweries in the United States. At midnight Jan.16, 1920, Prohibition - the Volstead Act went into effect. Many breweries closed their doors, never to open...
View ArticleLM gender participation policy officially abolished
MANDATA - A final vote Tuesday of the Line Mountain School Board abolished a policy that spurred legal grappling between the district and the family of a female wrestler.Policy 123.1, Gender...
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