Barletta explains vote on budget bill
WASHINGTON - U.S. Lou Barletta, R-11, released the following statement regarding Thursday's passage of the House budget plan introduced by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan:"There is no doubt...
View ArticleLocals affected by cash gift ban
HARRISBURG - A cash gift ban bill approved by the Senate on Wednesday will have a direct impact from the statehouse to local municipal authorities if it becomes law, bill sponsor Sen. Lisa Baker...
View ArticleSenior Citizen Activities: Week of April 14
All centers will be closed Friday, April 18, in observance of Good Friday.Shamokin-Coal TownshipMonday - Morning cards and puzzles, 8:30 a.m.; poker game, 10 a.m.; game show, 11 a.m.; world news, noon;...
View ArticleKulpmont landlord citations voided by council
KULPMONT - Borough council has granted a reprieve to the few landlords who haven't paid their registration fee in 2014. In a vote taken following an executive session at Tuesday's meeting, council...
View ArticleMoran says Pa. can be favored for business
SHAMOKIN DAM - A local businessman honored Thursday by EconomicsPennsylvania for his entrepreneurship said there's no reason Pennsylvania should not become a favored location for new business. John D....
View ArticleBishop's Holy Week schedule announced
HARRISBURG - The Diocese of Harrisburg has announced Bishop Ronald Gainer's schedule of activities for Holy Week.Sunday - The World Youth Day Palm Sunday celebration in Harrisburg, including...
View ArticleOrganization News: Northumberland District CCW
LYKENS - The Northumberland District Council of Catholic Women held its deanery meeting March 30 at Our Lady Help of Christians Church.Rosemary Boyer, deanery president, called the meeting to order....
View ArticleIn bid for second term, Corbett discounts poll numbers
SHAMOKIN DAM - Gov. Tom Corbett shrugged off a new poll showing more than half of the participants disapprove of the job he's done in his first term in office.The Mercyhurst Center for Applied Politics...
View ArticleCorbett: Dialogue needed on anger behind mass violence
SHAMOKIN DAM - Dialogue is needed to learn the roots of anger in perpetrators of mass violence, Gov. Tom Corbett said Thursday.His remarks were made one day after a 16-year-old student stabbed more...
View ArticleTruancy cases were pending before fatal fire
DANVILLE - Three truancy cases remain active against a mother whose three sons died in a fire in Rush Township April 4, according to court records.Two of the cases were filed in Montour County and one...
View ArticleMotion: Knife in Barbour case obtained with invalid warrant
SUNBURY - Police confiscated the knife allegedly used to kill Troy LaFerrara using a search warrant that was invalid, and the knife should not be permitted as evidence in the case against Miranda...
View ArticleMemorials: Divine Redeemer Church
MOUNT CARMEL - The following memorials were presented to Divine Redeemer Church during March:In memory of:Gloria and Peter Nameth from Virginia and Russ Lindenmuth.Richard Battista from Virginia and...
View ArticleSt. Pauline Foundation opens Kulpmont store selling religious items
By Mike Staugaitis KULPMONT - The Saint Pauline Center now has another outlet for people to get to know the relatively new saint. The Saint Pauline Religious Store opened this week at 658 Chestnut St....
View ArticleNoteworthy: Friday, April 11, 2014
Report cards distributed todayMOUNT CARMEL -- Mount Carmel Area School District will distribute report cards today to all students. Tourney raising money for DissingersSHAMOKIN - Two more days remain...
View ArticleHerndon Easter Bunny Breakfast is 8 to 10 a.m.
HERNDON - The time for the Easter Bunny Breakfast at Zion Church, Route 147, for Saturday’s Herndon Heritage Festival is 8 to 10 a.m. It does not start at 7 a.m. as reported in Friday’s edition. Other...
View ArticlePolice: No known target in Pittsburgh area stabbing rampage
MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A police chief says no evidence has surfaced yet to show a 16-year-old boy charged in a stabbing rampage at a high school outside Pittsburgh was targeting any particular...
View ArticleEgg hunt is today
There was conflicting information in Friday's edition regarding the Mount Carmel Celebration of Special Athletes 10th annual Easter egg hunt. The event is today at noon at Town Park in Mount Carmel....
View ArticleCecilian Club to present concert at Clark's Grove UMC
COAL TOWNSHIP - The Cecilian Club will present a concert at Clark's Grove United Methodist Church, Irish Valley, at 7 p.m. Monday. The theme of this month's concert is "A Walk through a Garden."The...
View ArticleCoal Township sweeper schedule announced
COAL TOWNSHIP - The township street department will be cleaning the following streets this coming week. All vehicles are required to be removed from the designated streets by the designated times. Any...
View ArticleLenten poem: The Easter Lily
The Easter Lily, purest white, Seems illuminated by a holy light; Glowing with grace of the risen Lord, It stands supreme in the dark of night. A symbol of One who defeated death To reign in power...
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