Centralia defendants ask for stay on discovery process while dismissal sought
WILLIAMSPORT - According to defendants in a federal lawsuit over the condemnation of Centralia, gathering all the documentation requested by the suing parties will disrupt operations and businesses...
View ArticleMount Carmel teen waives hearing
MOUNT CARMEL - Crystal Nicole Clark, who is accused of attacking her boyfriend with a knife last week after being released from a juvenile shelter, was ordered to appear for a pre-trial conference in...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Thursday, November 16, 2012
King Coal Tours is stuffing the busCOAL TOWNSHIP - A King Coal Tours motorcoach will be parked at the Wal-Mart SuperCenter from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday collecting donations for the victims of...
View ArticleSuit against Kulpmont, chief dismissed
WILLIAMSPORT - A civil rights lawsuit filed in March by a Kulpmont woman against the borough, its police chief and department and several current and former members of Kulpmont Borough Council has been...
View ArticleSettlement reached in suit filed by ex-deputy warden
WILLIAMSPORT - A settlement has been reached in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed in 2009 by a former Northumberland County Prison deputy warden.According to a filing in U.S. Middle District Court...
View ArticleBU receives grant to help educate nurse practitioners
BLOOMSBURG - Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania's nursing program received a grant totaling more than $638,000 to educate nurse practitioners who can provide primary care and preventive services...
View Article'Positive outweighs the negative' in Shamokin area
PAXINOS - Nikki Krize, a WNEP-TV reporter born and raised in Berks County, admitted to members of Brush Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce that she knew nothing about the Shamokin area when she...
View ArticleShamokin to refinance three bank notes
SHAMOKIN - City council gave final approval Monday to refinance $1.8 million on three bank notes.The move locks interest rates on the debt for the next seven years and reduces payments a combined...
View ArticleNew social media policy for police in Mount Carmel
MOUNT CARMEL - Borough council approved a new social media policy Thursday night at its monthly meeting upon recommendation of police Chief Todd Owens.The resolution establishes the police department's...
View ArticleGreat ideas, great causes
Today Stuff the bus effort sponsored by King Coal COAL TOWNSHIP - A King Coal Tours motorcoach will be parked at Wal-Mart SuperCenter from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. collecting donations for the victims of...
View ArticleSusquehanna Health joins Geisinger in Marcellus shale research effort
DANVILLE - Susquehanna Health, a health care system serving northcentral Pennsylvania, has joined with Geisinger Health System and Guthrie Health to study the health impacts of Marcellus shale gas...
View ArticleNorthumberland County Prison to expand house arrest program
SUNBURY - Northumberland County President Judge Robert B. Sacavage signed an administrative order Wednesday to expand the county's house arrest program to reduce costs while allowing non-violent...
View ArticleNCCTC implementing 2 flexible programs
COAL TOWNSHIP - The Northumberland County Career and Technology Center (NCCTC) will begin to market two new programs to help bring more students to the school to help them prepare for college studies...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Friday, November 16, 2012
MOUNT CARMEL - The following hearings took place Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Hugh A. Jones. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court on Monday, Dec. 31, in Northumberland County...
View ArticlePSBA offers its support at MCA meeting
MOUNT CARMEL - A representative of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) met with Mount Carmel Area School Board members Thursday night to offer the organization's support in providing the...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Friday, November 16, 2012
Clean-up project plannedMOUNT CARMEL - A community cleanup will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday. Those interested in helping are asked to meet in the parking lot of Boyer's Market and bring gloves, rakes...
View ArticleDeveloper announces 2nd power plant in Porter Township
GOOD SPRING - A Canadian power developer is planning to build a second 300-megawatt generation plant on a site where it had once envisioned a plant fueled by coal.EmberClear Corp., a publicly traded...
View Article$11.85M OK'd by authority for flood work in Bloomsburg
HARRISBURG - The Commonwealth Financing Authority has approved $11.85 million in funding for a project to provide flood protection in Bloomsburg, according to Sen. John R. Gordner (R-Berwick) and Rep....
View ArticleBoscov's to leave behind appliance department
Major appliances will be making way for more couches and dining room sets as the department store giant, Boscov's, will begin phasing out of the video and household appliance business beginning this...
View ArticleLayoffs reported at Mountain View Jobs affected are housekeeping and laundry...
COAL TOWNSHIP - Mountain View: A Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has reportedly laid off employees involved in housekeeping and laundry duties.A relative of a worker who lost her job contacted The...
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