Completes basic
Air Force Airman 1st Class Drew Renn graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training...
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Pennies for Playground drive startsCATAWISSA RR - A committee of Southern Columbia Area parents is helping students organize a penny drive in each classroom to raise the necessary funds to update the...
View ArticleEarns Master of Music degree
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Brent J. Fisher, son of Marlene and Joseph Fisher of Den Mar Gardens, has earned a Master of Music in choral conducting and music education degrees from Florida State University...
View ArticleChildren, parents invited to make ornaments Saturday in Shamokin
SHAMOKIN - Children and parents alike are invited to a free event, An Ornamental Ordeal, Saturday at the Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library. The event is ponsored by the nonprofit group Coal City...
View ArticleHoliday events abound in Susquehanna Valley
Happy holidays! I've been as busy an elf preparing this column to showcase December events in the Susquehanna River Valley.Our downtowns are full of events. Milton celebrates "Downtown in December"...
View ArticleMount Carmel church to host Ukrainian Christmas Eve celebration
MOUNT CARMEL - A local church will open its doors for the holiday season to share with the community the traditions of a Ukrainian Christmas Eve celebration. SS Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Friday, December 7, 2012
MOUNT CARMEL - The following hearings took place Dec. 5 before Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court in Northumberland County Court, Sunbury, can plead...
View ArticleNorthumberland County budget passed, but not without further drama
SUNBURY - Northumberland County commissioners adopted an $82.3 million preliminary budget for 2013 Thursday morning on a split vote, but not before more dissension arose, despite a plea by Vinny...
View ArticleUpcoming events
Clothing GiveawaySHAMOKIN - There will be a clothing giveaway from 9 a.m. to noon Friday at Grace Chapel, 126 Airport Rd., 648-0372.Free Christmas dinnerTREVORTON - Trevorton Community Ambulance will...
View ArticleTo the moon? Firm hopes to sell $1.5 billion trips
WASHINGTON — A team of former NASA executives is launching a private venture to send people to the moon for a price that is definitely out of this world. For $1.5 billion, the newly formed business is...
View ArticleDeer hits Jeep; no one hurt
COAL TOWNSHIP - Four people escaped serious injury Saturday morning after the vehicle in which they were riding was hit by a deer that is thought to have been spooked by hunters.John Reidinger, of...
View ArticleShoppers 'fill the truck' to help children
COAL TOWNSHIP - Through the generosity of area residents, some local children will find a few extra gifts under their tree Christmas morning.At Walmart stores across the country, Saturday became "Fill...
View ArticleFor The Record: Sunday, December 9, 2012
Marriage licensesRonald-Joseph Gane Sr., of 315 State Route 2026, Coal Township, and Joan M. Lehman, of 4315 State Route 2026, Coal Township. Issued Dec. 6.Eric David Holtzapple, of 127 Poppy Rd.,...
View ArticleHistorians seek stories, photos to help repair Shamokin Creek
SHAMOKIN - As a project develops to restore the stone channel of Shamokin Creek in the city's downtown, historians are working to piece together its history - and they're seeking the public's help.Tom...
View ArticleMCA Merit Award
The Mount Carmel Area Board of Education Merit Award winner for October 2012 at the elementary level is fifth-grade student, Makenzie Pyle, daughter of Bruce and Lori Pyle of Mount Carmel. Makenzie...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Sunday, December 9, 2012
Phoenix Rehab to host holiday eventSHAMOKIN - Phoenix Rehabilitation and Health Services invites the public to its free holiday event, Milk and Cookies with Santa.The event will be held from 5 to 8...
View ArticleMonday is Leonardi day in MC, marks 100th birthday
MOUNT CARMEL - Mount Carmel Mayor J. Kevin Jones has proclaimed Monday as Bruno John Leonardi Day in the borough. Leonardi was born Dec. 9, 1912, in a small town in Austria called Tuenno in the Trento...
View ArticleGeisinger considers natural gas stations
DANVILLE - A Geisinger Health System administrator says the company is studying the potential for a business partnership to create a natural gas fueling station.Al Neuner, vice president of facilities...
View ArticleDaughter of Shamokin woman earns civic award
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Aubrey Lynne Stover, daughter of Denise A. Stover, of Shamokin, and Joel R. Stover, of Mifflinburg, was recently awarded the Forty Under Forty Award, which is sponsored by Syracuse...
View ArticleNoteworthy: December 10, 2012
St. Pauline Christmas luminary eventKULPMONT - The St. Pauline Center in Kulpmont will hold its 10th annual Christmas Luminary Event and Christmas worship concert Saturday, Dec. 15, starting at 6...
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