For the Record: Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014
Marriage licensesJeffrey Richard Ramer to Emily Ann Laskowski, both of 417 E. Spruce St., Shamokin. Issued Nov. 28.Thomas Edward Spears to Kelly Ann Chapman, both of 366 Missouri Lane, Kulpmont. Issued...
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Cookie sale to save the poolMOUNT CARMEL - Monday, Dec. 8, is the deadline to order homemade Christmas cookies benefitting the Mount Carmel Area Save the Pool Fund.Chocolate chip, peanut butter...
View ArticleSanta is back in session
SHAMOKIN - More than 50 years after it first began, "Letters to Santa" lives yet again for Christmas 2014. Retired radio personality Tom Kutza continues his "special arrangement" with Santa Claus to...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Monday, Dec. 1, 2014
Community Ambulance dinner TREVORTON - Trevorton Community Ambulance will hosts its seventh annual Christmas dinner beginning at noon Saturday, Dec. 13, at the new ambulance building, 510 W. Market...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Monday, Dec. 1, 2014
The following landlord/tenant claims or judgments were filed in magisterial district court: John Gembic III, Shamokin Lamar and Sheila Kerstetter, of Montoursville, against Debbie Sweeney, of...
View ArticleAnnual Trevorton Community Christmas lights up the night
TREVORTON - What began as a small gathering to light up the town's Christmas tree has turned into a community holiday season staple. More than 200 people turned up at the Foundry Sunday evening for...
View ArticleHoliday concert Thursday
COAL TOWNSHIP - The Shamokin Area Senior High choral ensembles will present its annual winter concert at 7 p.m. Thursday in the high school auditorium. The public is invited to this free...
View ArticleBase salary bump
HARRISBURG - The annual base salary for state lawmakers will automatically increase 1.6 percent to $85,356, but a number of lawmakers representing northeast Pennsylvania said they won't accept it....
View ArticleTharptown display keeps holiday tradition alive for father and son
THARPTOWN - While Jared Dunn appears to be a typical eleventh-grade student at Shamokin Area High School, he's already had the highest award Coal Township can bestow given to him by spending each...
View ArticleAdvisory council meets
MANDATA - The Line Mountain Advisory Council met in the Line Mountain High School cafeteria Oct. 30 to discuss the development of the K-12 School Counseling Program and how it is linked to Chapter...
View ArticleConcert is Tuesday, not Dec. 12
HAZLETON - The Viennese Christmas concert presented by Hollywood Concert Orchestra is at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hazleton Area High School. It was incorrectly listed in the December calendar on Page C1...
View ArticleCub Scouts pay visit to The News-Item
SHAMOKIN — Six Cub Scouts from Pack 3250, Paxinos, visited The News-Item Monday afternoon to learn about newspapers. Circulation manager Bill Kurtz discussed how the newspaper is distributed and about...
View ArticleSCI-CT inmate's hand stuck in toilet
COAL TOWNSHIP - Emergency personnel came to the rescue of a prisoner at SCI-Coal Township whose arm became trapped in his cell toilet Sunday morning."He was going to retrieve something that he...
View ArticleWoman killed in Route 147 crash near Northumberland
NORTHUMBERLAND - A Sunbury woman died in a Monday morning crash on Route 147 just north of Northumberland. According to James F. Kelley, Northumerland County Coroner, Charlee N. Malone, 29, of...
View ArticleFive hunters try their luck at AOAA
BURNSIDE - Only five hunters opted to drive-in at the Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (AOAA) between 4 and 6:30 a.m. Monday for the first day of buck season. AOAA Operations Director Dave Porzi...
View ArticleProperty owners cited
SHAMOKIN - Cpl. Bryan Primerano has cited 13 people for violating city ordinances involving their properties.George Atiyeh, 55, of 147 S. Maple St., Mount Carmel, was cited twice under the public...
View ArticleCrash closes Route 61
PAXINOS - An unidentified woman was taken to Geisinger Medical Center for a head injury sustained in a collision on Route 61 after her car crashed into an embankment and rolling onto its roof.The crash...
View ArticleReams trial set for Dec. 18
SUNBURY - A jury trial will be held later this month for a teen who was shot in the chest last year after allgedly attempting to run over a Sunbury police officer.Northumberland County Judge Charles...
View ArticleMount Carmel man arrested for child porn
MOUNT CARMEL - A Mount Carmel man was arrested last week for allegedly downloading videos of adults, adolescents and children engaged in sexual acts. James R. Miller Jr., 60, of 8 S. Peach St.,...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014
Pearl Harbor rememberance setMOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Area Joint Veterans Committee and VFW Post 2110 will hold their annual Pearl Harbor rememberance service at 1 p.m. Sunday at Post 2110, 21...
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