SASD to receive $25k Safe Schools grant
COAL TOWNSHIP - Shamokin Area School District is a recipient of a state education grant for security.The district was awarded a Safe Schools grant for the second year running, announced last week by...
View ArticleJudges Wiest, Jones will donate COLAs
Lawmakers aren't the only ones operating under new rates as of Monday.Judges across the state are also affected by the automatic $1,344 or 1.6 percent cost-of-living increase that is tied to an...
View ArticleNorthumberland County Prison warden vote postponed
SUNBURY - Today's special prison board meeting to appoint a new warden has been postponed due to allegations made in an anonymous letter against one of the three finalists for the position. Prison...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014
K of C children's Christmas party Shamokin Knights of Columbus will host their annual children's Christmas party at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14 in the K of C hall, Independence St., Shamokin. The party is...
View ArticleMan charged in relation to boy's overdose death waives hearing
MILTON - A Northumberland man charged by Point Township police in relation to the death of a 9-year-old Sunbury boy waived his right Tuesday to a preliminary hearing via video before Magisterial...
View ArticleSecond Mount Carmel man facing child porn charges
MOUNT CARMEL - For the second time in a week, a borough man has been charged with felonies of disseminating and possessing child pornography. Jeremy Godin, 37, of 14 N. Maple St., who is charged with...
View ArticleOrganization News: Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court of Our Lady of...
The Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court of Our Lady of Victor 588 held its monthly meeting Nov. 16. The meeting was called to order by Mary Snyder, regent. The Rev. Frank Karwacki, chaplain, led...
View ArticleSpecial meeting to set commissions and row officers' salaries postoned
SUNBURY - Tuesday night's special meeting to set the salaries of Northumberland County commissioners and row officers was postponed for the second time because Commissioner Richard Shoch couldn't...
View ArticleBridy believes regional emergency response will save counties $1 million
SUNBURY - Commissioner Stephen Bridy hopes to unite Northumberland County with several nearby counties to create a regionalized emergency response system he believes will save each county $1 million....
View ArticleNo injuries in crash on Natalie Mountain
NATALIE - A 23-year-old Mount Carmel woman escaped injury during Tuesday's light snowfall on the Natalie Mountain when her car collided with a truck while she was changing lanes, causing the car to...
View ArticleNo tax increase or decrease in Northumberland County budget
SUNBURY - Northumberland County residents will see no tax increases in 2015. Chairman Vinny Clausi and Stephen Bridy approved the proposed 2015 budget on a 2-0 vote at Tuesday afternoon's...
View ArticleCoal Twp. commissioners likely to table vote on amusement tax
COAL TOWNSHIP - Coal Township commissioners will likely table a vote on enacting an amusement tax after Tuesday's work session resulted in more questions than answers on the Anthracite Outdoor...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014
Sentence in DUI SUNBURY - A Coal Township man was sentenced Monday by Northumberland County Judge Charles Saylor to six months intermediate punishment with the first 90 days on house arrest for...
View ArticleSummary trial postponed for ex-Mount Carmel Township officer
SHAMOKIN - A summary trial for alleged traffic offenses has been postponed for a former Mount Carmel Township police officer accused in an off-duty Labor Day police pursuit. David J. Stamets, 27, of...
View ArticleDiroche, witnesses appear for hearing, but not defense counsel
SHAMOKIN - Rafael Diroche was set for a preliminary hearing Tuesday in his attempted homicide case. So were the police and prosecutor looking to send him to jail. But there was a snag: Diroche had an...
View ArticlePolice wrangle bull off Route 11
SHAMOKIN DAM – This story is no bull, but it involves one. State police were dispatched for an unusual call at 1:29 a.m. Monday: a large black bull running along Route 11 between Tedd’s Landing and...
View ArticleRussian Imperial Stout: Beer for the czars
Since this column’s inception, I’ve yearned to review Russian Imperial Stout, but the time wasn’t right — until now — for the King of the Stouts is a brew best saved for the dark days of winter. Its...
View ArticleShamokin votes to adopt 2015 $3.7M budget
SHAMOKIN - City council voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt a $3.7 million budget for 2015.The tax structure designed to support it remains in limbo, of sorts. City council has yet to finalize the...
View ArticleLM receives insurance money for oil spill
COAL TOWNSHIP - Nearly a year after heating oil leaked in the basement of the former Dalmatia Elementary School, the Line Mountain School Board will receive $17,367.90 from its insurance company to...
View ArticleSASB approves school drug policy revision
COAL TOWNSHIP - The Shamokin Area School Board unanimously approved a second and final reading of a revised student-drug policy during the annual reorganization meeting at Northumberland County Career...
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