'Twelve Days After Christmas' party pays tribute to Sandy Hook victims
MOUNT CARMEL - The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Our Lady of Victory No. 588 held its "Twelve Days After Christmas" party on the Epiphany, Jan. 6. Celebrating the arrival of the magi marks...
View ArticleTime for a school change
TREVORTON - The first two meetings to help students transition to the new building alignment in the Line Mountain School District next school year have been positive, according to elementary principal...
View ArticleSen. Gordner reappointed chair of labor committee
HARRISBURG - Sen. John R. Gordner (R-27) has been named chairman of the Senate Labor and Industry Committee for the 2013-2014 session of the General Assembly. Gordner has also been reappointed to his...
View ArticleLast meeting for Superintendent Charlie Reh is emotional
CATAWISSA RR - Southern Columbia Area Superintendent Charlie Reh was full of emotion and "thank yous" during his last school board meeting Monday night before retirement.Reh, his voice cracking, told...
View ArticleSECV gets new home
NORTHUMBERLAND - The new Service Electric Cablevision (SECV) facility along Route 11 north of the borough is a long time coming.Most of the firm's 50 employees moved into the renovated and expanded...
View ArticleCMVT may use lottery to choose its students
SOUTH CENTRE TWP. - Columbia-Montour Vocational-Technical School may use a lottery to decide what students are admitted from the school's seven home school districts, the Press-Enterprise of Bloomsburg...
View ArticleNCAAH show features student art, musical talent
SHAMOKIN - The Northumberland County Council for the Arts and Humanities (NCCAH) has art and music on the menu for its next event, the annual student show featuring Welch Art Studios students and...
View ArticleOlive Garden opens Feb. 4; now hiring
BUCKHORN - Olive Garden will open a new restaurant at the Buckhorn Plaza Feb. 4, the Press-Enterprise of Bloomsburg reported.The restaurant, which has a liquor license, will be open from 11 a.m. to 10...
View ArticleHomecoming queen to be crowned halftime Friday
COAL TOWNSHIP - Four senior girls at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School will vie for the title of homecoming queen for the 2012-2013 school year as part of the school's annual homecoming celebration....
View ArticleLocal lottery players win $10K each on scratch-offs tickets
HARRISBURG - In 2012, area lottery winners claimed $2.9 million in prizes of $1,000 or more from the Pennsylvania Lottery.The final total, counting December's winners from the Pennsylvania Lottery...
View ArticleSenior Citizen Activities: Week of January 14 to 18
Shamokin- Coal TownshipTuesday - Morning cards, 8:30 a.m.; Wii competition at Northumberland SAC Team 1, 9 a.m.; bridge lessons, 9:30 a.m.; lunch at Mattucci's Restaurant, be at destination at 11 a.m.,...
View ArticleStudents: Lunches fall short
COAL TOWNSHIP - A letter signed by "Northumberland County Student Body" says Nutrition Inc.'s food service at Northumberland County Career and Technology Center (NCCTC) is falling short.A school...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Tuesday, January 15, 2013
License centers closed MondayHARRISBURG - PennDOT driver license and photo centers, including the full-service center in Harrisburg, will be closed Saturday through Monday in observance of Martin...
View ArticleMount Carmel Area staff, students pleased with officer's presence
By Mark Gilger MOUNT CARMEL - Mount Carmel Township Patrolman Brian Carnuccio not only provides security in Mount Carmel Area School District, but also serves as a counselor, educator and confidant to...
View ArticleMother gets 12 to 60 months in jail for daughter's hyperthermia death
SUNBURY - The mother of a 1-year-old girl, who died from hyperthermia after being left in a room for 19 hours with a space heater in 2010, was sentenced Monday to 12 to 60 months in a state...
View ArticleShamokin cell phone robbery hearing continued
SHAMOKIN - A preliminary hearing for a 15-year-old Shamokin boy charged with robbing a cell phone from a city man Jan. 6 while allegedly brandishing what appeared to be a handgun has been continued at...
View ArticleBeck resigns after long tenure on Shamokin Area board
COAL TOWNSHIP - LaRue Beck, a longtime director of Shamokin Area School Board and an even longer fixture with the district PTA, resigned from the board of directors Tuesday due to failing health. Her...
View ArticleShamokin Area ups security
COAL TOWNSHIP - Metal detectors will be installed at all three Shamokin Area school buildings no later than next school year. The board of directors voted unanimously Tuesday to purchase four metal...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Masser to host small games seminarELYSBURG - Rep. Kurt Masser (R-107) will host a Small Games of Chance Seminar Monday, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the American Legion Post 91, located at 48-50 West Ave.,...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
SHAMOKIN - The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court Feb. 25 in Northumberland County Courthouse, Sunbury,...
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