Officials: Legion basement has potential as youth center
SHAMOKIN - The basement of the American Legion building on Independence Street is getting a new lease on life.Once the location of the Shamokin Coal-Township Senior Action Center and numerous bingo and...
View ArticleCoal Township recycling center has too much brush, yard waste on site
COAL TOWNSHIP - Township commissioners have a mess on their hands at the recycling center and are looking to the state to make quick work of it.The amount of brush and yard waste accumulating at the...
View ArticleNoteworthy 8/7/12
MC Twp. plans National Night OutATLAS - Neighbors throughout Mount Carmel Township are invited to join forces with thousands of communities nationwide for the 29th annual National Night Out and Mount...
View ArticlePipeline aimed at Northumberland County
A $1 billion pipeline transporting Marcellus and Utica shale gas may cut through Northumberland County. Inergy MidStreat L.P., UGI Energy Services Inc. and Capitol Energy Ventures Corp. are jointly...
View ArticleClarification: Woman not involved in incident
To clarify a story from Thursday's edition, headlined "Shamokin woman back in jail after allegedly trying to bite officer after chase": The story said that a second woman involved but not charged...
View ArticleShamokin slows Gilligbauer on plans for carports
SHAMOKIN - Robert Gilligbauer's plans to build a pair of enclosed carports on a lot outside his automotive repair garage are on indefinite hold by order of the city. Rick Bozza, code enforcement...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Friday, August 17, 2012
Phones at Masser's office still outELYSBURG - State Rep. Kurt Masser (R-107) provided another update Thursday in regard to the incoming phone service at his Elysburg district office still being...
View ArticleCase bound for court in tree-tying homicide
ORWIGSBURG - After helping to tie Bryan R. Smith to a tree in May in South Manheim Township, Keith A. Reber returned about 20 hours later to find him dead, a state police corporal said Thursday at the...
View ArticlePromotion to full time gets 4-1 OK in Mount Carmel
MOUNT CARMEL - A part-time maintenance employee was promoted to a full-time position on a split vote Thursday by borough council. Howard Watkins will earn $27,040 annually and be eligible for health...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Friday, August 17, 2012
Two-vehicle crashPAXINOS - Five people escaped injury in a two-vehicle crash at 8:32 p.m. Wednesday on Route 487 near Route 61.State police at Stonington report a 2005 Chrysler Sebring, driven by...
View ArticleYoga murder suspect may get death penalty
MIDDLEBURG - Joel R. Snider, the homicide suspect in the July 2010 murder of a New Berlin yoga master, may now face the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. Snider, a former yoga...
View ArticleSunbury's 'new day' $11M Riverfront Park dedicated
SUNBURY - The official opening of Riverfront Park in Sunbury marked "a new day and a new era" for the Susquehanna River and the city of Sunbury, state Sen. John R. Gordner (R-27) told a crowd of some...
View ArticleNoteworthy: August 28, 2012
NoteworthyPennDOT centers closed for holidayHARRISBURG -The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced that all driver license and photo centers, including its full-service center in...
View ArticleDrexel University doctorate
PHILADELPHIA - Elyse L. Whary graduated summa cum laude from Drexel University, Philadelphia, on June 16 with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy.She was a dean's list honor student all quarters and a...
View ArticleAshland Technologies on fastest-growing list again
HEGINS - Inc. magazine awarded Ashland Technologies Inc. its fourth consecutive ranking on the nation's fastest-growing private companies list. This is nearly unprecedented for a contract...
View ArticleMCA senior Stief named to NSHSS
ATLANTA, Ga. - The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) announced that Thomas F. Stief, a senior at Mount Carmel Area Junior/Senior High School, has been selected for membership. Stief is a...
View ArticleSmooth start to school year reported at Line Mountain
by justin strawser MANDATA - The first day of school for 1,250 students Monday went smoothly in the Line Mountain School District, Superintendent Dave Campbell reported."It was a good day. No issues to...
View ArticleMount Carmel man's 2nd trial begins
For the second time in Schuylkill County Court, Melissa Kent testified Monday about what she said her ex-husband did to her last September after finding out she was with another man."He told me I...
View ArticleReservations due for heritage dinner; Susquehanna's history this year's topic
SHAMOKIN DAM - The Northumberland County Historical Society (NCHS) will host a Heritage Dinner with a focus on the Susquehanna Natural History project at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Tedd's on the...
View ArticleElysburg Garden Club seeking entries for annual flower show Event part of...
ELYSBURG - The Elysburg Garden Club invites area residents to participate in its upcoming flower show which will be held as part of the annual Ralpho All Home Days celebration, which is held Labor Day...
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