Afterschool program students building skyscrapers, bridges
COAL TOWNSHIP - More than 80 local students have been building skyscrapers, bridges and race cars after school. Students in grades 3 to 12 at Shamokin Area and Our Lady of Lourdes Regional schools are...
View ArticleCollege News: Bloomsburg University Dean's List
BLOOMSBURG - Renee Noll was named to the dean's list for the fall semester of Bloomsburg University with a 4.0 grade-point average. She is majoring in geography with a concentration in environmental...
View ArticleMilitary News: Marine completes training
Marine Corps Pvt. Jarrod R. Shurock, a son of Lisa A. Krieger of Coal Township, and Rick J. Shurock, of Coal Township, earned the title of United States Marine after graduating from recruit training...
View ArticleBucknell University
Colin Klebon, a son of Daniel and Cynthia Klebon, of Overlook, was named to the Bucknell University dean's list for the fall semester.Klebon, a senior, majoring in civil engineering and a member of the...
View ArticleSuperintendent suggests Trevorton school become Line Mountain Elementary
MANDATA - With Line Mountain School District consolidating its three remaining elementary schools into one building starting next school year, it's time for a name change, according to the...
View ArticleOpen house at Lourdes gives parents opportunity to tour, learn more about...
By Justin Strawser COAL TOWNSHIP - Shamokin resident Glenda Bonetti sends her 7-year-old son to Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School for many reasons, including an individualized education. The mother...
View ArticleVictims in Saturday crash on Sunshine Road identified
LITTLE MAHANOY TOWNSHIP - The identities of the victims involved in the Saturday afternoon accident on Sunshine Road, approximately .2 miles south of Route 225, were released by state police at the...
View ArticleArcadia University
GLENSIDE - Kevin R. Iwanski Jr., of Lumberton, N.J., was named to the dean's list with distinguished honors at Arcadia University with a 3.94 grade point average for the fall semester of 2012.He will...
View ArticleFor the Record: Monday, January 28, 2013
Divorces Carol J. Jones, 232 E. Seventh St., Mount Carmel, from Ihtasham Ul, 128 S. Washington St., Orwigsburg. Married April 28, 1990. Dawn L. Reed, 150 North St., Mount Carmel, from Shawn D. Reed,...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Monday, January 28, 2013
Bingo cancelledSHAMOKIN - Mother Cabrini Monday night bingo is cancelled due to impending weather conditions.
View ArticleSenior Citizen Activities for week of Jan. 28
Shamokin-Coal Township Monday - Morning cards, 8:30 a.m.; yoga, 9:30 a.m.; Walk A Mile, 10:30 a.m.; treadmill for anyone with a doctor's permission. Tuesday - Morning cards, 8:30 a.m.; Wii competition...
View ArticleBeloved therapy dog remembered
KULPMONT - There's something missing, not only from the lives of Jerry and Bonnie Wascavage, but also from the lives of countless senior citizens in local nursing homes. Lucky, a certified therapy dog...
View ArticleMemorials
Mount Carmel Area Public LibraryMOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Area Public Library is grateful for the following donations, the most important and basic source of funds to the library.Christmas...
View ArticleBloomsburg University
BLOOMSBURG - Abby E. Kulenguskey was named to the dean's list at Bloomsburg University for the fall semester with a 3.96 GPA.She is currently a junior, majoring in early childhood education with a...
View ArticleJohns Hopkins
BALTIMORE, Md. - Daniel Wetzel Jr., son of Daniel and Lori Wetzel, of Shamokin, graduated from Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Medical Imaging Program in Radiology. The graduation ceremony was held...
View ArticleDismissal sought in Binsack lawsuit
Scott J. Binsack is solely responsible for his recent imprisonment, and claims that Shamokin City officials violated his constitutional rights have no merit, five defendants say in a motion to dismiss...
View ArticleHome gutted, pets perish
COAL TOWNSHIP - Several animals perished and a home was gutted in the area's second fire call Monday, this time at the intersection of Wabash and Sherman streets. Coal Township firefighters were at...
View ArticlePrison board: Former officer entitled to old job, back pay
SUNBURY - A correctional officer/maintenance man at Northumberland County Prison who was fired in June for stealing copper pipes from the jail before being acquitted of all charges is entitled to get...
View ArticleSeven fires, five days
Monday evenings's fire in Coal Township marked the sixth blaze in five days in eastern Northumberland County, and a seventh fire was reported at East Sunbury and Franklin streets in Shamokin shortly...
View ArticleDecember unemployment rate highest in 2012
By Justin Strawser December ended 2012 with the highest unemployment rate of the year, and included the largest one-month change, according to the state the Department of Labor and Industry (DLI).DLI...
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