On the Ballot This Year
Northumberland County - Controller, prothonotary, coroner and register and recorder, all four-year terms.Magisterial district judge - Judicial district 08-3-02, six-year term.Mount Carmel Area School...
View ArticleUnited Way almost halfway to goal
SHAMOKIN - The Lower Anthracite Region United Way (LARUW) campaign goal is $50,000, and the chapter is on track to reach it, with $23,975.60 as of the end of January.Many businesses and individuals are...
View ArticlePublic must leave courthouse 30 minutes before closing time
SUNBURY - For security reasons, the Northumberland County Administration Building at 399 S. Fifth St. will close to the public 30 minutes earlier than its previous closing time.Northumberland County...
View Article'Let's C' is Cecilian Club meeting theme
SHAMOKIN - Nan Weller, president, conducted the January meeting of the Cecilian Club at the First United Methodist Church. The open meeting was well-attended by members and guests.Linda Latsha shared a...
View ArticleState: Clausi did no harm in conducting auctions
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Commissioner Vinny Clausi has been cleared of any wrongdoing in a state investigation that examined his role as an auctioneer at county tax claim sales in recent years....
View ArticleNoteworthy: Saturday, February 2, 2013
Camp Cadet hosts programLEWISBURG - The Susquehanna Valley Law Enforcement Camp Cadet and Applebee's are hosting a celebrity service night from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Feb. 27.All tips will go directly...
View ArticleKulpmont personal care home to close Feb. 17
KULPMONT - The sense of sadness among the staff and remaining residents was palpable at Ann-Joachim House personal care home on Friday.They put on their bravest faces for a group picture, but as they...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Saturday, February 2, 2013
MOUNT CARMEL - The following hearings took place Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court March 25 in Northumberland County Courthouse,...
View ArticleMount Carmel Fire Police and Clover Hose Fire Company forming partnership
MOUNT CARMEL - Members of Mount Carmel Station 6 are pursuing a new partnership with Clover Hose Fire Company as a result of a disagreement with borough council over management and funding.Station 6,...
View Article22 vehicles burglarized in Trevorton area
TREVORTON - Zerbe Township police reported someone ransacked 22 vehicles and removed various items and loose change Wednesday and Thursday nights. Victims were Ashley Zwolinski, 209 S. 11th St.,...
View ArticleLights out again in downtown Shamokin
SHAMOKIN - Once again, several sections of Independence Street have been left in the dark. Street lights along Independence Street from Liberty Street to Market Street were out again Thursday and...
View ArticleNot all county offices could move from Sunbury to Shamokin
SUNBURY - Moving the administrative offices of Northumberland County from Sunbury to Shamokin could be tougher than originally thought according to research by the commissioner opposed to the plan. In...
View ArticleBarry University
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Marshall Scherer recently earned a master's degree from Barry University and passed his state boards in the physicians assistant program.Scherer graduated Temple University in...
View ArticleMisericordia University
Courtney N. Cecco, a 2012 graduate of Southern Columbia High School, has achieved dean's list status with a 3.86 grade point average for the fall 2012 semester at Misericordia University in Dallas,...
View ArticleSettlement is reached in former Mountain View employee lawsuit
SCRANTON - A settlement was reached last month in a lawsuit between Mountain View: A Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, and a former employee who filed a lawsuit against the Coal Township home.Court...
View ArticleShamokin woman charged with arson in Shenandoah fire
SHENANDOAH - A 28-year-old Shamokin woman was jailed Friday charged by Shenandoah police with lighting a Jan. 19 fire in the borough that destroyed two homes and damaged three others. The...
View ArticleNoteworthy: February 4, 2013
SUN Soroptimist monthly meeting setNORTHUMBERLAND - The Soroptimist International Club of the Snyder, Union and Northumberland Counties Inc. Club will hold it's regular monthly dinner meeting 6 p.m....
View ArticleNew education block grant is Corbett goal
HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania schools would have a new block grant program to work with if Gov. Tom Corbett wins legislative approval for his proposal to privatize the state-run liquor system. Corbett...
View ArticleDean's List
UNIVERSITY PARK - The followed area students earned dean's list recognition at Penn State University for the fall semester:- Cenan F. Abdul-al, Elysburg, Harrisburg Campus.- Ahmad M. Abuomar, Mount...
View ArticleMining memories: Shamokin man recalls time in service and coal industry
SHAMOKIN - Charlie Rosini knows the coal industry - both the bituminous and anthracite variations. He amassed this unique knowledge by having served as a federal mine inspector for both types of coal...
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