Investigation into fatal crash continues
LEWISBURG - The driver of a 2009 Cadillac who allegedly caused a five-vehicle crash on Route 15, leaving a Turbotville woman dead, was treated and released from Evangelical Community Hospital,...
View ArticleDistrict Court: April 3, 2013
SHAMOKIN - The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court May 13 in Northumberland County Courthouse, Sunbury,...
View ArticleNorthumberland County unemployment rate down to 8.3 percent
The unemployment rate for Northumberland County dropped more than one percent between January and February, according to the latest figures from the Department of Labor and Industry (DLI).DLI reported...
View ArticleMCA honor roll
Mount Carmel Area School DistrictMOUNT CARMEL - The following students have achieved honor roll status from the Mount Carmel Area School District for the second marking period of the 2012-2013 school...
View ArticleAOAA to seek funding for storm water control, secondary trailhead
By Justin Strawser SHAMOKIN - The Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (AOAA) Authority is planning to apply for funding from two state agencies to control storm water runoff and construct a secondary...
View ArticleNoteworthy: April 3, 2013
Chamber job fair todayPAXINOS - A job fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at Masser's Banquet Hall, near the intersection of Routes 487 and 61.Job seekers will be granted free admission and...
View ArticleCity considers census to help collect back taxes
SHAMOKIN - City officials are considering funding a door-to-door census in the hope of boosting the collection of delinquent taxes.It's estimated $150,000 in per capita and occupational taxes went...
View ArticleTermination lawsuit settled
WILLIAMSPORT - Notice was filed in federal court here late Tuesday afternoon that Kymberley Best's lawsuit against Northumberland County, a commissioner and former commissioner has been settled with...
View ArticleClausi wants new prison near SCI-CT
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Commissioner Vinny Clausi believes an ideal site for a new county prison would be next to the State Correctional Institution at Coal Township near the village of...
View ArticleFirms seek new workers
PAXINOS - Three new vendors at Wednesday's job fair at Masser's Banquet Hall represented the wide variety of businesses looking for new employees or at least to market their brands.Sunbury Motor Co....
View ArticleResolution would allow Shamokin to receive reimbursment for demo costs
SHAMOKIN - City council adopted a resolution Wednesday that would allow Shamokin to receive any potential state or federal reimbursement of demolition costs stemming from the tear-down of a partially...
View ArticlePrison board is satisfied
SUNBURY - Members of Northumberland County Prison Board said they are satisfied with a report submitted Wednesday by top officials from PrimeCare Medical Inc. that addresses various concerns with their...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Thursday, April 4, 2013
Food pantry distribution is SaturdayATLAS - The Mount Carmel Township Food Pantry will hold its monthly distribution from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the township complex. Residents in Atlas, Diamondtown,...
View Article'Finally, finally, finally,' highway project has the money needed to break...
SHAMOKIN DAM - There is an exit sign at last on the long highway to the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway.State Sen. John R. Gordner (R-27), with state Department of Transportation (PennDOT) officials...
View ArticlePolice correct name of man accused in fatal Rt. 15 crash
LEWISBURG - Donald E. Pease, 82, of Gorham, N.Y., was identified Wednesday as the driver accused of causing a fatal accident Sunday on Route 15.He was misidentified as 81-year-old Edward Peace in a...
View ArticleTwo former Bloom U. field hockey players jailed
BLOOMSBURG - Two former members of the Bloomsburg University field hockey team were sentenced in Columbia County Court to serve short prison sentences for beating another woman in the street during the...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Friday, April 5, 2013
MOUNT CARMEL - The following hearings took place Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court May 13 in Northumberland County Court, Sunbury, can...
View ArticleHistory Day volunteer
INDIANA, Pa. - Corrine Filipczak, of Marion Heights, a criminology major at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, served as a volunteer for the 2013 National History Day regional competition at IUP.Close...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Friday, April 5, 2013
Shamokin banner deadline todaySHAMOKIN - Today is the deadline for those wanting to purchase a banner as part of the Citizens for a Better Community (CBC) Hometown Heroes Banners project.Call Angie...
View ArticleCT sweeper schedule announced
COAL TOWNSHIP - Below is the street sweeping schedule for the week of April 8.West EndMonday: North side of Lynn Street from Ash Street to Jackson Street, in the morning; south side of Lynn Street from...
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