MCA awarded grant
and Marketing Manager, Monica Bradford recently awarded the Mount Carmel Area School District the Top Star Express Exxon Mobil Educational Alliance Grant. Store manager, Melony Kisela, nominated and...
View ArticleHegins man waives charges to court
MOUNT CARMEL - A Hegins man who allegedly fired a shot into an occupied apartment building at South Beech and West Sixth streets last month waived the charges to court Wednesday. Donnie T. Carl, 26, is...
View Article225 students to participate in Susquehanna Valley Envirothon
Approximately 225 students from Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, and Union counties will participate in the annual Susquehanna Valley Envirothon Wednesday at the Shikellamy State Park...
View ArticleLine Mountain NHS students conduct cleanup at Trevorton recreation site
TREVORTON - Members of the Line Mountain Chapter of the National Honor Society are proving they are not only smart kids, but are concerned about keeping America beautiful. The honor students completed...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Saturday, May 4, 2013
Food distribution set today MOUNT CARMEL - Food distribution will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. today at the Atlas municipal complex for those Mount Carmel Township residents already signed up....
View ArticleLate World War II veteran honored in flag ceremony
MOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Area Joint Veterans Committee held its 441st "Changing of the Colors" flag ceremony April 21, in honor and memory of another veteran of World War II. Walter V. Wanzie...
View ArticleOak Street festival set for May 11
MOUNT CARMEL - One of the borough's most popular annual events is a week away. The Mount Carmel Lions will mark the 16th anniversary of their Oak Street Festival on Saturday, May 11. The festival runs...
View ArticlePre-trial conference rescheduled in Kraynak DUI case
SUNBURY - A pre-trial conference for Dr. Raymond J. Kraynak in his driving under the influence of alcohol case has been rescheduled for June 7. The 55-year-old Kulpmont resident and member of Mount...
View ArticleFamily upset by plea deal in death Teen's sentencing is set for July 29
SUNBURY - The father of a Coal Township teen killed in a car crash last summer isn't happy with the prospect that the driver will only serve 90 days in jail. "He goes to jail for three months, but my...
View ArticlePrayer for Bishop Joseph McFadden
PRAYER FOR BISHOP JOSEPH McFADDEN Eternal God and Father, we praise you that you have made people to share life together and to reflect your glory in the world. We thank you now for Bishop Joseph...
View ArticleCollege News: Enactus program
SELINSGROVE - Anthony Munson, of Shamokin, is one of 27 Susquehanna University Enactus (formerly SIFE) members that participated in the Enactus U.S. Regional Competition held March 22 in Baltimore,...
View ArticleLindermuth's12th novel published
SHAMOKIN - Wild Oaks, a division of Oak Tree Press, Taylorville, Ill., has published a second novel by Shamokin writer J.R. Lindermuth. "Sooner Than Gold," a sequel to "Fallen From Grace," was...
View ArticleFor the Record: Sunday, May 5, 2013
Marriage licensesTodd Richard Harvey Jr., of 41 N. Center St., Sunbury, to Erin L. Killian, of 1074 Shickshinny Valley Road, Shickshinny. Issued Thursday.Steven Andrew Weikel to Amanda Rachel Mull,...
View ArticleBishop Joseph P. McFadden
PHILADELPHIA - Bishop Joseph P. McFadden, 10th bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg, died unexpectedly Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Philadelphia, where he was attending a meeting of the Catholic Bishops of...
View ArticleLatest Atlas fire not suspicious
ATLAS - A two-alarm fire that likely destroyed a West Girard Street apartment building Saturday is not considered suspicious.Brian Hollenbush, Mount Carmel Township fire marshal, said the building at...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Sunday, May 5, 2013
Assistance at Masser's officeELYSBURG - State Rep. Kurt Masser, R-107, announced that Belinda Albright from the Northumberland County Veterans Affairs office, and a representative from Congressman Lou...
View ArticleSAHS finishes first in high school division, MCA in middle school
Shamokin Area is the winner in the high school division of the EconomicsPennsylvania Stock Market Game, and Mount Carmel Area was the victor in the middle school division. The winners were determined...
View ArticleCar rear-ends bus Driver suffers minor injury; rising sun hampered visibility
COAL TOWNSHIP - A 76-year-old Coal Township man suffered minor injuries to his face Saturday after he rear-ended a charter bus stopped at a red light along Route 61 at the entrance to BRL Grocery...
View ArticleProgress comes in all forms
After carefully observing activities in the area over the last few months, I felt compelled as president of the Brush Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce to reach out to the residents of the area to...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Monday, May 6, 2013
The following landlord/tenant claims and judgments were filed in magisterial district court: Office of John Gembic III, Shamokin - Robert Hess, of Danville, awarded $1,403.63 on Thursday in unpaid...
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