Memorials: Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library
SHAMOKIN - The Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library has announced memorials for June 19 to July 23, have been presented for the following persons: Frank Baranoski by Olvany Insurance. Marcelle Barber...
View ArticleBridy bills state $13,392 for inmates kept at Northumberland County Prison
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Commissioner Stephen Bridy has billed the state Department of Corrections (DOC) $13,392 for housing eight inmates at Northumberland County Prison for nearly a...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Saturday, July 27, 2013
Duck tickets available for today's raceSHAMOKIN - Tickets for today's "duck drop" are still available. They can be purchased starting at 10 a.m. outside the post office on Independence Street. The...
View ArticleWoman in first same-sex Pa. marriage graduated from SCA
LIMERICK - One of the women who took part Wednesday in the first same-sex marriage ceremony in Pennsylvania history is a graduate of Southern Columbia Area High School, the (Bloomsbvurg) Press...
View ArticleGusick files amended complaint on Shamokin emergency work
SHAMOKIN - A local contractor hasn't given up in his pursuit of a $98,500 invoice submitted to City Hall last year for an emergency demolition on North Shamokin Street.An amended complaint was filed...
View ArticleShamokin mayor in 'good condition' after fall
SHAMOKIN - Mayor George Rozinskie is in "good condition" after being hospitalized after he fell inside his home early Tuesday morning, according to his wife.Georgette Rozinskie said doctors haven't yet...
View ArticleSaturday Spirit: God's love energizes us for life's climbs
I had a fairly good imagination as a kid. Just ask some of my teachers about the excuses I gave for not having my homework done. However, a recent eight-hour round trip by car reminded me of how...
View ArticleTwo accused of stealing computer tablets from Coal Township store
COAL TOWNSHIP - A Shamokin woman and a Coal Township man are accused of stealing four computer tablets from Walmart Supercenter across from the Coal Township Plaza between 10:42 and 11:15 p.m. Monday,...
View ArticlePolice continue investigation of Coal Township ATV fatality
COAL TOWNSHIP - Police are continuing their investigation of an ATV accident Sunday afternoon that claimed the life of a Gordon man. It's possible trespassing charges will be filed against three...
View ArticleDucks drop in Shamokin
The Brush Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce's duck drop took place Saturday afternoon in Shamokin, where hundreds od ducks were dropped off the Liberty Street bridge into Shamokin Creek behind OIP.
View ArticleNoteworthy: Sunday, July 28, 2013
Move vehicles for Shamokin pavingSHAMOKIN - The city will begin its 2013 bituminous paving project, weather permitting, beginning Monday.The following streets are set for paving: North Marshall Street...
View ArticleFor the Record: Sunday, July 28, 2013
Marriage licenses Aaron Nathaniel Perron and Danielle Claire Oggler, both of 224 Front St., Mount Carmel. Issued July 25. William C. Rennard Sr. and Susan J. Kline, both of 221 Park St., Mount Carmel....
View ArticlePine Grove man killed in crash on Route 443
FRIEDENSBURG - A Pine Grove man was killed near here in Wayne Township Friday night when the Jeep in which he was a passenger swerved to avoid a deer, according to state police at Schuylkill...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Sunday, July 28, 2013
Trike crashMANDATA - A 53-year-old Dalmatia man was airlifted Saturday after crashing a motorcycle into a fence and a tree along Route 225 in Lower Mahanoy Township, about 1 1/2 miles south of Mandata,...
View ArticleTafner to be free Aug. 23; her local properties are in tax sales
Thea Tafner is in the final month of her federal prison term, but it doesn’t appear she’ll have any local properties to come back to when she’s freed. Tafner’s Rush Township property, once occupied by...
View ArticleOne pension plan eyed for municipal police
HARRISBURG - The hundreds of small police force pension plans would become a thing of the past under a bill being introduced by two veteran House lawmakers. In a bipartisan effort, Reps. Glenn Grell,...
View ArticleCause unknown in Elysburg fire
ELYSBURG - The Elysburg Fire Department will turn to a state police fire marshal to help sort out the cause of a fire that ignited Sunday afternoon inside a mostly vacant commercial building on East...
View ArticleClausi warned about issues with City Hall
SHAMOKIN - Vinny Clausi may be feeling like persona non grata at City Hall.Some inside the city's headquarters would say it's his own doing. The county commissioner doesn't see it that way.A letter...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Monday, July 29, 2013
Dodgeball tourney benefits fireworksSUNBURY - The inaugural Light Up The Sky Dodgeball Tournament will be held Saturday, Sept. 7, at the Sunbury Ice Rink, 1200 Memorial Drive.Sign-ins will be from 9 to...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Monday, July 29, 2013
The following landlord/tenant claims and judgments were filed in magisterial district court:Office of John Gembic III, Shamokin- Dewart Street Properties LLC, of Shamokin, awarded $1,038.65 on July 11...
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