Coal Township residents: Tell your creek stories
TELL YOUR STORYResidents of Ranshaw and Tharptown are encouraged to write letters detailing damage to their properties caused by the September 2011 flooding. Photos and other documentation, including...
View ArticleTeens cited for tresspass at vacant Kulpmont factory
KULPMONT - A 14-year-old Reading girl whose leg got caught in a conveyor belt inside a vacant commercial building last month was cited for criminal trespass along with three other juveniles.A...
View ArticleColonial Crafts Day Saturday in Sunbury
SUNBURY - The Northumberland County Historical Society will bring an interesting and colorful blend of art, craft and history to the back and side yards of the historic property Saturday when it hosts...
View ArticleDid Wilson get a buyout? Kulpmont won't confirm
KULPMONT - The borough won't say if it paid anything to former Police Chief Rick Wilson III when his retirement was accepted five months before his five-year contract expired.Responding to a July 31...
View ArticleMiners to remember Earl Kieffer at annual picnic
HEGINS - Earl W. Kieffer left a legacy in anthracite coal mining that will be commemorated at this year's 29th annual Independent Coal Miners Picnic, noon Saturday at Hegins Park. Kieffer, who died...
View ArticleMount Carmel backs off authority loan stipulations Meanwhile, MCMA has acted...
MOUNT CARMEL - Members of Mount Carmel Borough Council have changed course and won't require three stipulations before guaranteeing a $1.25 million loan for the Mount Carmel Municipal Authority...
View ArticleKulpmont property owner pleads not guilty to 21 citations
MOUNT CARMEL - The latest chapter in the battle between a property owner and Kulpmont Borough over a pile of charred rubble that has been sitting on a Chestnut Street lot for the past six month will be...
View ArticleFamily News: Howerter reunion held
ELYSBURG - On July 27, the children of the late Wilbert and Sara Howerter held their 14th reunion at the Kulpmont Sportsman Club grounds.Eileen Schlegel was named the oldest attendee while Tia Tobias...
View ArticleCoal Township residents voice concern of lack of creek fixes
COAL TOWNSHIP - The Flood of 2011 may only be a memory for many township residents, but for those who live along creeks, it remains a nightmare.More than 40 residents of Ranshaw and Tharptown attended...
View ArticleKulpmont police insurance jumps $8,700
KULPMONT - The borough's law enforcement liability policy is nearly seven times more expensive than before council settled a civil lawsuit involving former Police Chief Rick Wilson III.Had Wilson...
View ArticlePaxinos man, girlfriend charged with false imprisonment
KULPMONT - Christopher P. Berkheiser, 31, of 873 Airport Road, Paxinos, and his girlfriend, Katrina M. Picarella, 26, of 661 Pine St., Kulpmont, were charged by former Chief of Police Richard Wilson...
View ArticleDistrict Court: Friday, Aug. 9, 2013
MOUNT CARMEL - The following hearings took place Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones. Defendants ordered to appear for plea court Sept. 23 in Northumberland County Court, Sunbury,...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Friday, Aug. 9, 2013
Bridge replacement plannedLOWER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP - A PennDOT crew will begin a bridge replacement project on Route 4022 (Boyles Run Road) Monday, Aug. 19.The existing 28-foot-long bridge was built in...
View ArticleLawyer wants to consult doctor in toddler injury case
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Chief Public Defender Edward Greco wants to hire a medical expert who will help him better prepare for the upcoming trial of a Sunbury woman charged with physically...
View ArticleShamokin, FEMA must work 'hand-in-hand' on creek project, engineer says
SHAMOKIN - The city engineer says working "hand in hand" with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be a must to ensure the restoration project of Shamokin Creek and Carbon Run goes...
View ArticleNo matter how busy you are, there is always time to love
Every now and then, I have a high school student tell me after we finished reading a book that it was the first book he ever read. There have also been a few students who replied "Dr. Seuss" when asked...
View ArticleShamokin landlord rejects plea deal; trial set for next week
SUNBURY - Shamokin landlord Barry Getchey was matter-of-fact in his refusal to accept a guilty plea during a brief pre-trial conference Friday morning before Northumberland County Judge Charles H....
View ArticleGrandmother in hyperthermia case to face bench trial
SUNBURY - A 65-year-old Sunbury woman charged in connection with the death of her granddaughter in 2010 will face a bench trial Aug. 22 in Northumberland County Court.Bertha M. Dreese, who withdrew her...
View ArticleSale of Tafner's property negates government lien
HARRISBURG - A lien placed on Thea Tafner's Rush Township property by the Department of Justice in 2011 no longer applies now that a bank has assumed ownership with plans to sell it.Heidi Havens, media...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013
'Gilligan's Island ... of Death' setMOUNT CARMEL - The CDA Court of Our Lady of Victory, in association with Lift Your Spirits Performing Arts will present "Gilligan's Island... of Death" at 7 p.m....
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