Chamber members hear about effects of identity theft
SHAMOKIN - In 1995, identity theft costs victims about $442 million. Over the next seven years, the number grew astronomically to more than $50 billion.It continues to grow today.Members of the Brush...
View ArticlePair of raccoons spend day up Shamokin utility pole
SHAMOKIN - A pair of raccoons that appeared to be sleeping on a utility pole caused a bit of a stir in the city Wednesday. The masked duo were spotted on a utility pole in the 500 block of East...
View ArticleThree taken to hospital after Gowen City blaze
GOWEN CITY - A disabled man was taken to a local hospital after breathing in smoke when his home caught fire just after midnight Wednesday.Firefighters were called to the Candelora residence at 3836...
View ArticleMCA teachers picket Wednesday, tonight
MOUNT CARMEL - Mount Carmel Area School District teachers picketed Wednesday night's contract negotiation meeting and will be doing the same again at tonight's regularly scheduled meeting at the...
View ArticleMount Carmel Twp. votes to assume all costs to expand police department
ATLAS - The Mount Carmel Township Board of Supervisors moved closer Wednesday night to relocating the township police station by voting to assume all costs associated with the purchase of two lots.The...
View ArticleWith 10-digit dialing to start, cell phone users must insert prefixes in...
If you own a cell phone and had input contact phone numbers over the years without an area code, you have a bit of tedious work ahead of you.It appears there's no cell phone app to insert 570 in front...
View ArticleMarshals Service arrests unregistered sex offender
RICHFIELD - The U.S. Marshals Service arrested a sex offender who failed to register his new address after moving from New Jersey to an acquaintance's home in West Perry Township, Snyder County.Chad...
View ArticleStrausser: Clausi's call for her resignation is spiteful
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Prothonotary Kathleen Strausser believes Commissioner Vinny Clausi's call for her resignation due to findings in a years-old auditor general's report is nothing more...
View ArticleNoteworthy: Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013
Mum sale to help Mostly MuttsCOAL TOWNSHIP - A mum sale to benefit Mostly Mutts animal shelter will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. or until sold...
View ArticleBloomsburg University to get grant for new heating
HARRISBURG - The Commonwealth Financing Authority has approved a $2 million grant for Bloomsburg University for the purchase and installation of a combined heat and power system. The authority approved...
View ArticleWine and brew festival set for Saturday
SUNBURY - The first Lake Augusta Wine and Brew Festival will be held Saturday behind the flood wall at the Sunbury River Front.Cosponsored by Sunbury Revitalization Inc. and Brewer's Outlet, the event...
View ArticleThree Sunbury teens bail from burning car
SNYDERTOWN - Three teenagers escaped injury shortly before noon Saturday when a car in which they were riding caught fire on Snydertown Road in Shamokin Township, about three miles east of here. All...
View ArticleFigure 8 is great, crazy and colorful at Bloomsburg Fair
BLOOMSBURG - An early-1990s compact car. No windows. Covered in spray-paint. An interior stripped to the bone. Only at a dirt track would you find someone smiling ear to ear at the prospect of getting...
View ArticleFelled tree rips down power line, starts blaze near Paxinos
PAXINOS - About 1,300 PPL customers were without electric service 5 1/2 hours Saturday after a downed tree struck a power line, igniting a brush fire. The accident occurred about 2:15 p.m. High winds...
View ArticleFor the Record: Sunday, September 22, 2013
Marriage licensesCasey Daniel Raab to Rachael Elizabeth Seidel, both of 37 S. Third St., Shamokin. Issued Sept. 20.Mark Wesley Bobb to Adrianne Irene Kahler, both of 1147 Hickory Road, Apt. B,...
View ArticleRenovations blessed at Holy Rosary church in Elysburg
ELYSBURG - A new altar and the recently renovated Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Church was blessed Saturday during Mass. Renovations were tailored to updated Liturgical guidelines, including...
View ArticleBloomsburg Fair schedule for Sunday, Monday
AT THE FAIR Today Grandstand - noon, tractor/truck pull, rescheduled from Saturday; Hunter Hayes, guests Dan and Shay, 7:30 p.m. Bandshell - Make Mine Country Band, 1, 7 p.m.; Re-Creation, 5, 9 p.m....
View ArticleMasser says pension reform tops list upon return to Harrisburg
First of two parts SHAMOKIN - Pension reform and passage of a transportation funding bill are state Rep. Kurt Masser's top priorities when the legislative session resumes Monday following a summer...
View ArticleCoroner candidate still owes on criminal fines from 1990s
SHAMOKIN - Leo J. Mirolli Jr., a Republican candidate for Northumber-land County coroner, still owes more than $3,700 in fines and costs to the county for criminal offenses dating to 1990. According...
View ArticleSame-sex marriage vote would be a 'tough' one, Masser says
SHAMOKIN - While he believes it will remain an issue for the courts, not the Legislature, state Rep. Kurt Masser (R-107) said it would be difficult if he had to vote on the issue of same-sex marriages...
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