Local students advance to state level of computer fair
MILTON - Individuals and teams of students from 11 school districts within the five-county Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit (CSIU) area excelled at the Pennsylvania Middle School and High School...
View ArticleCollege News: LCCC Dean's List
LCCC dean's list SHAMOKIN - Luzerne County Community College announces the following area students have earned recognition for outstanding academic achievement during the fall 2011 semester. To qualify...
View ArticleMt. Carmel man gets 7 years for hitting guard
SUNBURY - A 33-year-old Mount Carmel man convicted of assaulting a state prison correctional officer in 2010 in the borough was sentenced Monday to 3 1/2 to 7 years in a state correctional...
View ArticleMan charged with rubbing self near girls gets probation
SUNBURY - A 21-year-old Mount Carmel man charged with making an obscene gesture in front of two young girls in late September was placed on two years supervised probation Monday by Northumberland...
View ArticleNoteworthy 4/11/12
Special SASB meeting setCOAL TOWNSHIP - A special meeting of Shamokin Area School Board will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the cafeteria of Shamokin Area Middle/High School. Work session begins at 7...
View ArticleLocal Knights attend meeting
LUZERNE - On Sunday, March 11, the Central Pennsylvania District of the Calvert Province of the Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus held its bi-annual meeting at Maria Assumpta Council 3987....
View ArticleKulpmont talks garbage
KULPMONT - A good portion of Kulpmont Borough Council's meeting Tuesday night featured an unpleasant topic - garbage.Council reviewed a revamped draft of the borough's 2005 garbage ordinance presented...
View ArticleLine Mountain directs project manager to move forward
by justin strawser LECK KILL - The Line Mountain School Board voted in favor Monday night of directing their project manager to finish the drawings and specs in preparation for bidding out additions to...
View ArticleNo answers for workers
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - More than 80 former employees of Saint Catherine Medical Center met with owner Robert M. Lane on Tuesday to get answers about the medical center's situation, but most came away...
View ArticleDistrict atty responds to planned cut
SUNBURY - District Attorney Tony Rosini said the plan to cut a secretary position in his office is an act of retaliation by Commissioner Vinny Clausi that could jeopardize public safety.The...
View ArticleSCA resolution critical of state education cuts
CATAWISSA RR - State funding cuts have wrongly put the burden for public education on local taxpayers, and that must change.That's the message the Southern Columbia Area School Board expressed in a...
View ArticleHospital won't lose equipment
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - St. Catherine has been spared, at least temporarily, the loss of almost $700,000 worth of equipment because a Schuylkill County judge on Tuesday halted a lawsuit filed by a New...
View ArticleRegistration open for Camp Pauline
KULPMONT - Registration is now open for Camp Pauline Children's Diabetic Day Camp's 2012 session, set for July 16 to 20 on the grounds of the St. Pauline Complex in Kulpmont.The day camp, currently in...
View ArticleGet rare look at art collection
MOUNT CARMEL - Area residents will get a rare look at a varied art collection over the next three weekends in Mount Carmel.The "Art in Our Town" exhibit at the Guaranty Trust Building, Third and Oak...
View ArticleMount Carmel artist works on display at fine arts gallery
SHAMOKIN - Artist Fred Scherr, of Mount Carmel, will have his first solo exhibition at the Northumberland County Council of the Arts Fine Arts Gallery, 2 E. Arch St., with an opening reception from...
View ArticleDistrict court 4/12/12/
SHAMOKIN - The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III. Defendants who waive their cases or are held for court were ordered to appear for plea court May...
View ArticleNoteworthy 4/12/12
Exhibit shares history of rationsBOALSBURG - The Pennsylvania Military Museum has a new exhibit that interprets the history of packaged rations for front line troops. The Combat Ration, is part of the...
View ArticleEnrollment to increase at NCCTC
COAL TOWNSHIP - A strong recruiting effort by officials at Northumberland County Career and Technology Center (NCCTC) and the three home schools have helped increase the projected enrollment at the...
View ArticleElysburg fire department soon broke
ELYSBURG - Ralpho Township supervisors were informed Tuesday evening that the Elysburg Fire and Rescue companies may be out of money by October.Harvey Boyer, president of the Elysburg Fire Company,...
View ArticleNo wells means no impact fee for Northumberland County
SUNBURY - Northumberland County cannot directly impose a drilling impact fee on natural gas drillers. The reason: There are no wells in the county. Act 13 of 2012, the law that established the fees,...
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