Cameron Bridge lines due for repainting
SHAMOKIN - Weather permitting, PennDOT plans to have its paint crew "address the needs" at the Cameron Bridge by early May. Faded yellow and white lines on the light surface of the concrete bridge,...
View ArticleDug up Mount Carmel streets to be repaved by November
Editor's note: Second in a series of stories produced from the annual visit by PennDOT District 3-0 officials to The News-Item. SHAMOKIN - The biggest local road project planned by PennDOT in the...
View ArticlePig owner objects to ordinance
COAL TOWNSHIP - Sally Allen told township commissioners in no uncertain terms Thursday night that she is not giving up her pig without a fight.Allen was among the residents who came to Thursday night's...
View ArticleTeacher charged with DUI hit and run resigns
COAL TOWNSHIP - A Shamokin Area Elementary School teacher accused of being drunk when he drove into a group of kids last month near Mount Carmel has resigned. The district school board on Thursday...
View ArticleADMINISTRATIVE CUTS NEXT? Shamokin Area to discuss contracts, benefits of top...
COAL TOWNSHIP - Shamokin Area School Board voted to furlough 21 teachers and staff members, starting next school year, at its meeting Thursday night. The raucous crowd, asked by a board member at one...
View ArticleMexican restaurant to open soon Casa Sanchez owner plans second site, El Rio,...
COAL TOWNSHIP - Last year, Jesús Sánchez was overwhelmed with the news that his wife was diagnosed with cancer, and entered into a mild depression. One day in December, he went to the Susquehanna River...
View ArticleContest still tight with 1 week to go
Week 9 will no doubt be remembered as a crucial one in the 2012 Stock Market Challenge for local schools.With the Dow Jones and other averages suffering mostly a down week, local teams competing in...
View ArticleLocal man dies in ATV crash
MAN, W.Va. - A 2003 graduate of Mount Carmel Area High School was killed Thursday in an ATV accident at the Hatfield-McCoy Regional Recreation facility in Logan County, West Virginia.WSAZ-TV in the...
View ArticlePolice Blotter 04-15-12
Cell distracts driverSUNBURY - Eva A. Barkafski, 64, of Ashland, escaped injury Saturday morning when her 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis exited Snydertown Road (Route 4012) and crashed into a ditch near...
View ArticleFor the Record 04-15-12
Marriage licensesJames Meredith to Brandi L. Dressler, both of 801 E. Commerce St., Shamokin. Issued April 12, 2012.Dale P. Reigle to Carol Frances Hickman, both of 607 W. Spruce St., Shamokin. To be...
View ArticleNoteworthy 04-15-12
Lourdes FACTS meeting TuesdayCOAL TOWNSHIP - A mandatory FACTS tuition meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Lourdes School cafeteria. All parents are encouraged to attend.IRS reminds:...
View ArticleMAN CRITICAL AFTER BLAZE
RANSHAW - A 51-year-old man who was pulled from his burning Main Street home by firefighters Saturday morning was listed in critical condition late in the day after being flown to Lehigh Valley...
View ArticleCounty fears funding cuts
SUNBURY - Northumberland County departments serving the elderly, children and mentally handicapped could lose approximately $2 million in state funding if proposed cuts recommended by the secretary of...
View ArticlePolice probe county slaying Woman's shooting ruled homicide in Turbot Township
TURBOT TOWNSHIP - State police at Milton are investigating the death of a Turbot Township woman who was shot in her home early Saturday morning during a burglary.Police released few details Saturday...
View ArticleHundreds take in breaker, mine tour
Giving locals a chance to learn about the industry that built the county, Reading Anthracite Co. held its Community Day on Saturday. Jeff Gliem, director of operations at Reading Anthracite, said that...
View ArticleTitanic Anniversary: Two 'locals' helped in rescue; fate kept third from launch
The RMS Titanic - the foremost ocean liner believed to be unsinkable - was felled by an iceberg 100 years ago today. More than 1,500 people were killed in the tragedy that, over the past century, has...
View ArticleHonor Roll: Shamokin Area Elementary School
COAL TOWNSHIP - Following are Shamokin Area Elementary School's distinguished honors and honor roll for the third marking period of the 2011-12 school year. The honor roll is based on the average of...
View ArticleNoteworthy 04-16-12
Audition for children's theatre SHAMOKIN - Auditions will be held for this summer's Anne Miles Children's Theatre at the Northumberland County Career and Arts Center, 2 E. Arch St., from 5 to 7 p.m....
View ArticleChris Pfaff bio box
Age: 54 Residence: Cooper Township, Montour County, since 1984; born in New Jersey; grew up in Tunkhannock. Education: Taccoa Falls College, Georgia, undergraduate degree in Bible theology (1980);...
View ArticleTed Yeager bio box
Ted Yeager Age: 61 Residence: Elysburg. Education; Wilkes College, bachelor's degree; Elmira College, master's degree. Government: Candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 107th House District,...
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