Noteworthy 4/24/12
SAHS bands to present annual concertCOAL TOWNSHIP - The Shamokin Area High School Symphonic Band will present the annual spring concert, The Rhythms of Spring, at 7 p.m. today in the Shamokin Area High...
View ArticleSenior Activities week of April 23
Shamokin- Coal Township Today - Morning cards and puzzles; bridge, 12:15 p.m. Wednesday - Morning cards and puzzles, 8:30 a.m.; Wii bowling, 10 a.m.; Amy Zalar from Mountain View complex will conduct...
View ArticleLottery winners hit big
HARRISBURG - Big jackpot drawings did not produce any millionaires among area lottery players, but did help pad March winnings to more than $162,722, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery's...
View ArticleMount Carmel privatizes pool, expected to save $10,000 a year
MOUNT CARMEL - Borough council has entered into a service agreement with Neptune Pool Management Inc. to privatize operation and management of the Mount Carmel Community Pool.Council members are...
View Article1.25 inches of rain fell in area over weekend
With temperatures 20 degrees below normal for April, Northumberland County saw precipitation in the form of snow and sleet Monday without accumulation, according to the National Weather Service...
View ArticlePricing a problem in Pennsylvania, too
Pricing a problem in Pennsylvania, tooAppendectomies in California are not the only medical procedures with huge price differences. According to the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council,...
View ArticleTwo Dem races only contested local fights
SHAMOKIN - One year after there were 13 candidates for Shamokin Area School Board and 11 for Northumberland County commissioner, today's Pennsylvania primary election pales in comparison. That's on the...
View ArticleOLOL students to take audience on magic carpet ride in Aladdin
COAL TOWNSHIP - Our Lady of Lourdes Elementary Chorus will present their fifth musical, "Aladdin-Kids" at 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the school gymnatorium. Fifty students in grades four to six...
View ArticleMemorials: Mount Carmel Area Public Library
MOUNT CARMEL - The Mount Carmel Area Public Library is grateful for the following donations, which have always been its most basic and important source of funds. In memory of Florence Boslego from...
View ArticleHonor Roll: Our Lady of Lourdes
COAL TOWNSHIP - Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School has announced its honor roll for the third marking period of the 2011-2012 school year. Distinguished Honors Grade 12 - Rachel Davis, Elizabeth...
View ArticleDistrict Court 4/25/12
SHAMOKIN - The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III. Defendants who waived their cases or were held for court were ordered to appear for plea court...
View ArticleEx-cop's sentencing postponed
HARRISBURG - The sentencing for retired Mount Carmel police officer Blaine R. Handerhan, who pleaded guilty Oct. 5 in federal court to one felony count of possession of child pornography, has been...
View ArticleNoteworthy 4/25/12
East Cameron Twp. meeting changedSHAMOKIN - The East Cameron Township Supervisors meeting has been changed from May 7 to May 14.Reunion meeting this weekCOAL TOWNSHIP - Our Lady of Lourdes Class of...
View ArticleStilp appears victor over Vinsko in 11th; will face Barletta
The pink pig just may have done it. Gene Stilp, the Dauphin County activist whose inflatable porker has been a symbol of his long crusade against government waste, appeared to defeat Wilkes-Barre...
View ArticleYeager-Masser race set for fall
SUNBURY - The Democratic nomination for the 107th Legislative District was easily won by Ted Yeager in Tuesday's primary election.His challenge to unseat Republican incumbent Kurt Masser in November's...
View Article22% vote in county
SUNBURY - Only 22 percent of registered Democrats and Republicans in Northumberland County voted in Tuesday's primary election. The voter turnout, which was one of the lowest in recent history, was...
View ArticleVoter ID test goes well
Northumberland County voters came to the polls Tuesday with IDs in hand, helping to make the trial run for the state's new voter ID law an apparent success.Judges of elections at polling sites in...
View ArticleNorthumberland County primary vote tallies
Election tallies President of the United States (All numbers below are Northumberland County tallies only. Names in red indicate overall winners.) Republican Newt Gingrich: 700 Mitt Romney: 3,153 Ron...
View ArticlePresident of Indian Hills said protest was well organized, no damage to property
by justin strawser PAXINOS - The demonstration during Gov. Tom Corbett's visit to Indian Hill Golf and Tennis Club Friday evening was praised by the president of the organization."Everybody was well...
View ArticleLine Mtn. schedules public meeting to discuss closing Leck Kill and Dalmatia...
LECK KILL - The Line Mountain School Board voted Tuesday night at its meeting at Leck Kill Elementary School to hold a public hearing next month to discuss closing Leck Kill and Dalmatia elementary...
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