Manna for Many salutes its volunteers
SHAMOKIN - Manna for the Many, the food pantry serving the Shamokin-Coal Township area, held its annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner at St. John's United Church of Christ on Monday.Hosted by the board...
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Aggravated assaultELYSBURG - Seth M. Gillen, 32, of Dalmatia, was charged by Ralpho Township Sgt. Chris Kreisher with aggravated assault, simple assault, retail theft and harassment relating to a...
View ArticleDistrict Court 05-04-12
MOUNT CARMEL - The following hearings took place Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones. Defendants who waived their cases or were held for court were ordered to appear for plea court...
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Tiny Tech registration COAL TOWNSHIP - The Northumberland County Career and Technology Center Tiny Tech Pre-School is now accepting registrations for children between 2 1/2 years old and...
View ArticleEvent planned for Stellfox scholarship
COAL TOWNSHIP - Organizers of the Jean Stellfox Memorial Award will hold a fundraiser Memorial Day weekend to raise money for the scholarship.The first Stellfox Award will be presented this year to the...
View ArticleCulver speaks out on behalf of early childhood education
HARRISBURG - At a press conference held Wednesday by the Early Childhood Education Caucus in the Capitol Media Center, Rep. Lynda Schlegel Culver (R-108) spoke about the importance of quality early...
View ArticleWarden looking for more correctional officers
by justin strawser SUNBURY - A high turnover rate and low number of applications have kept the number of correctional officers down, worrying the Northumberland County Prison warden."It puts us behind...
View ArticleFinal vote tally listed
SUNBURY - Some commentators are predicting the presidential election in November will be a close one. So, the Northumberland County vote in the presidential primary could be a harbinger of things to...
View ArticleVictim funding cuts a concern
SUNBURY - Another area of concern in Gov. Tom Corbett's controversial proposed 2012-13 budget is the elimination of funding for Victims of Juvenile Offenders (VOJO), a $3.4 million line item to support...
View ArticleFormer hospital workers file suit
Two former employees of Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs sued the bankrupt hospital's former presidents, and the sponsor of two benefit programs, on Wednesday in federal court for...
View Article'Rock stars' visit Whaleback
COAL TOWNSHIP - Sometimes it takes an outside opinion for the locals to realize just what wonderful things are in their own back yard.Thursday morning, a group of retired professors who all earned...
View ArticleLine Mountain Relay for Life invites you to 'Relay your groove in the Grove'...
REBUCK - Organizers of the Line Mountain Relay for Life are encouraging the public to come and get their 'Relay GROOVE in the Grove,' this Friday from 4:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Himmel's Church Grove.The...
View ArticleDalmatia man among runners in relay for wounded warriors
A Dalmatia man was among a group of veterans and police officers who made a 600-plus mile relay run from New Jersey to North Carolina to pay tribute to the country's wounded warriors.Timothy Wynn, a...
View ArticleNews in Briefs 05-11-12
NoteworthyRoute 225 project todayTREVORTON - PennDOT in Northumberland County is planning to sweep Route 225 through Trevorton in Zerbe Township today.The road will be swept rain or shine between 7...
View ArticleFunding for sewer project should be in by start of June
WEIGH SCALES - The joint sewer authority continues work to close on state and federal funding for the expansion of the Shamokin-Coal Township Wastewater Treatment Plant.Scott Keefer, authority engineer...
View ArticleSecond Anthracite Idol to hit the stage Saturday
SHAMOKIN - "Anthracite Idol" is back and better than ever, according to organizers.Some of the area's best talent will grace the stage of the Northumberland County Career and Arts Center auditorium...
View ArticleNo injuries in city fire At least 5 homeless in early a.m. blaze on Sunbury St.
SHAMOKIN - A three-alarm fire displaced at least five people from a city apartment building at the corner of Sunbury and Washington streets early Thursday morning.No serious injuries were reported;...
View ArticleWires fall across moving bus 25 students OK after freak accident along Route 61
WEIGH SCALES - No one was seriously injured in a freak accident Thursday afternoon when live electrical wires torn down by a raised dump truck bed fell across a Shamokin Area School District bus as it...
View ArticleBoard hears complaints; defends need for ordinance Welsh: No selective...
COAL TOWNSHIP - Some expressed their opinions calmly, others showed anger and concern, and one person was removed from the meeting, but all got their point across.Residents who oppose Coal Township's...
View ArticleWrong photo published
A photo on Thursday's front page identified in a caption as Leo Mirolli was not, in fact, Mr. Mirolli. His photo is published here today. The News-Item apologizes to the man who was pictured by mistake...
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