Sewer authority grants raises
WEIGH SCALES - Employees of Shamokin-Coal Township Joint Sewer Authority were granted raises Wednesday when board members amended its operating budget.Employee wages will rise 50 cents an hour, adding...
View ArticleRecycling center passes one million pounds of material
COAL TOWNSHIP - The township-owned recycling center surpassed 1 million pounds of recyclable material at June's end, the fastest that mark has been reached in its seven-year history.The center turned a...
View ArticleMayor calls emergency for former restaurant
MOUNT CARMEL - On the same day as the third of three Northumberland County Blight Task Force meetings to address blighted properties in the county, the borough mayor called a state of emergency at...
View ArticleHousing authority chair pays landlord fee, takes issue with some parts of...
SHAMOKIN - The chairman of the Shamokin Housing Authority does not agree with some parts of Shamokin's landlord-tenant registration ordinance, but has recently complied with it to avoid a...
View ArticleTask force has 3rd meeting, shares report
SUNBURY - The first comprehensive draft report of the Northumberland County Blight Prevention/Remediation Program was presented to more than 20 members of the Northumberland County Blight Task Force...
View ArticleState trooper arrested for DUI in near Hamburg
HAMBURG - A state police trooper from Tamaqua has been suspended without pay after his arrest Thursday night for allegedly driving under the influence while on duty in Windsor Township, Berks...
View ArticleWyland still not taken in
COAL TOWNSHIP - Authorities are still searching for the suspect in an alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old.Coal Township Police Det. Jeffrey Brennan released a photo Friday of Shaine Wyland, 34, of...
View ArticleFormer MCA student named valedictorian
CHESTER, S.C. - Chester Senior High School, Chester, S.C., held its annual commencement ceremonies for the class of 2012 on May 31, at which former Mount Carmel Area student, Vanessa Ceceil Klokis, was...
View ArticleAlbright College dean's list
READING - Jena M. Dittus, of Herndon, a graduate of Line Mountain Junior/Senior High School, was named to the dean's list in the 2012 spring semester at Albright College. Students with 3.75 GPA or...
View ArticleBachelor of Science at Penn State University
STATE COLLEGE - Jessica Elizabeth Dascani, a 2008 graduate of Shamokin Area High School, graduated May 5 from Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. She achieved dean's...
View ArticleSusquehanna University spring semester dean's list
SELINSGROVE - Joshua Druckenmiller, of Paxinos, was named to Susquehanna University's dean's list for the spring 2012 semester. Druckenmiller, a rising junior majoring in music, is a 2010 graduate of...
View ArticleSusquehanna University dean's list
SELINSGROVE - Maria Getchey, of Coal Township, who will be a junior at Susquehanna University in the fall, was recently named to the dean's list for the spring semester with a 3.92 GPA. She is...
View ArticleBachelor of Arts at Susquehanna University
SELINSGROVE - Amber Hughes, of Den Mar Gardens, graduated from Susquehanna University Sunday, May 13, 2012, with a Bachelor of Arts in liberal studies. She was inducted into the Kappa Delta Pi...
View ArticlePhiladelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
PHILADELPHIA - Chase Richards Parson, of Paxinos, was among the 256 graduates awarded the doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) at the college's...
View ArticleMaster's degree from Syracuse University
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Aubrey Lynne Stover, a daughter of Denise A. Stover of Shamokin and Joel R. Stover, of Mifflinburg, graduated from Syracuse University with her master's in social work and a...
View ArticleNational Night Out set for Aug. 7 in MC
MOUNT CARMEL TOWNSHIP - On Tuesday, Aug. 7, neighbors throughout Mount Carmel Township are invited to join forces with thousands of communities nationwide for the 29th annual National Night Out and...
View Article'Date night' to be held at Rock Street pool on Friday
SHAMOKIN - A night to enjoy a swim with your sweetheart is set for Friday at the Lawton W. Shroyer Memorial Swimming Pool. A special "Date Night" swim will be held for those 18 and over from 7 to 10...
View ArticlePolice charge couple with selling heroin at Turkey Hill
MOUNT CARMEL TOWNSHIP - A young couple have been charged with felony drug offenses involving a heroin transaction Sunday night in the parking lot at Turkey Hill Minit Market in Strong. Joseph Patrick...
View ArticleNoteworthy 7/19/12
Reunion meeting planned COAL TOWNSHIP - Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School Class of 1982 will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. Friday at Brewser's Sports Bar and Grille. For more information, please call...
View ArticleMan charged in robbery waives
MOUNT CARMEL - A 47-year-old Coal Township man charged in a June 2 robbery in Ralpho Township remains in Northumberland County Prison after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday on...
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