Friend recalls beauty of victim lost to crash
EXCELSIOR - Janine Woodley had a lifetime of memories to recount Tuesday as she coped with the loss of her friend, Sheena (Camp) Picarella. Picarella, 51, of 69 E. Independence St., Shamokin, was...
View ArticlePair charged in abuse of boy, 2
SUNBURY - A Sunbury man was committed to Northumberland County Prison Tuesday after being accused of abusing his 2-year-old son. His girlfriend was charged as well, including for allegedly holding the...
View ArticleHarper still progressing; shelter glad for support
Cheryl Hill has been rescuing dogs for a long time.She opened Mostly Mutts no-kill animal shelter in rural Sunbury in 2000, 12 years after she began taking in sick and abandoned canines on her own.As...
View ArticleCouple charged in puppy incident
COAL TOWNSHIP - A young Shamokin man and his live-in girlfriend have been charged with misdemeanors in connection with their 3-month-old female brindle pit bull being thrown off an embankment behind...
View ArticleK-4 registration March 26, 27
COAL TOWNSHIP - Shamokin Area Elementary School will register children for its K-4 (kindergarten for four-year-olds) program for the 2012-2013 school year on March 26 and 27 at the elementary school...
View ArticleKindergarten sign-ups March 6, 7; current K-4 students already registered
COAL TOWNSHIP- Shamokin Area Elementary School will register children for the 2012-2013 kindergarten program March 6 and 7 at the elementary school, 3000 W. State St., by appointment only. Children...
View ArticlePenn College of Technology dean's list
WILLIAMSPORT - Pennsylvania College of Technology, a special mission affiliate of The Pennsylvania State University, has announced that the following students have made the dean's list for the fall...
View ArticleStudents of month named at SAHS
COAL TOWNSHIP - Eleventh-grade student Rebecca Rummel and eighth-grade student Kaitlyn Schrader have been selected as Students of the Month for December at Shamokin Area Middle/High School.Rebecca is a...
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DivorcesCharles H. Brady III, Pine Barn Inn, Danville, from Mary Beth Brady, 411 Avenue B, P.O. Box 18, Riverside. Married May 16, 1994.Donna L. Zimmerman from Michael J. Zimmerman, both of 3514 State...
View ArticleBerwick man charged with indecent assault
BERWICK - A 35-year-old Berwick man was charged by state police at Bloomsburg with indecent assault involving crimes committed in July against a 5-year-old boy and 6-year-old boy at 2 Lark Drive in...
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Master gardeners neededSUNBURY - Penn State Extension in the Central Susquehanna Valley is looking for master gardeners.Trainees receive more than 30 hours of training in topics such as soils,...
View ArticleBoy, 13, charged with sexual assault
BENTON - A 13-year-old Benton boy has been charged by state police at Bloomsburg with sexually assaulting his five foster siblings on Sones Hollow Road between June and September. State police reported...
View Article'Save Our Ship' fundraiser to be held for Friendship Shamokin fire company...
SHAMOKIN - The Flood of 2011 this past September saw all area fire companies and their volunteers going above and beyond the call of duty to help their fellow citizens. Among them was the Friendship...
View ArticleMotion filed to dismiss amended Best complaint
WILLIAMSPORT - Northumberland County Commissioner Vinny Clausi and former commissioner Merle Phillips filed a motion last week in federal court to dismiss an amended complaint filed against them by...
View Article"Peeping Tom" claims denied by chairman
By Rob Wheary SHAMOKIN - The chairman of the city housing authority board has been the subject of criticism and innuendo since a June incident at the Raspberry Hill Housing Complex.Two residents...
View ArticleAuthority shuts landlord out of housing payments
By Rob Wheary SHAMOKIN - A city landlord says the Shamokin Housing Authority is withholding federal rent subsidies, which is forcing his tenants to move and threatening his livelihood.Barry Getchey,...
View ArticleWoman wrote phony 'scripts
MOUNT CARMEL - A borough couple have been charged with felony offenses involving the forgery of numerous prescriptions to obtain more than 1,500 pain pills at various area pharmacies over a four-month...
View ArticleInmate, 55, found dead at SCI-Coal Township
COAL TOWNSHIP - Fred Joseph Mebs, 55, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, was pronounced dead at 3:40 a.m. Sunday by Northumberland County Coroner James F. Kelley at the...
View ArticleNoteworthy 01-23-12
Veteran banners available MOUNT CARMEL - Veteran banners are now for sale. Those interested in purchasing a banner can call 339-2471. Ham loaves for sale SHAMOKIN - Orders are being taken for ham loaf...
View ArticlePedestrian struck in Tower City
TOWER CITY - A 29-year-old man suffered serious injuries early Saturday morning when hit by a pickup truck at the intersection of Route 209 (East Grande Avenue) and Third Avenue in this Schuylkill...
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