Beaver Springs News

Ailing organizer determined to put on free feed By Wayne Laepple The Daily Item BEAVER SPRINGS - From her sickbed, Rhonda Fisher is desperately trying to pull together the annual free Thanksgiving dinner she's thrown for Sunbury residents for the past nine years.

Medicare open enrollment period begins Nov. 15 and ends Dec. 31 of each year. At this time, you have the opportunity to compare your present prescription drug plan with what is available for the year 2010.

The earliest fall snowstorm on record walloped the Valley with up to 3 inches late Thursday and knocked power out to almost 2,000 homes and businesses.

A hiker who died after spending an unplanned night in Bald Eagle State Forest this week was overcome with a medical condition and unable to seek help, according to Snyder County's chief deputy coroner, Bill Pheasant.

A 2-year-old boy missing from his home has been found safe in a nearby cornfield.

Rhonda Williams of Yeagertown fills out a silent auction ticket for the 'First Remembrance Quilt' Wednesday at the Beaver Community Fair in Beaver Springs.

Authorities say a northeastern Pennsylvania woman who claims she is addicted to bingo embezzled at least $100,000 from an organization that helps the disabled.

An 11-year-old boy gets high marks in storytelling after staging a hoax to cover up his bad grades.

They stop by to play cards, talk, enjoy a meal - even to exercise. Valley seniors rely on senior centers to not only pass the time, but to make their lives a little bit richer.

Robert S. "Checkie" Knepp, 77, of McClure, passed away Sept. 12, 2009, at Hearthside Nursing Home, State College, where he had been a resident for the past four months.

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A new federal lawsuit says top officers in the Pennsylvania State Police retaliated against leaders of the troopers' union in response to the filing of labor grievances.

A city man is in the Northumberland County Prison charged with transporting about $6,000 worth of marijuana.

Ohio police said a suspect in a robbery was arrested when he returned to the home about two hours later to ask the victim out on a date.

Not only was former state Rep. Reno H. Thomas a good politician, but he was an all-around good man, say local Republican supporters and friends.

Some of drag racing's most noticeable names were out in full force Friday evening as the Beaver Springs Dragway hosted it's annual Flashback Friday.

Thelma E. Swab, 85, of Beavertown passed away at 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 28, 2009, at Brookline Manor, where she had been a resident since April.

Thelma E. Swab, 85, of Beavertown passed away at 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 28, 2009, at Brookline Manor, where she had been a resident since April.

Grandmothers at camp? Well, why not? Helen Morrison and Cecile Wagner of McClure, and Madeline Mattern of Beaver Springs are all spending this summer at camp at the Middlecreek Area Community Center in Beaver Springs.

Rev. Andrew Weaver, of the St. John Lutheran Parish in Richfield, performs magic tricks for the children at Camp Beaver Wednesday at Beaver Lutheran Church, in Beaver Springs.