New Columbia News

Employees at Kohl's Stony Hill Tree Farm have made 13 percent of the 1,600 blue spruce wreaths needed for the "Wreaths for Our Warriors" project that honors veterans buried in Valley cemeteries.

A New Columbia man, who pleaded guilty in September to vehicular homicide while driving under the influence, will spend 3A1 2 to 10 years in prison.

A New Columbia man, who pleaded guilty in September to vehicular homicide while driving under the influence, will spend 3A1 2 to 10 years in prison.

A New Columbia man has been charged with multiple counts of forgery after he allegedly used stolen checks to purchase more than $500 worth of merchandise.

In spite of the sour economy and generally depressing employment prospects, students attending the Central Pennsylvania Career Fair at Milton Area Senior High School on Tuesday seemed optimistic about the future.

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.

Spinco expanded its facility to 50,00 sq. ft. so that all of its manufacturing could be accommodated under one roof, and so it is able to meet the needs of large and small OEM's for machined component parts as well as tubular products.

If you want to spend some time with ghosts, goblins and other creepy characters, the Halloween Hayride and Haunted Trail may be just the thing.

A 58-year-old Mifflinburg driver was intoxicated before being killed Friday evening when his compact station wagon speeded around a curve, went airborne, hit an embankment and a tree, state police at Milton said.

BETTLEYON, KENNETH G. "BEETLE," 78, of Westport. Visitation from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, and noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Joseph W. Epler Funeral Home, 210 King St., Northumberland, followed by funeral at 1. Burial with military honors in Riverview Cemetery, Northumberland.

Hats are on the minds of several patrons of the New Columbia Senior Center. Specifically, knitted, woven or crocheted hats.

The East Buffalo Township supervisors gave Fujiko Robbins another part of her dream Monday - permission to place an ornamental rock at the site of the Sakura Garden.

A first-ever unified effort by two Valley universities enabled a local charity to build a home for a deserving family quicker than it ever has before.

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.

DERR, MARGARET C. "PEG," 91, of Milton. Funeral at 11 a.m. today in Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1125 Mahoning St., Milton.

DERR, MARGARET C. "PEG," 91, of Milton. Visitation from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Shaw Funeral Home, 400 N. Front St., Milton.

Raising moths has become a bit of an obsession for Nathan Boob, one that started when he was a boy growing up in Laurelton.

Dan Clements, of Snydertown, said he came to Sen. Arlen Specter's town hall meeting Tuesday at Bucknell University to tell the Democrat that federal regulations of any type regarding health care are unconstitutional.

By Rick Dandes The Daily Item SUNBURY - Hundreds of residents across the Valley crowded into area parks for Tuesday's National Night Out, a crime-prevention program encouraging neighbors to meet and mingle with law enforcement officials and neighborhood volunteer groups.

Julia Boyle, 5, of Sunbury, drops in her ticket to enter the raffle for a stuffed animal at the Project F.A.I.T.H. booth during Sunbury's National Night Out on Tuesday.