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Businessman donates $15,000 to band programs

A Sunbury businessman donated $15,000 to the music programs at Shikellamy's two middle schools so underprivileged children can participate in the program.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Thu Oct 09, 2008

Dailyitem.com

How much to meet in the lobby?

If a businessman meets a client in Sunbury's Cameron Park, can the city of Sunbury charge him a fee? Those who visit the park can hope city officials do not embrace the idea, which, after all, is ludicrous.

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Related Topix: Northumberland County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Selinsgrove, PA, Opinion

Wed Oct 08, 2008

Dailyitem.com

Torch sparks fire at vacant trailer

Workers at Stasney's Used Car World accidentally set fire to an abandoned mobile home while they were trying to salvage metal from it Tuesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Northumberland, PA

The News Item

Fairview Fire names new officers; still operating

Fairview Fire Company is still operating, and is "working on a plan to keep our building so we can keep serving our community for more years to come," according to a statement issued this week by the ...

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Related Topix: Coal Township, PA

Tue Oct 07, 2008

Dailyitem.com

Obama, McCain backers rally around Valley

By Marcia Moore The Daily Item Supporters of the two major presidential candidates attended separate events in the Valley Saturday to rally voters.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Selinsgrove, PA

Mon Oct 06, 2008

Dailyitem.com

Ethanol debate heats up in the Valley

Americans have been hearing for years that ethanol is the answer to the country's dependence on foreign oil.

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Related Topix: Bloomsburg, PA, Northumberland County, PA

Sun Oct 05, 2008

Dailyitem.com

Board nixes building plans

Members of the Shikellamy school board decided not to move forward on making improvements to the district's two oldest schools after learning the project could cost anywhere from $25 million to $45 million.

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Fri Oct 03, 2008

Dailyitem.com

Sunbury man faces trial in child pornography case

Photographs of young boys urinating and videos of them having sex with one another were among the child pornography files found in January on a laptop computer owned by a Sunbury man, a Milton police detective ...

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Related Topix: Milton, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Selinsgrove, PA

Thu Oct 02, 2008

Danville News

Pro-life group offers help to pregnant girls, women

Being pregnant and having nowhere to turn for help is a scary place to be. Birthright of Sunbury, 264 Market St., has spent 25 years making sure that doesn't have to happen.

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Related Topix: Northumberland, PA

Tue Sep 30, 2008

WNEP

Contractor Pleads Guilty

Not one, not two, but a host of guilty pleas were made Monday by a contractor in Northumberland County.

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Related Topix: Northumberland County, PA

Mon Sep 29, 2008

Dailyitem.com

Sunbury residents get parking meter break

Meter heads to be moved from Arch, Chestnut streets By Susan Misur SUNBURY - Residents of Arch and Chestnut streets can start throwing their spare change into piggy banks instead of saving it for parking meters ...

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Sun Sep 28, 2008

Dailyitem.com

Chorale welcomes new singers

Susquehanna Valley Chorale welcomed 12 new singers for the 2008-09 season following auditions earlier this month.

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Sat Sep 27, 2008

Dailyitem.com

Begin work on floodwall or begin explaining delays

The final design for Sunbury's $10 million riverfront project has yet to be approved by the Army Corps of Engineers, but city officials have continued to assert that work will begin this fall.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Flood, Opinion

Fri Sep 26, 2008

Dailyitem.com

Sunbury freshman may change her vote

John McCain and Barack Obama's performance at Friday night's presidential debate moved many of the more than 100 Susquehanna University students gathered at Trax nightclub to watch the event on a huge ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Barack Obama, Susquehanna University, 2008 Presidential Election, Moscow, PA

Dailyitem.com

Red tape may delay wall work

The $2.8 million in state money the city needs for its riverfront project is in jeopardy, and it seems unlikely the project will begin this year.

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Thu Sep 25, 2008

Dailyitem.com

Floodwall project in jeopardy

The city is in danger of losing a $2.8 million state grant it received for riverfront development four years ago, state Rep.

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Wed Sep 24, 2008

Danville News

Experts: Price of jewelry, coins may hit $1K an ounce

Seventeen 1-ounce gold coins, shown Friday, were traded for $15,000 at John Dagle Jewelers in Sunbury.

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Related Topix: Selinsgrove, PA

Tue Sep 23, 2008

Dailyitem.com

Valley libraries battle delinquent borrowers

Last August Heidi Dalibor, a 20-year-old Wisconsin woman, was arrested, cuffed, stuffed into a cruiser, and booked for keeping two library books past their due date.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Coal Township, PA

Mon Sep 22, 2008

Danville News

Can manners curb drug use?

Lessons in manners and etiquette might help curb drug and alcohol use among youngsters, says a Northumberland County Drug and Alcohol Program official.

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Related Topix: Northumberland County, PA

Sun Sep 21, 2008

Dailyitem.com

Flood-control devices at risk

Budget cuts are threatening early flood-warning systems along the Susquehanna River, emergency officials said Friday.

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Related Topix: Lewisburg, PA, Danville, PA, Natural Disasters, Flood, Geology, Science, Union County, PA

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