Tuesday May 29 | The News Item
Larry Deklinski/Staff Photo Christopher J. Christian salutes at the Price of Freedom Memorial along Lincoln Street in Shamokin during the Shamokin Memorial Day service Monday.
LM school closure plan draws opposition
It's been a back-and-forth, "will-they-wont-they?" process for many months as the Line Mountain School Board considers the future of the Dalmatia and Leck Kill elementary schools.
Banners honor veterans in Mount Carmel, Sunbury
Larry Deklinski/Staff Photo A banner hanging from a lamppost along Market Street in Sunbury honors Ernest Atwood Klock, a World War II veteran from Trevorton.
Native of Trevorton will graduate from Coast Guard Academy today
Cadet 1st Class Stephen N. Spotts, of Trevorton, will be one of 233 cadets to graduate today from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with a Bachelor of Science in naval architecture-marine engineering.
'Schools won't close without a fight, said Line Mountain resident
A displeased Line Mountain resident warned school board members Tuesday night that the taxpayers won't be putting up with the potential closings of Leck Kill and Dalmatia elementary schools.
Four people, including a 3-year-old girl, escaped injury in a two-vehicle accident Friday morning on Route 225 near the Cameron Bridge/Second Street intersection.