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4 days ago | 
newsitem.com | MacKenzie Witt
The Ralpho Township Business Association awarded Wyatt Martin and Todd Brosius a $1,000 scholarship award, which is equally funded by the association and community member Adam Bednar. The scholarship amount was incorrectly listed in The Weekender edition.
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4 days ago | 
newsitem.com | MacKenzie Witt
MOUNT CARMEL — Over 100 new Mount Carmel Area graduates were advised by their valedictorian, salutatorian, class vice president and guest speaker Lisa Varano to take pride in how far they’ve come, keep writing their stories even if there are unexpected turns and chase their dreams. Varano, who is a 1985 graduate of Mount Carmel Area and a longtime teacher, administrator and basketball coach, told the seniors that they already knew the advice she wanted to bequeath to them.
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4 days ago | 
newsitem.com | MacKenzie Witt
MOUNT CARMEL TOWNSHIP — An electrical fire summoned area first responders to a resident’s room in the Maple Wing of Mount Carmel Senior Living Center early Saturday morning. Atlas Fire Chief Brian Hollenbush, who also serves as Mount Carmel Township’s fire marshal and police chief, conducted an investigation and determined the electrical fire, which appears to have started in an LED light valance mounted on the wall of a patient’s room, was accidental in nature.
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5 days ago | 
newsitem.com | MacKenzie Witt
SHAMOKIN — Wailing sirens and applause from Fifth Ward residents signaled the arrival of the anchor, bell and 7-foot-wide brass propeller that were once part of the Tug Shamokin in the city Saturday afternoon. Once the propeller is professionally cleaned and polished, William Dudeck, a local history buff and volunteer with the Northumberland County Council of the Arts, said it’ll be erected somewhere in the city. kAm“xE’D 6I4:E:?8[” sF564< D2:5 @7 3C:?8:?8 2 A:646 @7 E96 %F8 $92>@<:?
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5 days ago | 
newsitem.com | MacKenzie Witt
MOUNT CARMEL — Over 100 new Mount Carmel Area graduates were advised by their valedictorian, salutatorian, class vice president and guest speaker Lisa Varano to take pride in how far they’ve come, keep writing their stories even if there are unexpected turns and chase their dreams. Varano, who is a 1985 graduate of Mount Carmel Area and a longtime teacher, administrator and basketball coach, told the seniors that they already knew the advice she wanted to bequeath to them.
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6 days ago | 
standard-journal.com | MacKenzie Witt
MOUNT CARMEL TOWNSHIP — An electrical fire summoned area first responders to a resident’s room in the Maple Wing of Mount Carmel Senior Living Center early Saturday morning. Atlas Fire Chief Brian Hollenbush, who also serves as Mount Carmel Township’s fire marshal and police chief, conducted an investigation and determined the electrical fire, which appears to have started in an LED light valence mounted on the wall of a patient’s room, was accidental in nature.
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6 days ago | 
newsitem.com | MacKenzie Witt
MOUNT CARMEL TOWNSHIP — An electrical fire summoned area first responders to a resident’s room in the Maple Wing of Mount Carmel Senior Living Center early Saturday morning. Atlas Fire Chief Brian Hollenbush, who also serves as Mount Carmel Township’s fire marshal and police chief, conducted an investigation and determined the electrical fire, which appears to have started in an LED light valence mounted on the wall of a patient’s room, was accidental in nature.
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1 week ago | 
newsitem.com | MacKenzie Witt
ELYSBURG — Music always came easily to John McGhee, so it’s no surprise he spent most of his life performing in various local bands. In the last few months, though, he’s gravitated away from the live music scene and moved toward recording his music, especially his original songs. kAmt2C=:6C E9:D >@?E9[ 96 AF3=:D965 9:D D@?8[ “%96 t?5 @7 s2J[” @? q2?5r2>A 2?5 *@F%F36 E@ 9@?@C E9@D6 H9@ 92G6 D6CG65 :? E96 &]$] pC>65 u@C46D]k^AmkAm|4v966[ f_[ H2D @? 24E:G6 5FEJ :?
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1 week ago | 
newsitem.com | MacKenzie Witt
MOUNT CARMEL — The Mount Carmel Area School District hosted Class Night on Wednesday, during which seniors received awards and scholarships. Recipients of awards and scholarships are:kAm• %96 |@F?E r2C>6= t28=6D[ p6C:6 cec[ Sd_ E@ DEF56?ED H9@D6 A2C6?ED 2C6 H@CE9J 3C@E96CD 2?5 D:DE6CD @7 E96 @C82?:K2E:@?[ pF3C:2??2 qCFD9[ %@C: s6uC2?46D4@[ s2>:6? z=:>2D[ p?5C6H {F<@D<:6 2?5 |4z6??2 |@D6Cj E96 uC2E6C?2= ~C56C @7 t28=6D AC6D6?ED 2? 2H2C5 E@ 2 DEF56?E H9@ :D :?G@=G65 :?
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1 week ago | 
newsitem.com | MacKenzie Witt
MOUNT CARMEL — The borough police department will be “back up to complement” when the second of two newly hired police officers is sworn in next month. Patrolman Maddox Reed, a 2024 graduate of Mount Carmel Area High School, was sworn in during the borough’s workshop meeting on May 12. kAmw6[ 2=@?8 H:E9 !2EC@=H@>2? p=JDD2 $9F3C:4<[ 8C25F2E65 7C@> {24<2H2??2 yF?:@C |F?:4:A2= !@=:46 p4256>J E9:D >@?E9]k^AmkAm$9F3C:4<[ H9@ 92:=D 7C@> E96 !2=>6CE@? 2C62[ H:== 36 DH@C? :?
