Milton News

William Clark, superintendent of the Milton Area School District for the past six years, was hired Tuesday for a similar position in the Manheim Central School District in Lancaster County.

The 12 winners of the Front Porch Country Band's "Christmas Once Upon A Time" album give-away have been announced.

Valley has donated $1.2M in 22 years By Marcia Moore SUNBURY - Seven years after Melvin and Florine Beachel took their infant niece into their home, they're still hoping to adopt the now 8-year-old child they call "daughter." But over the years, the Beachels, of Mifflinburg, have fallen on hard times and they've been unable to come up with the $700 ...

More families are applying for free- and reduced-price lunches as federal officials cite the country's highest rate of "food insecurity" since 1995.

A heavy-drinking Montandon man raped a 32-year-old woman at gunpoint before allowing the mother of three to send her children off to the school bus, according to state police at Milton.

An error on the Nov. 3 election ballot may result in one and possibly two vacant seats on the Milton school board.

City police are investigating the stabbing death of a woman. Reading police say they responded just before 2 a.m. Tuesday to reports of a domestic disturbance and found 39-year-old Maria Albers-Cosme lying on the front steps of a neighbor's home.

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.

A Sunbury man driving in the left lane of the Veterans Memorial Bridge on Sunday evening saw the driver of a vehicle in the right lane pointing a loaded handgun at him, state police said.

A single write-in vote in the Nov. 3 election will decide who joins the Borough Council next month.

A grain roasting machine that exploded into flames in Union County on Wednesday night engulfed the roof of a metal garage and caused about $121,000 in damage.

Borough taxpayers who saw their real estate taxes decrease by two mills in 2007 will be paying those two mills again in 2010, thanks to the down economy, but borough officials say it's not a tax increase.

You may see something new on your children's school buses. Sanitizers are being used to stop the spread of H1N1, or swine, flu in Northumberland County.

Youth and new ideas, good. A different perspective, good. Student enthusiasm, refreshing.

Amy Abattoir moved to central Pennsylvania from New York City a couple of years ago.

Eric J. Smith of Philadelphia is shown in this 2008 file photo following his arrest for an armed robbery at Ryan's Jewelers in Danville.

William Clark, superintendent of the Milton Area School District, is one of three finalists for a similar position in the Manheim Central School District, according to an announcement on the Lancaster County school district's Web site.

Glenn Snyder of Milton takes a bite of his meal during Milton's Rotary Club's Election Day Pancake Day at the St.

Sunbury YMCA is hiring staff for the YMCA Youth Center, afternoon & evening hrs.

Staff Sgt. Justin Gehrer, a National Guardsman with A Company, 3rd Battalion, 103rd Armored Regiment, based in Sunbury, was in the regular Army when the attacks occurred in New York City on Sept.