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Northumberland News

Local news for Northumberland, PA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

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Farmers voice opposition to Interstate 80 tolling

The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau was joined by representatives of the food industry and agribusiness Friday to voice their opposition to plans to place tolls on Interstate 80.

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Related Topix: Columbia County, PA, Agriculture, Science, Mifflinville, PA

Sat Sep 06, 2008

The News Item

4th big arrest in past year

Friday's roundup of 12 suspects marked the fourth time in less than one year police took a large number of offenders off the streets.

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Related Topix: Montour County, PA, Sunbury, PA, Drugs, Northumberland County, PA

Fri Sep 05, 2008

Community Press

Provincial funding will reduce strain on taxpayers for YMCA pool

' The construction of the YMCA pool and fitness centre won't be a drain on the pockets of municipal taxpayers thanks to funding from the provincial government.

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Related Topix: Northumberland County, PA, Canada

Thu Sep 04, 2008

Hartlepool Mail

Post Offices axed in money-saving drive

THREE post offices have been axed in the latest phase of a national cost-cutting exercise.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom,

Tue Sep 02, 2008

Dailyitem.com

$5,000 taken in drug raid returned

A Union County judge has ordered Mifflinburg police to return $5,000 seized from a Mifflinburg woman's home in May during a search for drugs.

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Related Topix: Union County, PA, Mifflinburg, PA, Drugs, Sunbury, PA

Sun Aug 31, 2008

WHTM-TV Harrisburg

Bones, Knife Found under Home

Forensic scientists are trying to determine whether bones found in a house in north-central Pennsylvania are human.

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

Fri Aug 29, 2008

Attorneygeneral.gov

Attorney General Corbett announces environmental crimes charges...

Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that agents from the Attorney General's Environmental Crimes Section have filed criminal charges against a residential developer and a former sewage enforcement ...

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Related Topix: Sunbury, PA, Northumberland County, PA

Thu Aug 28, 2008

Dailyitem.com

County named after Madame Montour

Editor's note: "Once upon a time in ..." is a new Monday feature provided by the historical societies in Union, Snyder, Montour and Northumberland counties.

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Related Topix: Lancaster Metro, Lancaster, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Bloomsburg, PA

Tue Aug 26, 2008

Community Press

Funding generating high speed internet plans across county

' At an open house held in Warkworth last week, a map provided by the province showed large gaps in high speed internet coverage throughout the Warkworth area and across Trent Hills.

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Related Topix: Northumberland County, PA, Canada,

Mon Aug 25, 2008

Danville News

A tip of the hat to ...

Note: Today we pause to acknowledge the people and groups who make the Central Susquehanna Valley a better place to call home.

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Related Topix: Northumberland County, PA, Watsontown, PA, Elysburg, PA, Shamokin, PA, Opinion

Sat Aug 23, 2008

The News Item

Police Blotter: Passenger grabs wheel in crash

Passenger grabs wheel in crash MIDDLEBURG - A Northumberland man was committed to Snyder County Prison in lieu of $15,000 cash bail Saturday after allegedly being involved in a 1 a.m. crash, hitting his ...

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Related Topix: Middleburg, PA, Snyder County, PA, Sunbury, PA, Selinsgrove, PA

Thu Aug 21, 2008

Dailyitem.com

Charges filed in hit-run accident

A 65-year-old Northumberland man has been charged with running into a construction worker with his pickup truck on Routes 11-15 and fleeing the scene on August 10.

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Related Topix: Selinsgrove, PA

Danville News

Flags to honor deceased military personnel

Etched in 65-year-old Sol Bidding's memory is that day in the Vietnam War when he and nine of his fellow marines defended Hill 188, surrounded by hundreds of Viet Cong regulars.

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Related Topix: Coal Township, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Elysburg, PA, Mount Carmel, PA

Tue Aug 19, 2008

Danville News

Night out ends in jail

A Northumberland man was arrested after state police said he grabbed the steering wheel of the car he was riding in, nearly crashing it, and then urinated in the parking lot of the Snyder County 911 Center when ...

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Related Topix: Snyder County, PA, Selinsgrove, PA

Sun Aug 17, 2008

The Independent- East Northumberland'...

East-West split ducked

East-West split ducked Brighton has stepped back from the brink of picking east over west by refusing to firmly align its future economic growth with the Quinte region rather than Northumberland County.

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Related Topix: Northumberland County, PA

Fri Aug 15, 2008

Pocono Record

Animal abuse official fired after one year

Animals in distress have one less official advocate in Monroe County. The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has fired cruelty investigator Chris Martin who handled animal abuse cases ...

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Related Topix: Monroe County, PA, Luzerne, PA, Pennsylvania, Animal Rights, Philadelphia, PA

Thu Aug 14, 2008

BBC

Residents inspire town's artwork

Glade is made of glass and wood and includes a "river of text" A glass sculpture is to be installed in a Northumberland town as part of its 600,000 revamp.

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Tue Aug 12, 2008

Danville News

Fire contained to kitchen

A black line of smoke on the wall of the home of Calvin Lake, at 171 Oak Road, Point Township, Northumberland County, shows how far down the heat came from a small kitchen fire Monday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Northumberland County, PA, Fire

Mon Aug 11, 2008

Community Press

Lou Rinaldi: honorary Brighton employee

" Brighton's newest employee lasted just one day and it had nothing to do with his performance.

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Dailyitem.com

Slow start to congressional campaign

U.S. Rep. Chris Carney made a campaign pledge to visit each of the 14 counties in the 10th Congressional District during his two-year term.

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Related Topix: Mifflinburg, PA, Social Security, Personal Finance, Medicare, Health, Union County, PA, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Opinion

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