Shamokin Dam News

An official from SEDA-Council of Governments approached the Snyder County commissioners Tuesday to request their support for a study regarding the proposed Lake Augusta Gateway Project.

It's the holiday weekend coming up, and I guess since so many folks will be enjoying reunions, barbecues, picnics and parties, the pickin's are a bit slim this week.

The SEDA-Council of Governments wants to create a river sports park in an area off the Veterans Memorial Bridge in Shamokin Dam as part of a broader riverfront development project.

The huge tents appear every year in late June, popping up on busy roads, their large signs encouraging motorists to stop and look at the fireworks for sale.

Step right up to an old-fashioned big top circus at the Selinsgrove Speedway on Monday.

The borough police department has a new tool to help deter speeding. An on-site 400 speed trailer has been set up at Memorial Park, along Bloom Street, to monitor drivers' speeds.

The week-long Pennsylvania State Trap Shoot that began Saturday and draws about 2,500 shooters annually to the Valley Gun & Country Club is normally a financial bonanza for the surrounding economy, but vendors are reporting relatively soft sales.

The City Council voted Monday to place a 90-day moratorium on a $100 licensing fee some nurses say is "grossly unfair." Barbara Hoffman, along with Virginia Mendler, of Shamokin Dam, and Billie Jo Houtz, of Middleburg, confronted the council on tax bills they received May 7 that ordered them to pay a $100 professional licensing fee to the city by ...

Funeral at 2 p.m. today at Brookside Ministries, Shamokin Dam. Burial in Fairview Cemetery, Mount Pleasant Mills.

On any given day, Keith Mull has more than 28,000 chances for a potential customer to spot his family's auto dealership along Routes 11-15 in Hummels Wharf.

A fisherman on Saturday evening found a decomposed body floating in the North Branch of the Susquehanna River across from the Sunbury Airport Campground.

Firefighters from four counties battled a barn fire early this morning along Middle Creek Road in Penn Township, Snyder County.

After nearly seven years working with the Garrett County Chamber of Commerce, Charlie Ross, president and CEO, is leaving for Pennsylvania.

Pitman blues harp man Chris Trasatti has a busy weekend coming up. On Friday, he'll be at the Wayside Inn, Route 61, Weigh Scales, on their new patio, as one third of the Bachman Trasatti and Bachman blues trio from 6-9 p.m. Then on Sunday, Chris will be live on the radio on Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues from 12-2 p.m. on WQSU-FM, 88.9. He'll ...

In 1995, Heather Fogarty met the love of her life at Denny's. Thirteen years later, Heather's husband, Shawn Fogarty, was killed in an automobile accident in front of that very same restaurant.

In a region where smells of manure and fertilizer abound during summer farming, you might be looking for a few fresh scents to soothe your snout.

Amy Mull of Selinsgrove watches closely as her first tattoo is outlined and filled by Laura Grissinger during a 24-hour Tattoo-a-thon to benifit Cody Keller at Machine Head Tattoo Parlor in Shamokin Dam Thursday.

Tricia Pursell The Daily Item SHAMOKIN DAM - Several sources say good news about the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway could accompany a visit to the region by the governor on Friday morning.

Gov. Ed Rendell announces funding for the final design of a portion of the Susquehanna Thruway project Friday morning at the Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerece in Shamokin Dam.

Shamokin Dam, Snyder County- There appears to be new life for a major thruway project in central Pennsylvania.