Washingtonville News

Ed Spangler, an LPN who's previously spent 15 years working in cable TV and Internet communications in the South, was recently part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Central Susquehanna LPN Center, Sunbury, PA, where he is a student, according to the Daily Item of Sunbury.

A Danville Area High School graduating senior was named Danville Elks Student of the Year Thursday night.

No one was seriously injured when an out-of-control car crashed into the kitchen of a house at 1825 Broadway Road, Milton, just after 8 a.m. A witness said the woman driver of the vehicle, which was traveling at a high rate of speed when it struck the house, may have blacked out.

Participants head through Northumberland after the start of the 5th Annual Marlee Reed Memorial Ride Sunday morning from the American Legion Post 44 in Northumberland.

One of the most enjoyable music venues around is the monthly Jerseytown Jam, which is coming up Sunday.

A proposed grade realignment of Danville Area School District elementary students would result in two new bus routes and mini routes and $152,000 in additional transportation costs.

The big winner in Montour County Community Development Block grant funds was Washingtonville with sewer and street projects.

While there are four Danville Borough Council four-terms up for re-election this year, only three candidates filed nominating petitions for the offices.

People who bowl for sport keep score. Then there are those who rack up laughs and a good effort more than pins.

Peyton Salvatori, a student from Shik Elementary in Loyalsock, anticipates the taste of maple sap straight from the tree at PPL-s Montour Environmental Preserve's Sugar Shack in Danville Tuesday Feb.

Madison Myers, a student from Shik Elementary in Loyalsock, gets help from preserve staff member, Janet Grecsek, with drilling a hole to collect maple sap at PPL's Montour Environmental Preserve's Sugar Shack ...

A former volunteer firefighter is headed to prison after being sentenced for setting nearly a dozen fires in three different counties.

Proclaiming 2009 the "Year of The Salamanders," the reunited 1960's rock trio The Salamanders has announced tour dates for the upcoming year.

Residents in the neighborhood of the U.S. Gypsum plant in Washingtonville have been complaining about the amount of light the plant gives off at night.

The Danville Ambulance Service and Warrior Run Fire Department are working on a mutual aid agreement for Anthony Township residents who are members of the services.

At 1:03 p.m. Sunday, police responded to the 100 block of 3rd St. where the complainant advised a known male subject was calling and saying things she did not like.

Sewer main and street projects in Washingtonville and a planning study for water shortages in Anthony Township appear to be eligible for Community Development Block Grant funds.

Firefighters battle a garage fire on County Line Drive near the intersection with Ridge Road in Cooper Township Sunday night.

Emergency personnel were rushing to a traffic accident along Route 11 in Point Township just before noon today.

Injured fireman Wayne Hawley tips his hat to friends, co-workers and fellow firefighters after arriving at the Turbotville fire station in May.