Washingtonville News

At the peak of a wind-related power outage Thursday evening, 7,421 customers in Snyder, Northumberland, Union, and Montour counties were without power.

Gerard M. Anstadt was on his way home when his truck veered into snow and it struck a concrete bridge abutment Thursday.

With colder weather, homeowners are firing up their wood stoves and fireplaces throughout our area.

Explore the natural history and folklore of the Great Horned Owl during a program from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Dec.

A group in central Pennsylvania is making sure veterans are not forgotten during the holidays.

Employees at Kohl's Stony Hill Tree Farm have made 13 percent of the 1,600 blue spruce wreaths needed for the "Wreaths for Our Warriors" project that honors veterans buried in Valley cemeteries.

Geisinger Medical Center and two physicians won swift verdicts Wednesday as a Montour County jury rejected all malpractice claims in the death of a breast-cancer patient following surgery in 2001.

At 90, Washingtonville Mayor Esther Cotner has decided to retire from one of her positions.

Every vote counts, especially when no one is on the ballot. In Washingtonville, the top vote-getter in last week's election for one Borough Council seat is a candidate who received three write-in votes.

Rebecca Faux and her children are afraid to stay in their apartment after it was burglarized Wednesday morning.

Visitors to the car show sponsored by Susquehanna Valley CARTS on Sunday afternoon in Milton will see 150 or more hot rods, antique and classic vehicles.

By Karen Blackledge DANVILLE - The elimination of Montour County's West Nile virus program is yet another reason residents should be calling state legislators and demanding that a state budget be passed, the county commissioners say.

In addition to the two-day Sunbury River Festival lineup and Riverstock/Woodstock celebrations, other music worth hearing this week includes the Fabulous Spastics at the Lewisburg American Legion Post 182 on Buffalo Road from 7-10 p.m. Friday, and their annual charity show at Buffalo Bill's on Route 15 south of Lewisburg on Sunday starting around 1 ...

Weather permitting, the Montour County Department of Vector Management will apply treatments tonight in Derry Township and Washingtonville Borough to control adult mosquito populations.

Weather permitting, the Montour County Department of Vector Management will apply treatments tonight in Derry Township and Washingtonville Borough to control adult mosquito populations.

This year's Montour-DeLong Community Fair will feature mostly new and free entertainment.

Kit and Cathy Kelley have found a market for their organically grown wheat and hope it will continue to grow.

Then kindergarten student Tianna Swisher moves into an arc of water for a drink at the water fountain on June 3, 2008 at Montour Preserve, near Washingtonville, Pa., while classmate Eli Zakarian awaits his turn.

Liberty Valley Elementary School kindergarten student Tianna Swisher moves into an arc of water for a drink in June 2008 while classmate Eli Zakarian awaits his turn in Washingtonville, Pa.

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.