ELYSBURG - A parade kicked off All Home Days Saturday in Elysburg. Events continue today and Monday at the All Home Days Association grounds.
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COAL TOWNSHIP - Top administrators and board members at Shamokin Area School District (SASD) were out to stop a "leak" of personnel information they suspected was coming from the administration office.
Their "sting" last fall led to the now well-known memo dispute that landed district officials in Northumberland County Court, where they lost their case to keep the memo from public disclosure despite nearly $7,000 in legal fees.
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ASHLAND - The sound of drums in the streets of Ashland on Saturday evening surprised a lot of people, but that surprise turned to delight when they discovered an "ABA Parade" marching unit moved past their homes.
The 108th ABA Mummers Parade in 2008 was the last time the popular Labor Day weekend tradition traveled along Walnut and Centre streets with Mummers and high school bands, floats, community organizations, fire companies, and a variety of other entries delighting residents and visitors to the borough.
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ASHLAND - If the tradition had continued, Saturday would have been the 110th annual ABA Mummers Parade in Ashland. However, the loss of the parade has heightened the need to remember the organization that founded the popular parade, created a tribute in bronze to mothers, and has historical significance at the local state and national levels.
An initiative has begun to have the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to approve an official state historical marker in honor of the Ashland Boys Association (ABA). The marker would be placed at street level in front and to the right of the Mother's Memorial, which was sponsored by the ABA.
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ELYSBURG - For the thousands of guests who visit Knoebels Amusement Resort each summer season, it's hard not to notice the countless signs and sculptures throughout the park, from a 4-foot-long smiling dolphin called "Codzmo" at The Flume to a 10-foot tall Viking nicknamed "Thor" at the Sklooosh.
Most of the creative decorations can be attributed to Matthew G. Rusnak, who died this past week, but whose artistic legacy lives on at Knoebels.
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BURNSIDE - A 48-year-old York man was flown by Medivac helicopter to Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Saturday night after crashing his ATV along Shovel Road, approximately 1.5 miles east of Route 125 in a wooded mine reclamation area near the top of the Burnside Mountain.
Richard Anderson suffered non-life threatening injuries in the 9:15 p.m. crash, according to Coal Township Police Patrolman Jason Adams.
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Catawissa Avenue project to resume
SUNBURY - Eastern Industries Inc. will begin paving again on State Route 4006 (Catawissa Avenue/Mile Hill Road) in Northumberland County on Wednesday.
The contractor will pave from Reagan Street in Sunbury to the intersection with Epler Road in Upper Augusta Township, a distance of approximately 2.25 miles.
The contractor continues to work on the ADA-compliant curb ramps within the city.
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Divorces
Becky A. Yakoboski, 7 Shamokin Ave., Elysburg, from David R. Yakoboski, 19 Sheridan St., Coal Township. Married Oct. 2, 1982.
Angela L. (Bardole) Mowery, 363 S. Fourth St., Sunbury, from William E.L. Bardole, 893 Sunshine St., Shamokin. Married March 28, 1995.
Julie L. Herb from Christopher C. Herb, both of 1103 Irish Valley Road, Paxinos. Married Oct. 14, 1995.
James R. Bubb Jr. from Anne M. Bubb, both of 10 Twig Lane, Sunbury. Married June 14, 1980.
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ELYSBURG - Two Sunbury residents remained in prison Saturday after allegedly selling drugs to a confidential informant Monday night.
Ralpho Township Police Patrolman Christopher Grow charged Kimberly A. Giampapa, 23, of 736 S. Front St., Apt. 1, and Gordon Byers, 38, of 210 Speece St., after the incident in the parking lot of the Sheetz convenience store at approximately 8 p.m.
According to Grow, he and members of the Northumberland-Montour Drug Task Force worked with a confidential informant to conduct a buy for 50 tablets of suboxone, which is used to treat narcotic addiction.
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