Looking through small, round glasses, Sean spins coasters on the top of a wooden table with the tips of his index fingers.

Wesley Kuczawa fit right in with his aviator sunglasses.

He’s seen a lot of races, and when Eric Rowe wants to remember them, he has only to look at his collection of Andretti racing memorabilia and he’s right there again.

Traditionally June is the most popular wedding month. But for the Amish in Central Pennsylvania, the wedding season occurs from late October through December, with November the peak.

Geisinger Medical Center on Friday reported its first swine flu death. The unidentified 24-year-old patient is believed to be the first to die from the virus in the Valley.

Hospital spokeswoman Marcy Marshall on Friday said that because of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act guidelines, the medical center could not provide additional information.
“The Geisinger family sends our thoughts and prayers to the patient’s family,” Marshall said in a statement.

“This death underscores the potential severity of the H1N1 swine-origin virus, and we recognize that this latest development does hit close to home,” Marshall said.

“As we continue to see increasing cases of H1N1 influenza, we encourage the public to contact their primary care providers and student health centers for more information on where to get vaccinated,” Marshall said. “Vaccine production has been slow, but we do eventually expect that there will be enough for everyone. There are limited supplies, and health providers are awaiting additional doses from the Department of Health, which is judiciously allotting available supplies. “

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A 16-year-old remains in critical condition and her two passengers have been released after their vehicle rolled multiple times and threw the passengers onto the road.

Twenty-three deceased veterans will be honored during the annual Veterans Day program on Wednesday at American Legion Post 201, 611 Market St.

Mayor Ed Coleman was forced to break a 3-3 tie on a motion to allocate $36,000 in 2010 Montour County Community Development Block Grand funds to the Danville Senior Citizens Center.

A United Way campaign sign has gone missing from the corner of Market and Pine streets in Selinsgrove, and officials just want it back, no questions asked.

Managers of mid- to large-size businesses shopped their options for electricity suppliers here Friday, but “choice” remained largely a phantom for private homeowners.

The economic effect of Penn State football games can be felt 40 miles away from Beaver Stadium, where a western Union County teenager capitalizes on sweet-toothed Route 45 motorists heading to University Park on Saturdays.

In a 911 call and police statement recorded early Sept. 28, 2008, soon after Charity Spickler was gunned down in a Lewisburg apartment, Roderick Sims admitted shooting her in the head because he was angry at her for lying to him.

When Selinsgrove native Amie Longacre received a call from her husband Thursday, she was unaware that a massacre had just taken place only 10 miles away, on the military base where Robert Longacre was stationed.

A Freeburg woman suffered serious injuries Friday night when her car was struck by two vehicles on Route 35 in Washington Township, Snyder County.

Geisinger Medical Center has confirmed their first H1N1, or swine flu, death. The death is the first known in the valley.

City police have filed more charges against the man they allege helped lead a burglary ring that robbed homeowners of up to $200,000 worth of possessions.

People are choosing where they want to receive their health care and Evangelical Community Hospital knows it has to compete.