http://www.dailyitem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:41:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200154802.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200154802.html Potato chip producer Ira Middleswarth and Son may soon see the end of the potato shortage that slowed their July production to a crawl, according to a company official. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:38:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200001524.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200001524.html U.S. Rep. Chris Carney was blind-sided by PennDOT’s decision to suspend the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway project, but stressed Friday that he still considers the project “on track.” Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:59:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200001517.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200001517.html At the Petro truck stop near Milton, the roaring sound of diesel engines idling in the parking lot is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:33:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200112710.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200112710.html Mara Ranger of Gorham, Maine, may be a little more paranoid doing laundry. And who could blame her. When she was removing clothes from the washing machine at her farmhouse Wednesday, the clothes moved. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:43:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200001537.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200001537.html City residents may be given a chance this fall to collectively say "no" to opening the flood wall for the long-awaited riverfront project. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:43:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200001535.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200001535.html Two Snyder County men are in jail after unrelated harassment incidents, including one in which the accused allegedly responded to state troopers' request to leave a woman alone by saying: "It's not over until it's over." Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:09:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200001510.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200001510.html Job-seekers lined up Thursday morning in business casual, clutching resumes and waiting for their turn to take a crack at working for the red and white. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:00:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200001534.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200001534.html Northumberland County commissioners told human resources director Joe Picarelli last week to draft a letter terminating chief assessor Mike Diehl's employment. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:59:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200001522.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200001522.html Air conditioning may well have been one of the most important inventions of the 20th century, but for most folks of a certain age in the Valley, chilled air in July was something they could only dream of. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:58:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200001540.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_200001540.html It's an introduction conceived in beer heaven: Downtown Selinsgrove will shake hands Saturday with 18 trendy microbreweries and three wineries for the town's first ever Hops, Vines and Wines Festival. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:57:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_199233026.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_199233026.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:27:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_199074344.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_199074344.html More than 1,100 jobs will be created by the opening of two Target stores and a distribution center in the Susquehanna Valley, officials said. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:26:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_199075448.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_199075448.html Two days after Ryan’s Jewelers was victimized by two robbers, the Danville business community is holding firm and focusing on the Iron Heritage Festival, according to local business leaders. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_199103844.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_199103844.html It appears that 11-year-old Landon Wilburn has a future as a cop — a traffic cop. The youngster, who used to shout at speeders to slow down as they drove through the Stone Lakes subdivision in Louisville, Ky., now has taken matters into his own hands. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:41:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_199074213.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_199074213.html Outraged over the theft of $38,000 and wary of an undermanned firefighting force, Hartley Township supervisors have decertified their local group of volunteers and will instead rely on Mifflinburg Hose Company for protection.