Pier construction is complete on the nearly one-mile long River Bridge, of the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway's Northern Section, said a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation engineer on Friday. Now, the next major stage of the project will involve pouring concrete on the beams conne…
BLOOMSBURG — Mike Drotar said the best part about competing in the annual Special Olympics Bocce Ball Bash at Bloomsburg University is "getting along with everybody."
Authors drafting an ordinance proposal for consideration by Lewisburg Borough Council that would protect members of the LGBTQ+ community against discrimination say its adoption into local law would lend further credence to the perception that the borough is a welcoming place to work and live.
A New Columbia man repeatedly exposed himself to a female clerk while shopping this week at the Sunoco off Route 15 in Lewisburg, according to arrest papers filed in district court.
A senior judge will hear oral arguments for DNA testing in the exoneration case of Scott Schaeffer next month.
A Union County manufacturing company looks to hire about 60 new employees as it launches a new line of affordable modular housing.
LEWISBURG — The Public Library for Union County will use a $750,000 state grant to construct a 1,146-square-foot addition to the children's wing.
Site work began this week to restore a native wetland habitat outside Donald H. Eichhorn Middle School in Lewisburg.
LEWISBURG — Borough council adopted a proposed budget for 2020 with spending and revenue balanced at $3,047,367.16, a near 11-percent increase over the 2019 budget of $2,750,238.30.
LEWISBURG — Traffic engineers recommend that borough council formally petitions PennDOT to ban heavy freight trucks from traveling Market Street and that the local governing body adopt ordinance themselves doing the same for all other streets in the historic district.
Lewisburg recognized October as LGBTQ+ History Month during Tuesday’s borough council meeting.
A steel container manufacturer in the Lewisburg area looks to expand its market share and to do so, it’s moving to a vacant plant at the Milton Industrial Park and adding 36 new jobs.
Traffic is backed up along Interstate 80 Eastbound in Montour County this morning due to roadwork.
TURBOTVILLE — Garrick Grady hopes to open his own restaurant someday. The Warrior Run High School senior currently is learning about the food business as a chef at Original Italian Pizza in Allenwood, where he has worked for the past three years.
SUNBURY — United in Recovery, covering the Opioid Coalitions of Snyder, Union and Northumberland Counties, and Evangelical Community Hospital are hosting two Juuling Presentations for parents, students, and community members to inform about the dangers of Juuling. The presentation will featu…
LEWISBURG — Kelly Catale spent close to 8 hours on her mountain bike riding 120 miles on mostly gravel trails in the hills of Union County.
LEWISBURG — Layla Fowler looked intently at the wire in her hands, squished it into Play-Doh and with the opposite end connected to a battery and a second wire already in place, created an electric circuit that caused a two tiny LED lights in the modeling compound to glow.
LEWISBURG — The return of an especially fuzzy caterpillar and the arrival of a crowd of bicyclists caused attendance to swell Saturday at the annual Lewisburg Fall Festival.
LEWISBURG — A Schuylkill County man used a Diaper Genie to steal $1,169.42 worth of goods from Walmart Supercenter along Route 15 in Kelly Township, according to arrest papers.
LEWISBURG — A Milton man accused of assaulting a woman and who was warned by police to break contact with her made false claims the next day both to the woman’s employer and child welfare services, according to arrest papers filed in district court.
More than $8.6 million in illegal drugs were seized by the Pennsylvania State Police in the third quarter of 2019.
ALLENWOOD — The Union County Industrial Railroad will begin repairs Monday at its crossing on Route 44 in Gregg Township, according to PennDOT.
John W. Arbogast Jr. ushered thousands of lives into this world and on Saturday, friends and loved ones will bid farewell to the late doctor during a Celebration of Life reception at the Bucknell Golf Club.
SUNBURY — Two city men face felony theft charges after city police say they forged names to make purchases at Sunbury and Mifflinburg hardware stores using a private business account.
MIFFLINBURG — A borough man saw six criminal counts held for prosecution in Union County Court stemming from a September police chase while a district judge dismissed one other charge.
LEWISBURG — Bucknell Center for Sustainability & the Environment hosts the 14th Annual Susquehanna River Symposium, Oct. 18-19 in the Elaine Langone Center on campus.
NEW COLUMBIA — A 23-year-old Milton man accused of committing sex crimes as a minor was arrested Monday by state police.
An employee stole $25,895.72 while managing a convenience store in Union County over the course of 10 months, according to arrest papers filed in Mifflinburg district court.
State troopers intercepted a package containing 1.1 pounds of methamphetamine bound for a home in West Buffalo Township, Union County, and arrested two men anticipating the delivery, according to arrest papers filed in district court.
An 18-year-old student threatened to kill classmates at SUN Area Technical Institute in Union County and mimicked using hammers and drills as weapons, according to criminal charges filed by New Berlin Police Department.
An 18-year-old student threatened to kill classmates at SUN Area Technical Institute in Union County and mimicked using hammers and drills as weapons, according to criminal charges filed by New Berlin Police Department.
Food service location inspections from Sept. 1 to Sept. 30
LEWISBURG — A consultant’s study of Lewisburg’s finances found that property taxes won’t need to be increased for the next three years.
This weekend marks the return of unPAved — a cycling event in its second year that’s proving to draw tourists and dollars to the Susquehanna Valley.
The Pennsylvania School Counselors Association is backing companion bills in the Pennsylvania House and Senate that would increase student access to school counselors, psychologists and social workers.
The role of school guidance counselors continues to evolve, in part, because the experiences the students go through in and out of school evolve.
White Deer Commons, a 24-unit low-income housing development in Union County, has a new owner.
KELLY TWP. — Traffic signal improvements at seven intersections along Route 15 in Kelly Township were funded by $263,094 in state funding.
The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory to kick in overnight and end Saturday morning. The advisory is in effect from 2 a.m. to 9 a.m. Saturday with temperatures expected to be in the mid-30s. The frost will occur mainly in valley locations NWS reports.
WILLIAMSPORT — A federal judge dismissed as moot a lawsuit brought by a former Shamokin resident against multiple officials from the city and Northumberland County along with Geisinger Medical Center.
A bridge along Route 45 in East Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County has reopened a day early according to PennDOT officials.
LEWISBURG — A Lycoming County man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Union County Court to a count of stalking.
ALLENWOOD — The Woolly Worm Festival hosted by the Lewisburg-area Kiwanis Club of the Buffalo Valley returns Saturday after a one-year hiatus.
By Eric Scicchitano
A smack of a mallet thrusts a tap into a firkin, the first brew flows from it to fill a ceramic stein and Mifflinburg’s Oktoberfest is underway.
LEWISBURG — One of three suspects accused in a rash of burglaries and criminal mischief in the Lewisburg area at the start of 2019 pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts Tuesday in Union County Court.
LEWISBURG — One of three suspects accused in a rash of burglaries and criminal mischief in the Lewisburg area at the start of 2019 pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts Tuesday in Union County Court.
LEWISBURG — Bucknell University withdrew plans to have a solar energy farm developed near its golf course.
LEWISBURG — The general public gets its first look at the final results of the Market Street Corridor Study during a presentation at 6 p.m. Oct. 16 at Campus Theatre.
Lewisburg and East Buffalo Township each exceeded five figures in legal expenses so far as the Union County municipalities engage in a lawsuit over financial contributions to their shared police department.
