Shamokin (United States)

Type: City

Name: Shamokin (United States)

Country: United States

Latitude: 40.789001

Longitude: -76.5588

population: 7,546

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Northumberland County: Madison Court owes $14K in back taxes

The Shamokin Housing Authority (SHA) will go back to Northumberland County Court over Madison Court Apartments, this time to have a disputed debt removed from the property.SHA filed a civil complaint May 10 against the Northumberland County Tax Claims ... [Published TradingCharts.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: Shamokin (United States), Taxes, Property, Madison (Wisconsin, United States)

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

City must make health insurance cost public

The state's Office of Open Records has ruled that the city must make public the individual cost of health insurance for its elected officials.Benjamin A. Lorah, appeals officer, found that the city erred when citing health insurance privacy laws and medical ... [Published Individual.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: Health Insurance, County Court, Shamokin (United States)

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Geisinger offers free melanoma screening days

According to the American Cancer Society, melanoma is the fifth leading killer of men and seventh among cancer killers for women. That's why Geisinger Health System offers free melanoma screening days for patients at select clinics, with free sunscreen ... [Published Citizens Voice - May 13 2013]

Entities: Skin Cancer, Dermatology, Shamokin (United States), Selinsgrove (United States)

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Gang members plead guilty on drug charges

Three gang members with ties to the Shamokin and Mount Carmel areas pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to conspiring to sell crack cocaine and heroin.Each face a minimum of five years imprisonment and four years supervised release at sentencing, ... [Published Individual.com - May 09 2013]

Entities: Tripp (United States), Drug Charge, Kulpmont (United States)

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

The Time Machine for May 8, 2013: Back in 1940

- Shamokin borough council voted down a proposal that was similar to many in other cities in the United States in the late 1930s and '40s: the installation of parking meters. The proposal called for 500 of the coin-eaters. When council voted the idea ... [Published HighBeam Research - May 09 2013]

Entities: Shamokin (United States), United States

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Judge denies county motion to dismiss suit

The federal lawsuit against Northumberland County and Commissioners Vinny Clausi and Stephen Bridy on a Sunshine Law violation should continue, a U.S. Magistrate Judge recommended Monday.The 20-page opinion from Judge Martin C. Carlson said the motion ... [Published Individual.com - May 07 2013]

Entities: State Court, Preliminary Injunction, First Amendment, Shamokin (United States)

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Court won't stop commissioners from destroying audio tapes

BURKESVILLE, Ky. — WILLIAMSPORT — A Shamokin outdoors enthusiast has lost his bid for an injunction to prevent the Northumberland County commissioners from destroying audio tapes of their meetings.David F. Kaleta did not file the required brief in support ... [Published Daily Item - May 02 2013]

Entities: Injunction, Shamokin (United States), Burkesville (United States)

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Federal judge denies Northumberland County's request to dismiss Kaleta's lawyers

WILLIAMSPORT -- A federal judge denied a motion Monday by Northumberland County and commissioners Vinny Clausi and Stephen Bridy to disqualify attorneys Timothy Bowers and Kymberly Best from representing David Kaleta, of Shamokin, who filed a lawsuit ... [Published Individual.com - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: First Amendment, Shamokin (United States), Litigation, Coal

Quotes

"The Authority gives us a payment in lieu of taxes yearly, and the property fell into that category when (SHA) took it over in 2013" Rovito said Friday

Northumberland County: Madison Court owes $14K in back taxes [Published TradingCharts.com - May 18 2013]

Bridy said he expected the OOR to rule in his favor. "We were only asking for how tax dollars were being utilized to pay for the medical premium. I don't think it should have ever gone that far" he said

City must make health insurance cost public [Published Individual.com - May 15 2013]

...attorneys said that although a state court has already found that Kaleta is likely to prevail on the merits of his claims, the amended complaint "nevertheless actually fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted." Carlson disagreed and found that Kaleta has adequately pleaded claims for relief under both the Sunshine Act and the First Amendment

Judge denies county motion to dismiss suit [Published Individual.com - May 07 2013]

He said Kaleta is not "bringing sweeping or broad challenges to the AOAA project, or even regarding the public's use of this land generally; instead, he has challenged the county's decision, allegedly made private in August 2012 by two county commissioners, to flatly deny his request to access the AOAA, in a manner that he contends violates the Sunshine Act and the First Amendment."

Federal judge denies Northumberland County's request to dismiss Kaleta's lawyers [Published Individual.com - Apr 30 2013]