SPORTS UPDATE: State bocce tournament postponed Halifax Area High School’s scheduled participation in next week’s PIAA/IUS Indoor Bocce State Tournament has been postponed, due to concerns for participants’ health due to COVID-19 (Corona Virus Infectious Disease 2019). The Wildcats, who recently won the Greater Harrisburg Region Championship, were scheduled to open ...
HARRISBURG • As of press time for this week’s issue, all three counties in the Sentinel area are now in Pennsylvania’s Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Zone, as determined by the state Department of Agriculture. Northumberland was among the 12 counties added to the zone last week. The zone also covers Dauphin, ...
TOWER CITY • Dennis E. English, 69, formerly of Tower City, died Thursday, March 5. Born in Tower City, Dec. 29, 1950, he was a son of the late Richard and Grace Lemke English. Dennis was a 1968 graduate of Williams Valley High School. He was a U.S. Air Force Veteran ...
VALLEY VIEW • Larry A. Gingrich, 70, of Valley View, died unexpectedly Saturday, March 7 at the Geisinger Medical Center. Born in Lebanon, Feb. 10, 1950, he was a son of the late George and Alice Gettle Gingrich. He was a retired truck driver, last working for Penske Trucking. He ...
NEWPORT • Kim S. Cassell, 65, of Newport, died March 7, 2020. She was born Feb. 8, 1955, to the late Rex and Jean (Buffington) Sunday. Kim was the clerical supervisor at Case Management in Harrisburg for more than 40 years. Kim is survived by her husband Rex Lee Cassell ...
Valley View • Albert P. Baray, age 69, of Valley View, formerly of California, died March 3 at the Tremont Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born April 20, 1950, in El Paso, Texas, a son of the late Albert M. Baray and the late Kathryn L. Puttman Baray. He ...
HALIFAX • Darlene L. Sostar, age 68, of Halifax, Pa., passed away March 3, 2020, at Premier at Susquehanna Village. She was born Dec. 16, 1951, in Halifax, Pa., daughter of the late Daniel Dorothy Barry. She was the widow of Roger L. Sostar of Halifax. Darlene is survived by ...
TOWER CITY • Gayle C. Kobularik, 84, of Tower City, passed away Sunday morning, March 8 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born Dec. 11, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Elias Kaufman and Ellen Evans Kaufman. Gayle was a 1953 graduate of Porter Tower High ...
HALIFAX • June E. (Orner) Lenker, age 96, of Fishing Creek, Middle Paxton Twp., formerly of Halifax, passed away March 3, 2020, at home. She was born May 4, 1923, in Gowen City, Pa., daughter of the late Charles and Pearl (Kerstetter) Orner. She was a life member and former ...
