News from RIVERSIDE

Published on June 11, 2022 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — An LGBTQ+ advocate reports she went before borough council here this week seeking a proclamation in support of equal rights for sexual...
Published on March 24, 2022 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — Pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck announced Wednesday it intends to close its Cherokee plant here in the next several years. “We will...
Published on March 15, 2022 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — A “fairly large” bear has been spotted by residents in recent days roaming the borough here. Late last week, the bear was spotted in...
Published on January 30, 2022 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — The doors of the former Riverside Elementary School opened early Saturday, offering a last chance for residents to retrieve items from...
Published on January 16, 2022 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — Landscape business owner Dave Decoteau had an unpleasant surprise recently when he began contacting suppliers for the upcoming season:...
Published on December 25, 2021 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — Danville Municipal Authority is giving Riverside until March 18 to submit a mitigation plan to lower levels of chemicals being pumped...
Published on November 4, 2021 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE —Riverside officials failed to tell the Northumberland County Election Board one of its borough council members had resigned and been...
Published on August 3, 2021 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — The former Riverside Elementary School property now officially belongs to Riverside borough. The borough finalized the purchase of the...
Published on May 9, 2021 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — Theodore “Chick” Burkland served on the borough’s centennial committee while sitting on borough council when Riverside turned 100 in 1971...
Published on March 8, 2021 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — Three men were playing cards inside a barn on S&H Avenue early Sunday when a fire broke out, a fire official said. One of the men...
Published on August 17, 2020 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — A Catawissa man was imprisoned Thursday for allegedly leading police on a wild chase in May, court papers say. Jesse Nathaniel George,...
Published on June 13, 2020 - Page 3
RIVERSIDE — Borough police here say they’re searching for Danny Hadidi, 4, and Dana Hadidi, 3 months old, who are missing from the borough. Both...
Published on January 23, 2020 - Page 3
RIVERSIDE — After a car went into a pond in front of her home on Sunbury Road near here last week, Barbara Cooper says she’s relieved no one was...
Published on October 8, 2019 - Page 7
RIVERSIDE — A resident pressed officials Monday night to do something about deteriorating borough roads, but council members said there’s no money...
Published on June 1, 2019 - Page 3
RIVERSIDE — A railroad crossing here will be replaced later this month, PennDOT says. But thanks to pressure from a local borough council and state...
Published on May 22, 2019 - Page 7
RIVERSIDE —Incumbent s Carolyn M. Bausch and Barbara Kriner, as well as newcomer Brian Whitenight won Republican nominations to borough council in...
Published on May 17, 2019 - Page 12
RIVERSIDE — Five people are on the Republican ballot for three nominations to run for seats on Riverside council. They are Carolyn M. Bausch,...
Published on April 24, 2019 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — A crash at the intersection of Boyd Station Road and Route 54 Tuesday afternoon sent three people to the hospital, with one seriously...
Published on February 15, 2019 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE —Vicky Burnside says Raven, the paralyzed puppy she is fostering, is like an energetic 2-year-old toddler. When Burnside removes Raven’s...
Published on November 21, 2018 - Page 4
RIVERSIDE — Riverside Mayor Joseph Oberdorf resigned Monday night, effective immediately, according to the Sunbury newspaper. Oberdorf appeared in...
Published on November 18, 2018 - Page 3
RIVERSIDE — A customer at the Riverside Laundromat here used a fire extinguisher to douse a blaze in a dryer, but flames leaped up again, the fire...
Published on November 8, 2018 - Page 8
RIVERSIDE — Borough council Monday night voted 4-3 against a motion that would have barred the police department from joining the Columbia-Montour...
Published on October 19, 2018 - Page 8
RIVERSIDE — A man was backing a pickup down his one-lane driveway Wednesday around noon when his Chevrolet S-10 went about 15 feet down a steep...
Published on August 12, 2018 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — A colossal ash tree that predates the borough by a century and likely started to grow when Benjamin Franklin was a boy has died. The...
Published on August 11, 2018 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — Randy Strouse and his wife hired an acquaintance to remodel the kitchen in their home, but the contractor stiffed the couple to the tune...
Published on July 20, 2018 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — A new device designed to locate pets can warn users if a lost dog might take off or if the animal is aggressive. The Homeward Beacon,...
Published on June 17, 2018 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — With a change in the state’s fireworks law, residents can now buy “the good stuff” that rivals some of the smaller professional aerial...
Published on May 18, 2018 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — A man may have fallen asleep behind the wheel Thursday afternoon when his SUV crossed into the opposite lane on Route 54 and struck a...
Published on April 25, 2018 - Page 7
RIVERSIDE — Timothy B. Parks, 20, of Millville was charged by Riverside Officer Kerry Parkes with possession of a small amount of marijuana,...
Published on April 3, 2018 - Page 7
RIVERSIDE — A Millville man, when stopped for an expired vehicle inspection sticker, was found to have pot and paraphernalia in his truck, police say...
Published on March 7, 2018 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — A Riverside man threatened to kill his father and others with 11 children present, police say. Travis Miles Hauck, 29, of 626 Ave. E,...
Published on December 1, 2017 - Page 3
RIVERSIDE — A Riverside man is facing drug charges here, according to the Shamokin newspaper. Brian Scott Webb, 39, of 547 Third St., was charged...
Published on November 15, 2017 - Page 5
RIVERSIDE — A Mifflinburg man was arrested on drug charges here, according to the Shamokin newspaper. Joshua Damion Foulds, 28, of 7 S. Fifth St...
Published on October 20, 2017 - Page 3
RIVERSIDE — A suspicious group of people at the Riverside Laundromat Monday night were intoxicated and had bath salts and drug paraphernalia, police...
Published on October 6, 2017 - Page 3
RIVERSIDE — Michael J. McGovern, 36, Route 15, Allenwood, was charged by Patrolman Andrew Rupp with driving under the influence of a controlled...
Published on September 20, 2017 - Page 17
RIVERSIDE — George Vastine of Millville was a third-grader at the Riverside School back in 1950. He tells of the two-story schoolhouse with third and...
Published on September 8, 2017 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE —A crossing gate that came down for a train passing through the area here was blown into the locomotive’s path by the wind, railroad...
Published on June 23, 2017 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — Two cars collided at an intersection here Thursday, sending one of the vehicles into the side of a house. The damage appeared to be...
Published on May 13, 2017 - Page 4
RIVERSIDE — A Riverside man was charged with causing a public nuisance for allowing properties he owns to violate maintenance and borough codes,...
Published on April 4, 2017 - Page 8
RIVERSIDE — Merck’s “Neighbor of Choice” community grant program is open for funding requests from nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations in...
Published on March 13, 2017 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — A female police officer lost her job with Riverside borough due to poor work performance and not sexual discrimination, a defense lawyer...
Published on January 2, 2017 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — A female police officer is suing Riverside borough for sexual discrimination, claiming she was fired due to her gender. Police Chief...
Published on December 6, 2016 - Page 5
RIVERSIDE — The body discovered next to the Susquehanna River here in April is believed to be an African-American who may have died up to a year...
Published on September 17, 2016 - Page 4
RIVERSIDE — A Snydertown Trucking employee allegedly used a pry bar to break into a company office and steal hundreds in cash, State Police allege...
Published on June 18, 2016 - Page 7
RIVERSIDE — Dave Decoteau may have helped thwart a suicide attempt Thursday, but he says it was a “crazy” set of circumstances that put him in...
Published on May 12, 2016 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — It’s a project four years in the making, but the “forceful” residents of Riverside now have the option of heating their homes with...
Published on May 7, 2016 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — A Riverside man allegedly had at least 25 images of child porn on his computer and tried to run away from police when officers served a...
Published on December 19, 2015 - Page 1
RIVERSIDE — A senior accountant lost his job at Cherokee Pharmaceuticals because the company discriminated against him for having a sleep disorder, a...
Published on December 6, 2015 - Page 8
RIVERSIDE — An autopsy concluded that the woman whose body was found in the river Thursday drowned, Riverside Police Chief Kerry Parkes said Saturday...
Published on December 4, 2015 - Page 5
RIVERSIDE — A Riverside man is facing charges after an accident here, according to the Shamokin newspaper. Timothy D. Cotner, 47, of 17 South D...