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LEWISBURG — A Pittsburgh-based engineering and consulting company will continue to assist Union County with its Geographic Information Systems department in the wake of a cyberattack last year.

SUNBURY — City residents will have a month, beginning May 1, to remove unwanted items from attics and basements during Sunbury’s annual free spring cleanup event.

SELINSGROVE — Selinsgrove Area Recreation Inc. is proposing improvements to the parking area at the Selinsgrove community swimming pool.

SHAMOKIN — A groundbreaking ceremony on Monday at the intersection of 9th and Independence streets marked the start of Phase 1 of the Independence Street Streetscape Project.

SUNBURY — Northumberland County Jail officials are changing a policy to keep video from inside the jail for a year after a judge upheld a decision granting a Mount Carmel man surveillance footage through a Right to Know request.

HARRISBURG — The Republican majority in the Pennsylvania State Senate carried a second vote this legislative session in favor of a proposed bill to designate sports by biological sex and prevent transgender women from competing in women’s sports.

SHAMOKIN — A 54-year-old Shamokin man told a witness he would become the “biggest mass shooter in American history,” according to charges filed by city police.

NORTHUMBERLAND — The Central Susquehanna Riverboat Society is holding a May 17 benefit concert to help fund the ongoing construction of the new riverboat for Lake Augusta.

RIVERSIDE — Dumpsters will be placed at the Riverside Street Department garage, located at 237 Avenue D, from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday for Dumpster Day.