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  • 10 things I always hear while walking my dog in Shamokin 10 things I always hear while walking my dog in Shamokin

    Ho-Butt! WTF man? Can I see your tatt? You holdin' dude? Can I bum a smoke from ya? Vinni Clausi (something) Exactly how old are you? Who's buying? Your dog is, like, so awesome! Know what I mean? ...

  • The Ultimate Shamokin Question: Ho-Butt or Ho-Bud? The Ultimate Shamokin Question: Ho-Butt or Ho-Bud?

    Okay. Am I the only one not clued in on this debate? Yesterday I saw an older gentleman walking down Market Street in Shamokin wearing a purple shirt that said "Shamokin" and below that "Ho-Butt." About a month ago, just a few blocks from my house, I noticed a license plate on a sweet '56 ...

  • Top 10 Things Coal Region High School Grads Should Do This Summer Top 10 Things Coal Region High School Grads Should Do This Summer

    10. Volunteer Work/Community Service (Looks good on a resume!) 9. Travel (Hit the road like Jack Kerouac) 8. Drink mass quantities of beer and go on silly drunken valley rides (We know you will anyway - had to include it) 7. Martial Arts training (Why not? Ninjas are so in!) 6. Break...

  • Shamokin, PA: A Good Place to Die Shamokin, PA: A Good Place to Die

    There must be some kind of way outta here... Well, truth is, that's what they all think. 'least at first. Next thing you know 60 years go by and all you've got to your name is a bar stool bearing your ass groove. Ahhh...good ol' Shamokin, Pennsylvania. We did not build this city on rock and ...