Broke Shamokin
Local resident Jeff Seedor, 55, stands in his front yard in Shamokin.
Tucked away in the coal country northwest of Philadelphia, the city of Shamokin has $800,000 of unpaid bills and can't get a loan from a bank. In fact, it's so broke, the gas service to city hall was temporarily cut off last month.
Market Street is reflected in a shop window in downtown Shamokin.
Eric Feese, 31, and his four-year-old daughter, Gianna Mannion, knock on their landlord’s door to pay their rent.
Bill Milibrand, 54, has been the city's mayor for four months.
Five Shamokin residents pose for a photograph in the street; Jessica Kruleski, 33, Traci Carmen, 34, Gary Parks, 27, Anson Barrett, 5, and Jeff Try, 22.
Locksmith Judy Wariki, 67, has lived in Shamokin her whole life.
Faded high school prom photos remain in the storefront of a wedding store that went out of business 10 years ago.
A woman sits on the street in her wheelchair as she eats a donut.
A man sits on his front porch drinking a can of beer.
