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Sandy storm deaths
At least nine deaths in Pennsylvania were attributed to the storm: •A 48-year-old Lower Macungie Township woman found after carbon monoxide from a gas-powered generator entered her home •An 86-year-old South Whitehall Township woman found in...Tags: Hypothermia, South Whitehall Township, Boyertown, Lancaster County (Pennsylvania), Whitehall
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After Sandy, a stunned Northeast struggles to its feet
In New York and New Jersey, Sandy lived up to its advance billing as a once-in-a-lifetime megastorm, a deadly collision of tropical and arctic forces that hammered the coastline with mountainous waves and winds and swamped lower Manhattan with record...
Tags: Monroe County (Pennsylvania), Michael Bloomberg, New York City, Chris Christie, Breezy Point
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Hurricane Sandy brings two more deaths to the Lehigh Valley as more than 200,000 homes remain without power
The local impact of Hurricane Sandy became more catastrophic for the Lehigh Valley with the deaths of two more people, bringing the region's death toll to four as of Wednesday morning. A Lower Macungie Township woman died from the fumes from a portable...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Alzheimer's Disease, Lehigh University, Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Kutztown
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In Sandy's aftermath, Valley residents grapple with outages, downed trees, blocked roads
Roy Nimmo has lived long enough to keep things in perspective. He built his Williams Township home in 1948, after World War II, and spent his first two years there hauling his own water. In the great flood of 1955, the creek behind his house overflowed...
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Bucks County, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), South Whitehall Township
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Hurricane Sandy's impact on the Lehigh Valley: Power outages, damaged trees, closed roads
Hurricane Sandy left the Lehigh Valley and Poconos regions in the dark and with a few less trees but with little damage compared to the beating suffered in neighboring New Jersey. The only death reported by local emergency and police officials as of...
Tags: Monroe County (Pennsylvania), Vaccines, Nuclear Power, Rivers, Snow Storms
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State Roads Closed in East Central Pennsylvania Due to Storm
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) advises drivers several state roads are closed or restricted in East Central Pennsylvania because of weather issues caused by Hurricane Sandy. Here is the latest list of road closings in PennDOT...Tags: Monroe County (Pennsylvania), Bodies of Water, Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Rivers, Lehigh County
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Pennsylvania's lawyers will protect you against yourself
It is cruel to expect people to be responsible for themselves and for what they do to themselves. We need paladins like Ralph Bellafatto to protect us from the forces of evil, who lure and seduce us into behaviors over which we cannot be expected to...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Trials, Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Lehigh County
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Sex among students ill-advised but not illegal
This may come as a terrible shock to certain school officials in Berks County, but some high school students have been known to (gasp) have sex with each other. Even more shocking is the claim in a lawsuit that it is (gasp, agonized hand-wringing)...
Tags: Washington, DC, Casablanca (Morocco), Bullying, Fleetwood, Crime, Law and Justice
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Angled utility poles along Route 222 are temporary
Q: We live in the Kutztown area and use Route 222 eastbound several times a month. Just about a half-mile after we pass the Terry Hill water park on the right side of 222, there are several utility poles leaning toward the highway. We've noticed this...
Tags: Transportation, Kutztown, Television Industry, Allentown, Service Electric Inc.
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Business Briefs - Oct. 21
Cornerstone Wealth Management Group The advisers at Cornerstone Wealth Management Group, a Hagerstown-based independent investment and wealth-management firm, recently announced their affiliation with CWM LLC, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission-...Tags: Deutsche Bank AG, Financial and Business Services, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Manitowoc Company Incorporated, CNB Financial Corporation
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Fish, deer are turning on with cooler temperatures
About 30 people showed up mid-morning on Wednesday at Kaercher Creek Lake in eastern Berks County to check out the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission in action. Mike Kaufmann, the Area 6 fisheries manager for the PFBC, and fish biologist Greg Murphy...
Tags: Cabela's Inc., Jim Thorpe, Nazareth, Catfish, Cementon
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Gov Corbett: 500 New Jobs created Dollar General distribution center in Berks county
Governor Tom Corbett announced today that Dollar General Corporation, a national retailer with more than 10,000 stores, will locate its new distribution center in Bethel Township, Berks County and create more than 500 jobs and an additional 75 indirect...
Tags: Economic Policy, Politics, Labor Markets, Executive Branch, Government
Oct 31, 2012
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Oct 25, 2012
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Oct 21, 2012
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Oct 21, 2012
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Oct 18, 2012
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