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Judge rejects Parkland library's bid to stop tax rate decrease
A Lehigh County judge rejected the Parkland Community Library's bid to stop the Parkland School Board from decreasing the library tax. In a hearing Wednesday, Judge Michele Varricchio said the district acted properly in cutting the rate from 0.3 mill &#...
Tags: Trials, Judges, Referenda, Arts and Culture, Politics
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PPL lists local power grid upgrades
PPL Electric Utilities on Wednesday released details of its 2013 plan to modernize facilities, build new substations and make distribution system improvements aimed at improving reliability for customers in the Lehigh Valley, Bucks and Montgomery...Tags: Slatington, Mount Bethel, Center Valley, Seidersville, Emmaus
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South Whitehall to add safeguards against fraud
The alleged embezzlement of more than $850,000 in South Whitehall utility payments continues to reverberate as township commissioners voted Wednesday to institute reforms in staff policies and review the finances of four fire companies. A report by...Tags: Greenawalds, Cetronia, Whitehall, Allentown, Accounting and Auditing
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Fly flags to honor veterans
Two very good articles about veterans' experiences in World War II were in The Morning Call recently. They were about Walter Kuchinos and Dick Schermerhorn, both of whom are in their 90s. People don't realize what the thousands of veterans went through or...Tags: Memorial Day, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Whitehall
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Police: Man killed 87-year-old woman to keep family from testifying against him
Hours before the start of his trial on sex assault charges June 10, DaJuan A. Porter went to the Harrisburg area homes of two of his three victims to try to keep them from testifying against him, authorities said. Porter, 29, of Harrisburg first went to...
Tags: Trials, Worcester County, Sex Crimes, Witnesses, Murder
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Man gets up to 8 years for running over pedestrian
A Coplay man charged in 2010 with running over and severely injuring a pedestrian in South Whitehall Township will spend up to eight years in prison. Joseph R. Knauss, 28, pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault, avoiding a trial scheduled to begin...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Whitehall
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Time estimate for Broadway opening was way too narrow
The Road Warrior w/Dan HartzellNot the Big Apple Broadway, fellow warriors, and not the kind of opening normally associated with that world-famous thoroughfare. We're talking about Broadway between Parkway and Cetronia roads in South Whitehall Township, which has been closed since... -
Empty beverage cartons can save you money
A couple of weeks ago we shared a tip from Doug Burton in Nazareth about planting empty vegetable cans next to your tomato plants to save time and money when watering them. That prompted a response from South Whitehall Township resident Liz Phillips,...
Tags: Tomatoes, Nazareth, Whitehall, Allentown, Fertilizer
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Literary Events
Barnes & Noble, Southmont Center, 4445 Southmont Way, Bethlehem Township, 610-515-0376: Loss and Grief Group, "About Grief" by Ron Marasco, 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Doylestown Bookshop, 16 S. Main St., 215-230-7610: Photobook presentation and discussion...
Tags: Bethlehem Township (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Arts and Culture, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Libraries, Moravian Book Shop
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Politics as Usual
Toomey reaffirms background check support Six months after the Sandy Hook murders of 20 children and six adults, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., reaffirmed his support for expanding background checks on firearms sales, and said he hopes the Senate can...Tags: Don Cunningham, Lobbying, Criminal Laws, Regional Authority, Culture
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Dorney's parent company sued in pedestrian's death
The family of a Dorney Park worker who was killed while walking on Hamilton Boulevard in South Whitehall Township last summer has sued the park's parent company, the Upper Macungie Township driver whose car hit the woman and the California program that...
Tags: Trials, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Macungie, Whitehall
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Lehigh County road work
PennDOT has scheduled the following road work: County: Lehigh Municipality: Whitehall Township ROAD NAME: Mickley Road at Route 22 overpass Type of Work: Bridge inspection Work being Done By: PENNDOT Bridge Inspection Forces Type of Restriction:...Tags: Lehigh County, Catasauqua, Transportation, Emmaus, Seipstown
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