Northampton County (Pennsylvania)

Removing dams: Are shad worth it?

2013-05-19 20:57:00

It's an age-old feud which money, technology and even sex failed to mute – dams and American Shad just don't get along. For decades on the Lehigh River, men have hauled shad over the dams, coaxed them to spawn in hatcheries and released their...

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2013-05-19 20:56:16

PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARY In 2013 Pa. primary, most action in the cities HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Most of the action in Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary will be in Democrat-controlled cities. Philadelphia City Controller Alan Butkovitz (BUHT'-koh-vitz)...

Morning Call takes first in Sandusky coverage

2013-05-18 17:25:44

The Morning Call was recognized by the Associated Press this weekend with a first-place award for its coverage of the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse trial in June. The award for general news reporting was presented to The Morning Call staff at the annual...

Should the county undergo a reassessment?

2013-05-18 17:24:37

Editor's note: Reassessments are about restoring equity to property values that are no longer uniform. Property values change over time, and properties and neighborhoods don't all appreciate or depreciate at the same rate. So the tax burden, which is...

Man sentenced to 10 to 20 years in 1994 eastern Pa. stabbing death during game of dominoes

2013-05-18 06:58:04

EASTON, Pa. (AP) — A man called one of the commonwealth's 10-most-wanted fugitives has been sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison in the stabbing death of a man during a game of dominoes nearly two decades ago in eastern Pennsylvania. Fifty-year-...

Hansell resigns as Lehigh County executive

2013-05-17 18:38:02

Lehigh County Executive Bill Hansell resigned suddenly Friday, citing serious health concerns, after having served less than one year in office. Hansell announced Friday that he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma, and would resign effectively...

Callahan campaign boasts 40 endorsements

2013-05-16 16:28:38

Gettysburg sesquicentennial battle re-enactment in Whitehall honors the 153rd

2013-05-17 03:01:00

If you walk up the long gravel pathway alongside the spacious grassy fields of Whitehall Township's 110-acre main park, the view from the top of the hill is remarkably similar to that from atop the hills just north of Gettysburg. From the Oak Ridge...

Transportation chief says infrastructure is at risk

2013-05-15 00:00:00

The federal government must invest in the country's transportation infrastructure because aging highways, waterways and railroads are "at the tipping point," U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster told an audience in Allentown Tuesday. "There are some in Washington who...

Civil War divided Lehigh Valley

2013-05-16 09:13:00

Democrats of the Lehigh Valley opposed the Republican administration's war. They were suspicious of the shifting justifications for it. They weren't interested in fighting to free anyone. They denounced the president's restrictions on civil liberties....

Upcoming business events in the Lehigh Valley

2013-05-16 11:52:16

FRIDAYMAY 17 THE LEHIGH VALLEY CHAPTER OF THE SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT will hold a half-day diversity seminar, "Diverseforce IV: Facing the Newest Challenges of the 21st Century," 8 a.m. to noon, at the Best Western Lehigh Valley Hotel and...

Inmate changes plea in shank case

2013-05-16 06:34:02

Moments before he was scheduled to go to trial on attempted homicide charges, a state inmate pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to aggravated assault and possessing a prohibitive offensive weapon and was sentenced to 8 1/2 to 17 years in state prison....

Palmer Township filed a lawsuit Friday asking a Northampton County Court to shut down a double-sided, 14-feet-by-48-feet electronic billboard owned by Atiyeh�s company, Pennsylvania Venture Capital, lighting up the southern side of Route 22 between the 25th Street and Route 33 exits.

2013-04-12 00:00:00

Palmer Township filed a lawsuit Friday asking a Northampton County Court to shut down a double-sided, 14-feet-by-48-feet electronic billboard owned by Atiyeh's company, Pennsylvania Venture Capital, lighting up the southern side of Route 22 between the 25th Street and Route 33 exits.

2013-04-12 00:00:00

Easton Mayor Sal Panto speaks to attendees. Friends of John Callahan held a fundraiser reception rally with keynote speaker former Governor Ed Rendell Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 at the Blue restaurant in Bethlehem Township, PA.

2013-03-26 00:00:00