Northampton County officials have settled a lawsuit by a former prison inmate who claimed he was assaulted by four corrections officers while strapped to a restraint chair.
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In the same vein as the story of the tree falling in the woods comes the question: If they hold a public meeting and the public doesn't come, is it still a public meeting?
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Butch Patrick, aka Eddie Munster, joins opening ceremony at Billy's Downtown Diner. Butch Patrick helps reopen Billy's Downtown Diner on E. Broad Street in Bethlehem on Thursday, October 30, 2014.
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Lehigh Valley International Airport holds an open house. The meeting, open to the public, was held to give people a chance to question officials.
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Firefighters from several departments work to put out a fire at Pizza Joe's restaurant at 550 S. Main St. in Nazareth on Wednesday, October 29, 2014.
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Andre Reed Field gets approval from Allentown School Board on Tuesday, October 28, 2014.
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NEW YORK - After dressing as a pregnant nun last year, U.S. Army member Sheldon Gayle thought he might want a different type of costume for his battalion's annual Halloween costume run and something a bit sexier for the club scene.
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A family of black bears was shot and killed at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport this month, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission officials.
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NEW YORK - A woman featured in a video in which she is harassed more than 100 times on New York City's streets said on Thursday that she has received dozens of rape threats after the clip was posted on the Internet and watched widely.
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Democrat Terri Powell praises Republican Julie Harhart's constituent services.
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These disciplinary and licensing actions were announced recently by Pennsylvania's licensing boards against professionals who live and work in the Lehigh Valley area. The information is taken verbatim from the PA Department of State's website, where you can find all...
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The Gertrude B. Fox Environmental Center, the nonprofit whose founder Karen Dolan resigned in the wake of a grand jury investigation, will vacate Illick's Mill when its lease with Bethlehem expires Feb. 15.
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Bethlehem Township has settled a disability claim with a now former police officer, agreeing to pay David Spearko a one-time lump sum of $50,000 and a monthly disability check for $2,921.
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The Easton Area School Board is poised to pass a new policy that permits the use of district facilities for before-and after-school care by contracted providers to help ease the child care burden on working families.
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Lucky creative writing students in a University of Pennsylvania seminar will be able to earn academic credit for wasting time on the Internet next spring. The class, appropriately titled "Wasting Time on the Internet," will require its students to spend the three-hour weekly...
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MARGATE, N.J. — The old saying that calm seas never made a good sailor may apply to Salvatore Calabrese when it comes to operating his family's bay-front Blue Water Marina, which was nearly washed away by Hurricane Sandy.
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It's going to start feeling like winter this weekend. If that prompts you to look for your hat and gloves, you also should look at your electric bill and contract.
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A Wilson man who authorities say died after cutting his throat and being shot by police following an early-morning chase Friday through several communities had “a folding knife embedded in his neck,” according to court records.
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The old business card, from the late Hess' travel agency run by his parents more than 20 years ago, reminded Rich Lerner of the winding road he took to the Golf Channel.
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HARRISBURG — The judicial lobbying has begun.
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The helium-filled balloon that was deployed to search for trooper slaying suspect Eric Frein has been returned to Ohio.
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The hits just keep on coming at "Mamma Mia!" the hit musical based on songs by supergroup ABBA, which is on stage at the State Theatre in Easton Nov. 5 and 6.
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Charming Bistro Pomme Verte is a lovely spot for a fix of French fare. That's an important bit of Lehigh Valley culinary trivia, because French restaurants are few and far between here.
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When Easton native Scott Rosenfelt looks back on the movies he's produced, he has a lot to be proud of including overseeing "Mystic Pizza," which gave Julia Roberts and Matt Damon their first meaty roles; "Extremities," one of the first films to grapple seriously with...
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It is now a little bit easier for veterans in Pennsylvania to find jobs.
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Easton Area High School students were briefly evacuated Wednesday after school officials discovered a bomb threat.
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Pennsylvania is one of six states with health care facilities receiving Center for Disease Control and Prevention-sanctioned training to respond to any cases of Ebola virus, according to panelists who convened to discuss the illness and local precautionary measures Tuesday night at the Da...
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There was finger-pointing, yelling, accusations — even a fight about a Power Point presentation.
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Since no one knows what William Allen would have posted on Facebook and nearly everyone has used the F-word, the Allentown School Board has given its blessing to name a football field after Andre Reed.
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The Parkland School Board will decide next month whether a new soccer field is worth its nearly $1.5 million price tag.
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HARRISBURG — A potential deal is in the wind for the next governor, whether it's Republican Gov. Tom Corbett or Democratic nominee Tom Wolf, to nominate a Republican and a Democrat to fill two Supreme Court seats until voters elect two justices in November 2015, Senate leaders...
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While Democrat Tom Wolf rallies support on a statewide bus tour, the latest poll in the Pennsylvania governor's race shows Gov. Tom Corbett has narrowed the wide gap Wolf enjoyed throughout much of the race.
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The buck stopped with Central Bucks School Superintendent David Weitzel.
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A blanket of leaves lay on the ground in front of the Buck Hill Inn Friday night as a lone deer cautiously walked towards the shuttered resort.
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— For 12-year-old Jonathan Okasinski, a visit to the White House where he shook the president's hand Tuesday started with a book on quantum physics.
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