Promoting Allentown's teen-friendly places
Some local teens plan to put an end to a common complaint from their peers: There's nothing to do in Allentown. The Allentown Youth Source this week unveiled a website created by teens,...
View ArticleAnother Fine Evening in Emmaus, with Zombies
The kids haven't returned to school just yet, but you can almost hear the school bells ringing. Fall sports practices for high school began on Monday. Back-to-school shopping sales are everywhere. High...
View ArticleBusy time for outdoors enthusiasts at L.V. Hunting and Fishing Extravaganza
A funny thing happened to me while walking through the seventh annual Lehigh Valley Hunting and Fishing Extravaganza at the Kempton Fairgrounds on Sunday. There was so much going on and so many people...
View ArticleSuperintendent's community roundup
The release of once-secret information from the Boy Scouts' so-called perversion files about leaders accused of sexual misconduct, including some in the Lehigh Valley, is unlikely by itself to prompt...
View ArticleState lawmaker tells newspaper he is homosexual
HUNTINGDON (AP) — A lawmaker from central Pennsylvania has come out as gay in an interview with his local newspaper. Republican state Rep. Mike Fleck, 39, told The Daily News of Huntingdon County that...
View ArticleMan files sex abuse lawsuit against Boy Scouts
PHILADELPHIA — A Delaware man sued the Boy Scouts of America and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wednesday over childhood sexual abuse committed by the scoutmaster at his...
View ArticleMom's tribute draws hundreds to lay wreaths on Lehigh Valley veterans' graves
Hundreds of people turned out Saturday to pay their respects to area military veterans who gave their lives for their country, as volunteers placed wreaths on the graves of some 2,200 honored veterans,...
View ArticleMan files sex abuse lawsuit against Boy Scouts
A man who claims he was sexually abused by a Chester County scoutmaster — sometimes at a Scout camp in the Poconos — has sued the Boy Scouts of America and the Mormon church. The suit, filed Wednesday...
View ArticleMan files sex abuse lawsuit against Boy Scouts
PHILADELPHIA — A Delaware man sued the Boy Scouts of America and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wednesday over childhood sexual abuse committed by the scoutmaster at his...
View Article2012 year in review: The world didn't end but plenty has changed
For Allentown, Penn State football and President Barack Obama, 2012 was a year of new beginnings. For Jerry Sandusky, certain Catholic priests in Philadelphia and leaders of the Boy Scouts of America,...
View ArticleGirls Scout cookies arrive in Lehigh Valley
When workers were unloading six tractor-trailers filled with Girl Scout cookies on Friday, there were far more boxes of one variety than any other. Shortbreads? No, they came up short. The new Mango...
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