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Northampton County pulls the plug on music after ASCAP threatens licensing fees
The organization, which represents more than 427,000 artists, wanted the county to pay a $2,343 fee to broadcast music in county buildings. Take the NEWS POLL. View full sizeExpress-Times File Photo |...
View ArticleThree charged in connection with burglary of Lehigh Township home
Two men are accused of breaking into the home, while a woman is accused of helping one of the men sell the copper to a scrap yard. Police have filed charges against three people in connection with a...
View ArticleNorthampton County Council approves purchase of Forks Township building for...
By a 5-2 vote, Northampton County Council elected to purchase the 9,750-square-foot building at 999 Conroy Drive for $750,000. Northampton County will begin to bring its historical documents back...
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Northampton County judges ban outspoken deputy from serving in courtrooms
Deputy Tom Bachik, a longtime Northampton County sheriff's deputy, recently asserted publicly that Northampton County judges have created security risks. View full sizeExpress-Times File PhotoAll nine...
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Stephen Sullivan, former Easton teacher, sentenced to prison for child...
President Judge F. P. Kimberly McFadden sentenced the former Easton Area Middle School teacher on Tuesday. View full sizeExpress-Times File Photo | MATT SMITHFormer Easton Area Middle School teacher...
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North Whitehall Township man charged for his part in Moore Township burglary,...
The 22-year-old and his 26-year-old co-defendant ditched the weapons stolen from the home after their Ford Focus broke down in the victim's driveway on Feb. 10, court records say. View full sizeAP...
View ArticleDisabled East Allen Township man bound and robbed, police say
Mark Steven Smolow has been charged with robbery, burglary, theft, receiving stolen property, simple assault and false imprisonment. Pennsylvania State Police arrested an Easton man Thursday after he...
View ArticleFamily of six displaced in early morning South Hokendauqua Drive fire in...
The Red Cross provided the family of two adults and four children with lodging, food, clothing, shoes and toiletry items. A family of six was displaced by an early morning fire on Hokendauqua Drive in...
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Forks Township man robs East Allen Township home, duct tapes hands of elderly...
The 58-year-old suspect runs a blind installation business with an address listed in Wilson Borough. He had been hired by the elderly East Allen Township family he allegedly victimized, stealing up to...
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Lehigh Township man sent threatening texts to ex-girlfriend, records say
The 22-year-old is accused of sending threatening text messages to his ex-girlfriend after he saw her estranged husband's vehicle outside of the victim's Lehigh Township home. View full sizeAP File...
View ArticleAsbestos cleanup begins in Northampton County Courthouse law library
Asbestos remediation is also complete in Gracedale's basement and is under way in the courthouse's basement. Northampton County has begun the cleanup of its courthouse law library, 11 months after the...
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Northampton County officials share dim views of Allentown Neighborhood...
Neither County Executive John Stoffa nor any council members expressed a willingness to join the litigation against the zone, despite mostly negative comments about its effects. View full...
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Despite apparent lack of natural gas, Northampton County Council passes...
Monroe and Bucks counties have been targeted for potential fracking, but experts and officials agree Northampton County likely has no gas deposits. View full sizeExpress-Times File PhotoNorthampton...
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Northampton County burn ban to take effect Sunday
The ban includes, but is not limited to, trash, yard waste, campfires, bonfires, construction debris and fireworks. View full sizeExpress-Times Photo | CHRIS POSTAn Allentown firefighter uses a rake...
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Walnutport man had part in two Lehigh Township burglaries, police say
The 36-year-old said he sold some of the jewelry that came from the burglaries, but denied having any part in the actual break-ins, court papers reveal. View full sizeAP File PhotoA Walnutport man who...
View ArticleBath man faces up to 10 years in state prison for sexually assaulting teenager
Jonathan Creveling was confronted at court by his now 14-year-old victim. A 14-year-old girl today confronted the Bath man who sexually assaulted her, and a Northampton County judge sentenced him to a...
View ArticleWalnutport man charged with throwing cake pans at girlfriend, records say
Theodore Symer, 43, allegedly threw pans full of hot cake batter at his girlfriend, bruising her forehead. A Walnutport man has been charged with throwing pans full of hot cake batter at his...
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Lehigh Township resident, 20, killed in Bath wreck
The driver was the only person in the 2002 Chevrolet pickup truck when it crashed into the tree in the Monocacy Creek. See PHOTOS. A 20-year-old Lehigh Township resident was killed tonight in a one...
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Pedestrian struck by vehicle in East Allen Township, flown to St. Luke's...
Authorities are not releasing any information about the wreck, but a dispatcher at the Northampton County 911 center confirmed a victim with injuries was flown by helicopter to the hospital. View full...
View ArticlePolice identify pedestrian, driver involved in East Allen Township...
The 43-year-old female victim remained in the intensive care unit of St. Luke's University Hospital as of this evening. Pennsylvania State police identified the 43-year-old woman who was struck this...
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