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Three Northampton County sheriff's deputies leave department after...
No criminal charges are pending beyond those filed against now-former Deputy Darin Ray Steward, District Attorney John Morganelli announced today. Two Northampton County sheriff's deputies have...
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Northampton County GOP sticks with Craig DeFranco as party chair
DeFranco became acting chairman following the resignation of Robert Kerr in April. View full sizeCraig DeFranco.Courtesy Photo Northampton County Republicans elected to have their acting chairman...
View ArticleTwo Northampton County district courts to merge under approved plan
District Judges Diane Marakovits and Robert Hawke will see their courts merge come January 2016. The move also affects other courts' boundaries. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court approved plans to...
View ArticleNorthampton County barred from using new Gracedale ambulance service for now
Standing by the previous contract with Nazareth Ambulance would be the best course of action to avoid irreparable harm, Judge Leonard Zito found. A decision on a controversial ambulance contract for...
View ArticleWanted: Skilled manager for nine judges, growing caseload, Northampton County...
Northampton County's president judge is looking for a new county court administrator to recommend to the state. Sitting in his corner office at the Northampton County Courthouse, new President Judge...
View ArticleLehigh River search continuing today for missing boater
The initial call was about 5:45 p.m. Sunday and the search went on until dark, authorities said. The search of the Lehigh River is continuing this morning for a missing boater in Northampton, the...
View ArticleColonial Regional Police Department settles lawsuit with former receptionist...
The lawsuit was settled shortly after a referee for the Pennsylvania State Unemployment Compensation Board of Review determined that allegations in the lawsuit were unfounded, A lawsuit filed against...
View ArticlePennsylvania judges can be ousted over age, state Supreme Court rules
Northampton County Judge Leonard Zito is part of the group filing suit. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously rejected a lawsuit by aging and retired judges today who sought to overturn the...
View ArticleSearch for missing boater in Lehigh River continues; police not ready to call...
The kayaker went missing about 5:45 p.m. Sunday, authorities say, near the Coplay-Northampton Bridge. The search for a missing boater continued this afternoon along the Lehigh River in Northampton,...
View ArticleNorthampton County looks to restart Bechtel Building sale process
Only one organization responded to the county's request for proposals for the office on Bethlehem's East Broad Street. Northampton County officials are regrouping after their first effort to sell the...
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Northampton County Council will review sale of Gov. Wolf Building tonight
Council members expressed a willingness to part with the historic building in February when they approved plans to lease a new Human Services building. Northampton County Council members will weigh in...
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Northampton County Council backs sale of Easton's Gov. Wolf Building
Developer Mark Mullligan assured council members at a finance committee meeting tonight his team is committed to the project and to Easton as a whole. View full sizeNorthampton County Council has...
View ArticleNorthampton County Council members review $11.4 million bond for bridges
Not discussed during the meeting was the Hill Road Bridge, which serves as an exit from Easton's Hugh Moore Park into Glendon. Northampton County Council members reviewed plans for an $11.4 million...
View ArticleNorthampton County proposal looks to close disputed contract loophole
Northampton County Council has sued county Executive John Stoffa, saying he gamed the system by switching to a sealed bid process for a controversial Gracedale contract. As a lawsuit between...
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Northampton County Council approves Gov. Wolf Building sale - UPDATE
Developer Mark Mulligan agreed to buy it for $1.925 million. View full sizeThe Gov. Wolf building in Easton.Express-Times File Photo Northampton County Council unanimously approved selling the Gov....
View ArticleNorthampton County Council backs bond for bridge construction
The $11.4 million bond ordinance will include construction on 18 bridges, five new generators, improve flood mitigation at Gracedale and refinance existing debt. Northampton County Council voiced its...
View ArticleFormer Northampton man, 43, allegedly indecently assaulted 14-year-old
Jeffrey Douglas Kephart, 43, formerly of Northampton, had already faced federal possession of child pornography charges. A 43-year-old man is accused of indecently assaulting a 14-year-old girl in...
View ArticleNorthampton man allegedly chokes, threatens father while on parole for...
The 20-year-old suspect called 911 after the assault before fleeing the home, court papers say. A Northampton man called 911 on himself after assaulting his father on June 11 in their borough home,...
View ArticleBond ordinance financing Northampton County bridge repairs on hold as market...
Interest rates have jumped since Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced the government may begin withdrawing some of its historic levels of financial support. A bond ordinance that would have...
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Northampton man thanks those who saved his life after heart attack on trail
Joe Prusak is on the road to recovery after his heart attack and triple bypass surgery in April. Vote in our poll. Do you know how to correctly perform CPR? Joe Prusak wishes he could be running...
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