Easton (Fairfield, Connecticut)

The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado briefly touched down in the area of Main Street in Bridgeport about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the agency's website. The tornado, with winds of 100 mph, also hit Nichols Street and Cedar...

LAWMAKERS LEHIGH COUNTY GOVERNMENT BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Lehigh County Commissioner's Office, 17 S. Seventh St., Allentown, 610-782-3050, Fax: 610-820-3053, www.lehighcounty.org, County executive: Donald T. Cunningham, (2005-2009) Townships,...

ssociated Press, July 24, 2008, 1:19 PM EDT BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - A federal judge in Bridgeport has sentenced a Jordanian national to 42 months in prison for his role in a bribery scheme and for violating tax and immigration laws. Thirty-nine-year-...

BREWERIES Brew Works Brewery & Restaurant, 569 Main St., Bethlehem, 610-882-1300, http://www.thebrewworks.com. Weyerbacher Brewing Co. Inc., 905 Line St., Easton, 610-559-5561, http://www.weyerbacher.com RESTAURANTS A1 Japanese Steakhouse, 3300 Lehigh...

Most of us find great pleasure in food. And nothing makes food taste better than when someone else makes it for you. To that end, there are hundreds of eateries in the area just waiting to serve you. Armetta's on Main Street in Emmaus offers pizza,...

3rd Street Chicken & Ribs, 2 W. Third St., Bethlehem, 610-866-1212; 2980 Linden St., Bethlehem, 610-867-1212 Abruzzi on Main, 212 N. Main St., Coopersburg, 610-282-0575 Akita Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar, 2730 Walbert Ave., Allentown, 610-432-5800...

Allentown Clarion Hotel and Conference Center, 904 W. Hamilton St., Allentown, 610-433-2221 Allenwood Motel, 1058 Hausman Rd., Allentown, 610-395-3707 Alliance Hotel, 2332 Main St., Northampton, 610-261-2411 America Holiday Inn Conference Center, Route...

Fire Departments Alburtis Fire Company, 9-1-1 Allen Township, 9-1-1, 610-262-1101 (non-emergency) Allentown, 9-1-1, 610-437-7751 (non-emergency) Catasauqua, 9-1-1 Cementon Fire Company, 9-1-1 Cetronia Fire Company, 9-1-1 Citizens Fire Company No....

Breweries Brew Works Brewery & Restaurant, 569 Main St., Bethlehem, 610-882-1300, www.thebrewworks.com. Three flagship in-house brews year-round plus three rotating seasonal beers. Weyerbacher Brewing Co. Inc., 905-G Line St., Easton, 610-559-5561, www....

Allentown Clarion Hotel and Conference Center, 904 W. Hamilton St., Allentown, 610-433-2221 Allenwood Motel, 1058 Hausman Rd., Allentown, 610-395-3707 Alliance Hotel, 2332 Main St., Northampton, 610-261-2411 America Holiday Inn Conference Center, Route...

Gould piloted the Africa from New London to the Cape Verde Islands off the African coast in about 50 days, looping across the Atlantic in a slightly downward curve and working his way from "fresh gales with snow" to "fresh breises and hazey" off the...

The island greeted me with its stillness, the tropical air so hot and thick it felt like a weight on my body. I waded ashore in water as warm as a bath, and looked up. Behind the trees where the shoreline ends, I could see patches of a stone wall,...