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Drunken boy started Upper Macungie woods fire, police say
A fire in the woods next to Lone Lane Park in Upper Macungie Township early Saturday was started by a drunken 16-year-old boy, police said Thursday. Township police said their investigation determined the boy, who was not identified publicly, ignited the...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency
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Despite high-profile races, Lehigh Valley turnout lackluster
Bethlehem Democrats had every reason to go to the polls Tuesday. An aggressive battle for the first open mayoral seat in a decade. A competitive Northampton County executive race starring the city's sitting mayor. Yet turnout was, well, average. About...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Coplay, Muhlenberg College, Judaism, Religion and Belief
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GOP committed to obstruction anyway
The answer is "no" for three reasons. First, Republicans never had any intention of letting the president have any legislative "wins." Sen. Toomey made that clear after his party refused to support his bipartisan bill for more background checks for gun...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Congress, Health Insurance Cost, Elections, Politics
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Uncontested Macungie election expected in November
Macungie, which has dealt with its share of controversy over the past three-plus years, apparently will have a quiet campaign leading up to the November election. No contested races are expected for the mayor's seat and four open seats on Borough...Tags: Elections, Politics
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Six candidates survive in East Penn school board election
An eight-person competition for four seats on the East Penn School Board was whittled down to a six-person race following Tuesday's primary. According to unofficial results, the following candidates have moved on to the November election: Incumbents Alan...Tags: Primaries, Alburtis, Emmaus, Elections, Politics
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Lehigh Valley company news
Hellertown attraction named honoree at annual Chamber banquet Lost River Caverns has been selected to receive the Small Business Leadership Award at the Hellertown/Lower Saucon Chamber of Commerce's 91st annual banquet. Owners Robert Gilman and...Tags: Landforms, Hellertown, Robin Williams, Caves and Caverns
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Two Lower Macungie incumbents fall in primary
Two incumbent Lower Macungie Township commissioners appeared to have lost their seats following a contentious campaign that one of the challengers called a referendum on the controversial David Jaindl land deal. Challengers Ron Beitler and Brian...Tags: Real Estate, Primaries, Parties and Movements, Services and Shopping, Voting
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Parkland area municipal race roundup
In the Upper Macungie supervisors race, Republican Jim Brunell beat incumbent Edward J. Earley for a spot on the November ballot. Brunell, 47, received 427 votes to Earley's 269, according to unofficial tallies. In the fall, he will face Democrat...Tags: South Whitehall Township, Parties and Movements, Whitehall, Elections, Politics
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Incumbents leading Lehigh County commissioner races
Lehigh County Commissioner Michael P. Schware was fending off three challengers Tuesday in a tightly contested Republican primary to retain his District 5 seat and possibly allow the board's conservative slate to maintain control. But that slate appeared...Tags: Primaries, Local Government, Catasauqua, Emmaus, Elections
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DA: South Whitehall couple stole $850,000 to support gambling habit
When South Whitehall officials removed Nancy A. Tonkin from her job as the person in charge of handling the money that residents paid for their utility bills, she threw a tantrum, stomping around and treating her co-workers miserably, her boss said....
Tags: Wachovia Corp., Economy, Business and Finance, Accounting and Auditing, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Career and Workplace
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After Lower Macungie crash, teen is accused of having drugs
A 17-year-old Upper Macungie Township driver whom a state trooper was trying to stop for a traffic violation in Lower Macungie on Friday night crashed into a road sign and fled on foot, police said. As the boy ran from the crash scene at Grange Road and...Tags: Cetronia, Juvenile Delinquency, Fogelsville
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Replace Obamacare with something more simple
You can nix the entire almost 2,000 pages of the "Obamination" health care law and its 20,000 pages and growing of regulations and replace it with a federal law of only five statements: Health care insurance is portable across state lines; one cannot be...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice
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