Patrick Lester
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Fire departments billing insurers to recover costs
Sometimes, filling the boot just isn't enough. → Read More
Dutch Springs deaths illustrate danger of scuba diving
In the thrill-seeking world of scuba diving, Eugene Fleysher was seemingly as prepared as they come for a deep descent. → Read More
Lower Macungie planning small park, sidewalk extension along Hamilton Boulevard
Officials in Lower Macungie are hoping to create a small park and create a more walker-friendly area at Hamilton Boulevard and Brookside Road. → Read More
Whole Foods becomes second Costco center store with liquor license
Whole Foods Market Group on Thursday received approval for a liquor license transfer that will allow the company to serve alcohol at its first Lehigh Valley store in Lower Macungie Township. → Read More
State begins clearing illegal dump sites in Carbon
A state-hired cleanup company on Tuesday began clearing construction and demolition material that authorities say was illegally dumped in Carbon County by a Northampton County company. → Read More
Police: Man shot outside Big Woody's Pizza in Allentown
A 24-year-old North Carolina man was shot in the leg early Saturday morning during an argument that began inside an Allentown pizza shop and bar, police said. → Read More
Whole Foods seeking liquor license for future Lower Macungie store
Whole Foods Market Group Inc. is seeking a liquor license for its planned store at the future Hamilton Crossings shopping center in Lower Macungie Township, the company's first grocery store in the Lehigh Valley. → Read More
Church Lane bridge in Lower Macungie to be closed Friday
The Church Lane bridge in Lower Macungie Township will be closed Friday — earlier than previously expected — in preparation for repairs that the state is requiring to improve the safety of the span. → Read More
Police: Man tried to run down APD captain, traffic crew on closed Lehigh Street
As Allentown police and emergency workers tried to detour traffic Tuesday so repair crews could fix a gaping sinkhole on Lehigh Street, a 38-year-old man tried to take a shortcut, driving through the barricaded street and almost running them down when they tried to stop him, according to court records. → Read More
Sinkhole-damaged Lehigh Street to reopen Wednesday afternoon
The portion of Lehigh Street closed by a sinkhole Tuesday is expected to be reopened to traffic by Wednesday afternoon. → Read More
East Stroudsburg man charged in fatal Poconos crash
A 22-year-old Monroe County man has been charged in connection with a July 2014 crash that killed his 35-year-old passenger, Stroud Area Regional Police said. → Read More
State court hears Emmaus challenge on firefighters' status
HARRISBURG — An attorney for Emmaus on Monday tried to convince a panel of Commonwealth Court judges that Emmaus Fire Department firefighters are volunteers, not borough employees as determined last year by the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board. → Read More
Emmaus, firefighters to square off in Commonwealth Court
Attorneys for Emmaus Borough and the Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters Association are due in Commonwealth Court Monday afternoon to present arguments in the months-long dispute over borough firefighters and whether they should be classified as borough employees entitled to unionize. → Read More
Appeal of Costco tax financing suit appears unlikely
The Lower Macungie shopping centers that sued Lower Macungie Township over a controversial tax financing plan for a planned Costco-anchored shopping complex apparently won't be appealing a recent Lehigh County court ruling dismissing the suit. → Read More
In Lower Macungie, one man's race to slow travel to a walk
As obsessive walkers go, Jim Palmquist is as hard core as they come. The 69-year-old Lower Macungie man totes a step-counting pedometer the way others carry wallets. He tracks his daily steps in a log book and ditches his Toyota Highlander for a hike whenever he has a chance to pound the pavement. → Read More
Police: DNA on soda can solves 7-year-old Upper Macungie burglary case
Police say they've solved a now seven-year-old Upper Macungie burglary investigation using DNA from a soda can found at the scene of the crime. → Read More
Restaurant at future Costco shopping center gets liquor license transfer
Lower Macungie Township commissioners on Thursday approved a liquor license transfer to for a planned restaurant — Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza — at the future Costco-anchored Hamilton Crossings shopping center. → Read More
Allentown police investigating reported shooting
Allentown police are investigating a reported shooting in the area of 6 t h and Turner streets that occurred early Sunday afternoon. → Read More
Lehigh County judge shoots down Costco tax financing suit
Opponents of a tax financing plan that paved the way for a new Costco-anchored shopping center in Lower Macungie Township have struck out in their attempt to derail the controversial deal. → Read More
Owner of fire-damaged Buckeye Tavern: 'I plan to rebuild'
When Leslie Schadler's husband convinced her to move from Florida to the Lehigh Valley a half dozen years ago, one of her first priorities was to seek out potential local hangouts near her new Lower Macungie Township home. → Read More