Bangor News

Bangor officials are seeking a historic designation for the downtown to preserve aging structures and help garner additional grants for restoration.

Northampton County Councilman Ron Angle today said he wouldn't object to a Bangor Area School Board member or a school district resident questioning his recent election to the board.

Officials in the borough of Bangor in Northampton County say they are pursuing a historic designation.

The Bangor Area School Board will wait until Ron Angle is sworn in next month before deciding on whether to challenge his position as being incompatible with his role on Northampton County Council.

The Bangor Area School Board delayed and perhaps abandoned a vote tonight on Northampton County Councilman Ron Angle's school board seat.

Mayor John Callahan didn't hesitate Thursday to name Randall Miller's replacement as police commissioner.

On Nov. 4, those of us in the Bangor Area High School gym heard the sounds of music resonating from the school's concert band and choir.

A 60-year-old Longswamp Township man who claims to be a military veteran was jailed after he threatened to take a machine gun to the White House, police said.

We need to do more with less. Sound familiar? Managers and workers in the private sector hear this catch-phrase regularly, especially since the economy has yet to rally.

A trial is in the future for the postmaster of a Northampton County community. Police say he tried to solicit sex while behind the wheel.

Bangor Postmaster Gregory Schlegel arrives for his preliminary hearing before District Judge Todd Strohe this morning on charges of attempted luring and harassment.

If you are not sitting down, you had better find a seat. I'm about to rise in defense of the belligerent, self-centered distraction of a public official named Ron Angle.

A vacant Upper Mount Bethel Township house on Route 191 was destroyed in a fire this morning, and a state police fire marshal was called to investigate.

Route 191 north of Bangor has re-opened following a house fire early this morning.

State officials have a message for a Northampton County councilman: No double-dipping! The councilman is Ron Angle.

For the 17th year, straw will be turned into scary, glamorous and funny creatures during the Scarecrow Festival in Easton's Centre Square.

Mold and dust problems continue to permeate buildings in the Bangor Area School District, and parents are taking directors to task about effects felt by students at Five Points Elementary School.

A 64-year-old Butler man was killed this morning while he was waiting to turn out of a driveway in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Pa.

Concerning "Postmaster behind bars" and "Arrest tarnishes borough once again" : I would like to remind the good readers of The Express-Times that every town has their so-called bad apples.

A good school administrator needs to be a curriculum shaper, money manager, disciplinarian, traffic cop and weather prognosticator.