Bowmanstown News

" Citing Pennsylvania's commitment to protecting the environment with the help of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger joined local officials today to break ground for a $3.8 million sewer project in East Penn Township, Carbon County.

Emily Koziol, daughter of Rudy and Lynn Koziol of West Chester, Pa., became the bride of Dr.

Gail Maholick/TIMES NEWS Jane and Leroy Fritzinger of 707 North Harrity Road, Lehighton, lost their home during a massive fire on Thursday night.

Emergency workers at work during a rescue on the Lehigh River between Parryville and Bowmanstown in Carbon County on Saturday afternoon after several rafts of the White Water Challengers overturned.

The recent heavy rains have caused rivers to become fast and furious. Saturday afternoon one woman needed to be rescued on the Lehigh River in Carbon County, but not just once.

Two officers of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission, left, attempt to reach three overturned rafts in the center of the Lehigh River looking for a young woman missing after the accident.

A woman was rescued on the Lehigh River on Saturday afternoon, after becoming separated from her group when three rafts turned over.

A woman has gone missing after her raft capsized on the Lehigh River in the area around Bowmanstown, according to an emergency dispatcher from Carbon County.

LOOKING FOR Cookbook: Linda of Coopersburg is looking for a cookbook published by th Emmaus Junior Woman's Club in 1976 or 1977.

Josh Beck of Carlisle and Dirk Heinze of High Bridge New Jersey were the top finishers in the Half Iron Man and Sprint competition on Sunday in the Black Bear Triathlon held at Beltzville State Park.

A former Lehigh University employee has been charged with stealing $7,700 from the university to pay her credit card bills, according to police.

Police allege Jennifer L. Sterner , 32, of Bowmanstown, completed 13 transactions from July 2008 to April 2009 to pay $7,700 toward four different credit cards held in her name -- she allegedly credited her accounts from the university.

BOB FORD/TIMES NEWS A tanker from the Bowmanstown Fire Department is parked along Oak Street in the Meadow Crest section of Bowmanstown as heavy smoke from a raging forest fire billows in the background.

A brush fire has scorched more than 75 acres of land in Carbon County. It broke out yesterday afternoon in Bowmanstown, near Route 248, and burned for more than four hours.

The Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania Middle Apr. 29--An intense and aggressive fire scorched a heavily forested strip nearly two miles long in Bowmanstown and Lower Towamensing Township on Tuesday, drawing concern for homes and other buildings, but resulting in no structural damage or injuries, officials said.

Gail Maholick/TIMES NEWS Levi Stern, a student at Lehigh Carbon Community College and a former football player and wrestler for Lehighton, shows that muscles come in handy when handling large food orders.

A Carbon County man who allegedly pointed a loaded revolver at a police officer during a traffic stop in March will face trial in Northampton County Court.