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The city's redevelopment authority agreed Wednesday to condemn a pair of South Third Street properties for a proposed parking deck and bus depot, but at least one authority member expressed reservations about the move.

Salvation Army volunteers Danielle Kline, of Bethlehem, and John Ceccato, of Phillipsburg, help sort out 810 pounds of food collected at Easton Area High School in a food drive held by Sodexho.

Nearly a year after the president of a sports gear company in Pennsylvania admitted engaging in fraud, federal authorities are investigating his dealings with dozens of northern New Jersey school districts.

Judge Jack Panella bid $770 for the honor of flipping the switch on the Easton Peace Candle.

Someone has bid $770 to have the honor of flipping the switch on the Easton Peace Candle this year.

The front entrance of Club Beyond on Lehns Court in Downtown Easton. The owner of Club Beyond was arrested early this morning for ordering his employees to clean up blood and other evidence after a stabbing at the Downtown Easton club last week, police said.

Singer-songwriter Darius Rucker's Nov. 28 concert at the State Theatre in Easton has sold out.

A Pennsylvania city that has agreed to a $5 million settlement of a lawsuit over the fatal shooting of a police officer inside police headquarters is working out how to pay the money.

An Easton man was sentenced today to up to two years in prison for robbing a boy in the city's West Ward, but already served enough time to avoid going back to jail.

The city must pay the Sollman family $3 million by Jan. 31 as part of a settlement approved this week in Carin Sollman's federal civil rights lawsuit.

The owner of 120 Northampton St. has challenged the city's attempts to condemn the vacant building that's been eyed for redevelopment in recent years.

While attorneys have yet to release details about the city's $5 million settlement agreement with widow Carin Sollman, it appears Easton has few options in raising the money to pay the bill.

Evelyn Rivera was put in an unenviable position Tuesday when she was asked to translate information to her boyfriend about statutory rape charges he is facing.

Easton and the Sollman settlement: Deal, or no deal? Posted by Michael Duck at 11:05:13 AM on November 10, 2009 a oeOur long municipal nightmare is over,a remarked Easton Councilwoman Elinor Warner before casting her vote for a $5 million settlement ending a lawsuit over officer Jesse Sollman's 2005 fatal shooting inside police headquarters.

An eastern Pennsylvania city council has approved a $5 million settlement with the widow of a police officer shot dead inside police headquarters.

Actress Cameron Diaz applauds as comedian Jimmy Fallon delivers his five-word acceptance speech after being honored as Person of the Year at the 13th annual Webby Awards in June.

It's not easy being a leader. You can quickly go from hero to zero. But to be an effective leader in today's society you have to find the thin balance between passion and compassion.

Easton Area High School students, wearing jeans, shorts, T-shirts and flip-flops, walk through the halls in 2006.

The Easton division of the regional chamber of commerce has decided to embrace the city's name.