Fogelsville News

The Checkered Flag Fan Club held their 58th annual award banquet on Saturday, Dec.

President Obama has told a crowd at Lehigh Carbon Community College that the economy's recent upward trend is not enough, and that America has to kick-start its job-producing engines.

Manufacturers Resource Center to hold energy summit The Manufacturers Resource Center will host an energy summit from 7:30 a.m. to noon Dec.

State police have assigned extra patrols to Lowhill, Lynn and Weisenberg townships because of a recent series of daytime burglaries, but police hope residents can also help with the investigation.

State police in Bucks and Lehigh counties are investigating several incidents of mailbox vandalism over the last several days.

Had a tremendous thrill on Wednesday as I got the chance to sit at the same table as Dick Vermeil as he did the keynote speech at the Lehigh Valley Chapter of Pennsylvaia Institute of Certified Publick Accountants and LifePath'sThanksgiving Benefit and Awards Luncheon in Fogelsville.

John Thomas Hartnett of Macungie won't be able to drink alcohol legally until next April, but already he's been caught driving drunk four times.

UPPER MILFORD TOWNSHIP Two cars crash, shut bridge over railroad near Emmaus The Route 29 bridge over the railroad tracks just south of Emmaus was shut down for over an hour after two cars collided on its narrow surface in the early Friday rain.

It's the first of three days of swine flu vaccine clinics offered by the State Department of Health.

An Allentown woman faces child endangerment charges after state police said she had been drinking, crashed her car in Lower Macungie Township with her young daughter inside and fled the scene.

GO GREEN: The Wildlands Conservancy holds its Green Gala beginning with a silent auction at 6 p.m. Friday at the Brookside Country Club, 901 Willow Lane, Macungie .

On February 19, 2010 a full-day conference at the Holiday Inn, Fogelsville will be held.

LOOKING FOR Julia Clausnitzer of Fogelsville is looking for recipes for kiffles and nut filling.

BISHOP JOHN SPONG presents ''Escaping Biblical Literalism in Search of Truth'' 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today at Christ Lutheran Church, 69 Main St., Hellertown .

BOUNTIFUL BOWL AND BEYOND, the annual fundraiser hosted by Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County , will be held 7-10:30 p.m. Friday in the Rodale Community Room of Allentown Symphony Hall , 23 N. Sixth St.

Republicans were threatening to sweep the race for five open seats on Lower Macungie's Board of Commissioners during a historic election in the Lehigh Valley's third largest municipality, early results showed Tuesday night.

A Lynn Township man says his two dogs were stolen from his home Thursday afternoon while he was gone.

The Sensational Soul Cruisers, an 11-man vocal harmony soul group, kick up the beat at the Camelot for Children Halloween bash, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Friday, Agri-Plex at the Allentown Fairgrounds.

Tinted windows on vehicle traveling east on Interstate 78 through Allentown led state police to more than two pounds of cocaine and $35,000 in cash.

District Attorney James Martin ruled that two Berks-Lehigh Regional police officers were justified in using deadly force in an April 2009 shooting that led to the death of Robert J. Espenshade, 42, of Allentown.