Lehman News

TWP. Lehman Township Supervisor Doug Ide informed members of the Back Mountain Community Partnership Thursday afternoon at Misericordia University about the latest natural gas drilling news in the area.

Boutique investment banks are expanding or popping up anew to fill a void in capital created by the real estate crash that left property owners and investors without many options for the impending $1.5 trillion in real estate loans expected to mature over the next five years.

Family and friends believed Cody Lee was fine. The Lake-Lehman sophomore played video games, rode a skateboard and loved music.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this Lake-Lehman School District reopened Friday, one day after police charged a 16-year-old high school student with an open count of homicide in the shooting death of his relative.

A Lake-Lehman High School sophomore fatally shot his 80-year-old great-grandfather Wednesday, hours after he revealed the murder plot to classmates in study hall, authorities said Thursday.

State police say 16-year-old Cody Lee of Lake Township planned to kill more than just his great-grandfather. Investigators say it's a crime that involved murder and money -- and also forced a school closing.

Instead of directing special education students to specialized programs, Lake-Lehman is reversing a common practice at school districts and bringing the programs to its students.

The Highland Village mini-city in Lehman Township is up for more approvals, but the township isn't ready to sign off on them just yet.

Nearly 55,000 members of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania's non-group plans were notified in letters that their health care rates will go up 9.9 percent on Jan.

David Charles Harman of Boy Scout Troop 207, Conyngham, has attained the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest award in Scouting.

The Dallas Rotary Club and Friendly's in Dallas joined forces recently to host a tasty fundraising event.

Touted by the state as "showing sustained academic achievement," 35 local schools in 12 districts received Keystone Achievement Awards on Thursday.

Nobel Peace Prize-winning Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel speaks at the Westmoreland Club on Tuesday night.

The district had considered a freestanding facility, but the price tag could easily be in the $400,000 to $500,000 range, Superintendent James McGovern said during Monday's board meeting.

Two Lake-Lehman High School students stage a fashion show to help a good cause. LEHMAN TWP.

A former Lake-Lehman assistant coach and his son, an ex-school board member, are suing the district and six board members over an alleged civil rights violation.

As a film student and Iraq war veteran, Tyler Wright was immediately interested in a class that meshed the two topics.

Our Tuesday editorial suggested a string of moves local school boards could make to restore trust amid the expanding corruption probe, and to avoid problems in the future .

Members of the Lake-Lehman Jr.-Sr. High School Marching Band recently traveled to Governor Livingston High School, Berkeley Heights, N.J. for a competition.

Membership of commissioners, district attorney, president judge, sheriff and controller seen as way to avert abuses.