Mount Bethel News

Two teenagers were charged with assaulting a woman Nov. 21 in the parking lot of the Turkey Hill on North Broadway in Wind Gap.

An Upper Mount Bethel Township man who held a woman against her will for hours at her home will serve up to four years in state prison.

Nine years after the Portland Industrial Park was built, the only tenant in the 96-acre parcel is plastics maker Ultra-Poly , whose owners own the park.

Enveloped in the aroma of melting plastic, Alan LaFiura dipped his hand into a stream of tiny plastic beads, born of car dashboards and other scrap soon to be remade into garbage bags and railroad ties.

A Secret Service agent stands watch as President Barack Obama arrives to speak at an Oct.

Lehigh Valley residents on Medicare can learn more about the program and enroll in Medicare Part D, the program's prescription drug plan, in sessions at the following times and locations starting next week: -- From 8 a.m. to noon Fridays at the Slate Belt Senior Center, 707 American-Bangor Road, Washington Township.

Steve Melnick, director of project development for Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp., speaks at a groundbreaking for Portland Industrial Park.

Crews perform milling and paving work on Easton's Larry Holmes Drive in August 2007.

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.

Firefighters from several companies have responded to the scene of a fire at a home on Valley View Drive in Upper Mount Bethel Township.

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation crews are scheduled to perform work on the following Northampton County roads between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the days specified below, according to travel advisories.

A 64-year-old Butler, N.J., man was killed this morning while he was turning out of a driveway at 96 Mount Bethel Highway in Upper Mount Bethel Township, police said.

ALONG will be held 2-7 p.m. today at Fleetwood Grange, R.3, Fleetwood. Music by Jen and Martin McPherson, the Roland Zimmerman Family, the Stony Mountain Gang, and the Keystone Mountain Way.

PennDOT plans to work on Northampton County roads this week. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation crews are scheduled to perform work on the following Northampton County roads between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the days specified below, according to travel advisories.

Recently my husband and I attended our son's military graduation. The pride we feel is indescribable.

It was a dark and stormy night... OK, it was just a dark night when Jant Wood awoke to the sound of her dog "making a fuss" in the downstairs kitchen of her 1870s Columbia home.

Reported by couple in 600 block of Minsi Drive; home was broken into Tuesday through kitchen window; $6,300 worth of jewelry and $1,500 was stolen; state police at Belfast investigating.

Since the earliest settlers, farming has been the hallmark of Plainfield Township, known not only for its sprawling fields but also for its hardwood forests and several small streams and creeks.

Three candidates seek two seats on the board of supervisors in the largest and most populous municipality in the Slate Belt.

A work-release treatment center is desperately needed to reduce the percentage of inmates who leave the Northampton County Prison and end up returning, county and jail officials said Wednesday at a community forum.