Nazareth News

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.

A portrait of fallen Pennsylvania State Trooper Joshua Miller is displayed in the rotunda of the Pittston Area High School during his viewing in Yatesville, Pa., in June.

Residents living near a steel coating plant in Upper Nazareth Township and local officials Wednesday struggled to accurately understand the state of operations and compliance at the site, cited dozens of times during the past eight years for violating state environmental rules.

Northampton County Department of Corrections officials are looking for a man who allegedly failed to return to the work release facility Thursday night.

A monthlong fundraiser at the borough's Pizza Hut has raised more than $2,600 to help pay for Angelica Fox's funeral costs.

A Lower Nazareth Township man who fondled a 12-year-old girl and was set to be released from prison in time to run his ice cream stand wants his sentence reduced.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited VersaCold for alleged workplace safety and health violations at its former Nazareth facility, proposing $51,000 in penalties.

We have known Craig Dally for more than 20 years, as a neighbor, dedicated public servant and dear friend.

A night of drinking ended badly for a 26-year-old Nazareth man who wounded himself when the revolver he tucked inside his waistband fired, sending a bullet into his torso, according to police and court records.

Favorite exercise routine: Handcycling. Major exercise accomplishment: My first labored lap around the park.

Firefighters douse the remains of Borger's Garage in Saylorsburg on Saturday, Oct.

As the Bangor postmaster drove around checking collection boxes Tuesday afternoon, he was also looking for sex and propositioned two women and tried to lure three girls into his car, he allegedly told police.

Parents of Nazareth Area Intermediate School students voiced their displeasure to the Nazareth Area School Board on Monday night on topics ranging from the length of the school day to long bus routes.

While taking their knives to programs covering everything from the environment to economic development and arts and culture, Pennsylvania's legislators protected some special interests in the new $27.8 billion budget.

Firefighters clean up after a fire at 1222 Pine Grove Drive in Palmer Township. View full size Express-Times Photo BILL ADAMS Firefighters cut a whole in the roof of 1222 Pine Grove Drive in Palmer Township.

Hackettstown Historical Society is hosting candlelight walking tours. John Covert, former president of the society, and current president Donna Brock help lead the ghostly tours.

When you live in an area so rich in local history it just seems natural -- or maybe supernatural -- that ghostly tales become part of that history.

Township supervisors Chairman Timothy Frankenfield, who passed out drunk this summer next to half a bottle of whiskey at the township municipal building, says his citations for public drunkenness shouldn't matter in his re-election run.

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As if losing his best friend wasn't enough, Andrew Green was shaken up further when he learned Angelica Fox's family couldn't fully pay for her funeral.