Plainfield News

With a promise of $49 million in inducements from Gov. Rendell, a Greek solar-cell maker says it will break ground next year on a sprawling manufacturing facility in Philadelphia's Navy Yard.

Some concerned citizens and members of some environmental agencies spent a rainy Satuday cleaning up tires on Blue Mountain in Northampton County.

Sullivan Trail will be down to one lane in Plainfield Township today as crews install a water main, according to a news advisory from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Deb Lyon was just trying to get her children to eat vegetables when she devised her Fried Cabbage and Bacon recipe.

A Plainfield Township woman was arraigned Wednesday on charges she repeatedly attempted to obtain medication with fake prescriptions, according to court documents.

Gwen Wagner stands in the cow barn at the 64th annual Blue Valley Farm Show. The Pennsylvania state budget impasse has claimed another tradition for some communities this summer -- the agricultural fair.

Gwen Wagner stands in the cow barn at the 64th annual Blue Valley Farm Show. The Pennsylvania state budget impasse has claimed another tradition for some communities this summer -- the agricultural fair.

Slate Belt print headlines Upper Mount Bethel land could serve Slate Belt neighbors Plainfield Township meeting raises Sunshine law issues >> Q. Flags stolen from Slate Belt man who likes to fly them upside down by Michael Buck Wednesday July 15, 2009, 10:31 AM Express-Times File Photo CHRISTINA LUCIW Joseph Yamrus of Washington Township, Pa., ...

The Pennsylvania Jazz Society is celebrating 30 years of bringing Dixieland and swing into the Valley with a triple bill and a CD giveaway on Sunday at Plainfield Township Fire Hall.

Police in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley say an elected official passed out drunk at a public meeting and was taken to a hospital in an ambulance.

The following reports were taken from information provided Friday by area law enforcement agencies: Chambersburg THEFTS: Chambersburg police are investigating a series of thefts from motor vehicles that took place Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

A Harrisburg man is accused of following children home and threatening to kill them in Cumberland County.

The Forks Township Planning Commission has recommended against levying an additional tax to help shield farmland and other open space from development, citing the rocky economy and little interest among the community's few remaining farmers.

WASHINGTON TWP. -- Catherine 'Ashley'' Borman of Long Valley exchanged marriage vows with Tyler Andrew Lebo of Plainfield, Pa.

A Plainfield Township man who used a fake British accent while robbing banks and convenience stores in the Lehigh Valley, Warren County and beyond was sentenced to 11 years and three months in federal prison.

Slate Belt print headlines Keep posted Plainfield Township supervisors prepare to make case against Treecycle >> Q. Do you look more favorably on big drug companies that offer free medication to people who've lost their jobs and health benefits? Rate cuts on the way for UGI Central Penn Gas customers by Jim Deegan Friday May 15, 2009, 2:45 PM A ...

In October 2008, Treecycle owners Robert and Mary Taggart pledged to keep noise in check at their Plainfield Township manufacturing plant.