Roseto News

Be warned at the outset that this story makes no sense and will leave you scratching your head and hoping for an appearance by Holmes and Watson or maybe even Houdini, who was adept at conjuring things out of ...

A few years ago, there was a bus that would stop every so often in front of Willard Knitter's house in Plainfield Township.

No one would get out; the bus would just sit there, and then move on. The people on the bus were tourists, looking at various historic sites around Northampton County.

But how historic is this house?

The Slate Belt Heritage Center thinks the home may have once been a tavern owned by a man named Adam Dietz, who settled in Plainfield in 1745. If that's the case, it's probably the oldest building in the Slate Belt, and one of the oldest in the county, even older than Easton's Bachmann Publick House, built in 1753.

An Easton man gave a false name Sunday to officers, police said. Carlton Duval, 30, was pulled over by officers at 6:24 a.m., who responded to a call from his girlfriend, Amelia Napoli, who said he took her ...

LVEDC, SLATE BELT CHAMBER JOIN FOR PROPERTY TOUR The Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp.

WEED AND SEED OF EASTON will hold its Summer Nights program 4-7 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays through Aug.

Kalman Detrich didn't want to retire. At 72, the former director of the American Museum of the Piano in New York City planned to open a similar attraction in Roseto .

A former Roseto police chief on leave from his part-time duties with the Wilson Borough Police Department assaulted his fiancee after she accused him of talking to other women online, police said.

A 29-year-old Roseto man faces charges after he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl at his home in February, police said.

The Stroudsburg Bridge Club met last Tuesday evening, May 6, and held a Championship Charity game with the American Contract Bridge League Junior Fund as beneficiary with these results: first-place pair in ... via Pocono Record

“I thought, let me give it a shot”

Categories: Lehigh Valley Live Hoping to attract younger applicants for his two part-time police officer positions, Roseto police Chief Jack Nicholais today took out a Craigslist listing. via Easton Express-Times

A 37-year-old Bangor man faces charges after he stole a Chevrolet Corvette from a borough couple March 18, police said. via Express-Times

PAXINOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Student Council in conjunction with Blue Star Mothers of Lehigh Valley, collected and sent some 600 school supply items for a troop in Iraq. via The Morning Call

“I think this will be my last shot at this thing.”

For more than a decade, Roseto Mayor Dan Confalone has been talking about police regionalization. via Easton Express-Times

“I remember the pictures from first grade. Puff was my favorite. And I remember the pages had a texture to them. "Repetition was one way of learning. Today they would be very boring to me.”

A lot of baby boomers grew up with "Dick and Jane." The response to our request for memories from our readers was phenomenal. via Easton Express-Times

“We just happened to put it on Bangor land.”

Pius X Junior-Senior High School is in front of the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church pulpit. via Easton Express-Times

Forks Township police will add three men to its 20-member force by March 2, Police Chief Greg Dorney told the Forks Township supervisors Thursday night as he introduced the officers.

In addition, Dorney announced the department will have a captain for the first time since 2003.

The new officers are James Rovinski, 31, of Roseto ; Joseph Kizer, 43, of Lower Nazareth Township; and Brandon Schippers, 24, of Plainfield Township.

Promoted to captain was Detective Cpl. Richard Grifo, who has been with the department since 1991. Moving up also is officer Joseph Effting, who will become a detective, Dorney said. Read more

The residents of Front Street in Washington Township, Northampton County, have been asking the township to install a sewer line in their neighborhood for 38 years.

For some of those residents, the wait is almost over. The township on Wednesday night received a $149,000 grant from Northampton County that will allow some homes on Front Street to tap into the sewer system of Roseto .

''It's great news. Long time coming,'' said Front Street resident Peg Dalessandro.

She was part of a group of homeowners from the neighborhood who attended the meeting to see the supervisors accept a ceremonial check from the county. When the meeting was over, they held the check and had pictures of themselves taken, and came up to the supervisors' table to offer their gratitude. Read more

“We've pushed for this for 38 years”

Rebecca Petroski said she needs to be connected to a sewer system because her failed septic tank has rendered her plumbing useless for five years. via Express-Times

Several schools reported two-hour delays on Thursday. It is not clear if weather forced the delays. via NBC 10

Roseto Borough Council appointed Jonathan Caponigro of Dewey Street and Kenneth Tillman of Garibaldi Avenue to the council Monday. via Express-Times