Stockertown News

Songbirds chirped from the bushes on Main Street in Palmer Township on a recent day as a steady bass of mid-morning traffic rumbled from nearby Route 33.

Just minutes north of Easton, The Widow's Tavern and Grille in Stockertown serves good-enough bar fare as well as a variety of dinner entrees.

A 16-year-old Stockertown boy proved he was the top Pokemon video game player in the Philadelphia area, when he won first place in the senior division of the Pokemon Video Game Regional Championship earlier this month at Valley Forge Convention Center in King of Prussia.

A route 33 interchange proposal is pushing some buttons in Palmer Township. Chrin Companies wants to build an interchange just off Tatamy Road.

A meeting is planned 7 to 9 tonight to discuss the proposed Route 33 interchange in Palmer Township.

Express-Times Photo BRUCE WINTER This photo is part of the Nazareth summer recreation program gallery

A dispute between Palmer and Lower Nazareth townships about who would pay to maintain the new ProLogis Parkway, expected to be a main route for trucks heading to Route 33, ended Wednesday with the road's long-awaited opening.

Easton-area developer Chrin Land Developers today proposed building and paying for a new $25 million Route 33 interchange at Tatamy Road in Palmer Township to facilitate construction of a business park.

PALMER TOWNSHIP Police have charged a second man in connection with hundreds of car break-ins in nine counties.

Investigators trying to snare a thief who was breaking into hundreds of vehicles in five counties decided to turn to stealth and technology to break the case.

Widow's Tavern and Grille in Stockertown is a Masked Muncher favorite. WHO, WHAT.

Steven Glanz of Stockertown is accused of breaking into hundreds of cars in five counties.

Bridger Buller always wanted to experiment with Wikipedia, but he didn't know where to start.

A trucking company with local terminals filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, according to its chief executive.

Daniel Mikulski, 5, of Stockertown, a Martin guitar, during an educational music program at the YMCA Early Childhood Development Center North in Forks Township on Tuesday, March 24, 2009.

I was looking over a list of projects, or earmarks, in line for the economic stimulus plan when it occurred to me that a long-languishing project will probably never be a project at all.

On Feb. 2, Stockertown Borough Council voted on a motion to authorize its solicitor to prepare resolution 2009-1, to reduce the tax collector compensation rate from 4 percent to 0.5 percent of property taxes ...

Stockertown 610-365-8890, widowstavern.com What's their flavor? All-American with an Asian twist Hours: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday through Thursday; noon to 1 a.m., Friday and Saturday; noon to 9 p.m., Sunday.

The development of land centuries ago along the Bushkill Creek, where people relied on the water to power their mills, led to the often dangerous flooding that now plagues the waterway.

A noon fire destroyed a barn on a windy hilltop Thursday and had about 40 firefighters scrambling to protect a nearby garage and home.