Jul 31, 2009 | School Library Journal
Nailing a reader for daring to use a public library he's not entitled to
Dominic Phillips gets nailed by someone in the public library. What? He is banned and can't use the library because some library employee snitched on him! I understand that public libraries serve only their patrons and their tax-payers. Where is the appeals process when you are dealing with nonresidency fees? Why does his zipcoded area library ...
"Colbert Report" Spoofs Kid Banned from Local Library
In a television segment satirist Steven Colbert calls "Nailed 'Em," in which "criminals get their due," viewers were shown a real local criminal Monday: Seven-year-old Tatamy, Pa.
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Colbert Report: Nailed 'Em - Library Crime
If this story is not made up, it's sad. The mom seemed to know that they were skirting the rules of the service area all along.
Portland Post Office to be spared; Tatamy Post Office changes moving forward
Ron Angle, left, stands with Margie Bush. The United States Postal Service has struck a deal to keep the Portland Post Office open for five more years, Northampton County Councilman Ron Angle announced this morning.
The Lehigh Valley and northwest New Jersey don't need more MacArthur roads
First come the people, in search of safer streets, lower taxes, smaller mortgages and a greater sense of happiness.
Inmate charged in cellblock throat slashing
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A fertile future grows from Chrin's farmland
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.
'He's done,' Bob Stem says of Kevin Kane's football coaching career with Phillipsburg
Phillipsburg School District officials haven't made a decision about Kevin Kane's future as a high school math teacher, but Bob Stem's made up his mind about the 38-year-old's future as a Stateliners football coach.
Teachers, football coach among 34 charged in Warren County drug distribution network
A football coach who teaches math and three other educators were among 34 people arrested in connection with an alleged drug distribution ring primarily involving OxyContin.
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity and Nazareth Area School...