Walnutport News

Exercise video: Patricia of Allentown is looking for a VHS copy of ''Sweatin' to the Oldies,'' a Richard Simmons exercise tape.

Ten businesses from Bangor to Walnutport have benefited from low-interest loans totaling $240,900 from the the Rising Tide Community Loan Fund, which offers credit to entrepreneurs in communities where loans are difficult to obtain.

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County Man is accused of DVD thefts as more shoplifting is probed A Walnutport man was arrested Thursday for stealing $427 worth of DVDs from the Target store in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, police said.

HANOVER TOWNSHIP Lehigh County Man is accused of slapping woman outside restaurant An Allentown man was arrested and charged with simple assault Sunday morning after he allegedly argued with a woman at a restaurant and then slapped her outside.

LEHIGH TOWNSHIP Police ask public to look out for daytime burglaries Three home burglaries in Lehigh Township last week may be linked, and residents should be extra alert for suspicious activity, township police said.

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.

Children at Lehigh Elementary School in Walnutport, Northampton County are learning how to stand up to bullying.

A Memorial Fund has been established at Susquehanna Bank for the Walz Family. Kelly Ann Walz, 37, of Saylorsburg, was killed by her pet bear when she tried to clean the cage.

A Slatington man allegedly used his employer's credit card to pay for a $20,000 gambling binge at the Trump Taj Mahal casino.

Groups of crying teens stood in a cornfield this afternoon in Heidelberg Township to mourn two friends who died there in a car accident over the weekend.

Members of two Lehigh Valley communities are mourning the deaths of two teens, after they were killed in a car accident Saturday afternoon.

Angelica Elizabeth Fox, 17, a Nazareth Area High School senior, was killed Saturday in a Lehigh County wreck.

Hungry for Moravian Sugar Cake? Then, this column is for you. Several readers are sharing their recipes for Moravian Sugar Cake made without yeast.

A Bangor man fled after causing a three-car collision about 11 o'clock tonight at Route 145 and Aspen Street in North Whitehall Township, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.

Mr. and Mrs. James Schneck on their wedding day. Mr. and Mrs. James Schneck of Lehighton celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary recently.

Lehigh Township police and state police are conducting an intense investigation into a suspicious fire early Friday which destroyed a home along Myrtle Drive.

What comes first, sidewalks or swales? Who pays for driveway aprons? After two hours of heated discussion on Tuesday, Lehigh Township supervisors voted to go with a ''hybrid'' solution to finish work left undone at the Hills of Greenock when its developer abandoned the 108-home project late last year.

Reported by Donna J. Grobelny, 43, of Wyandotte Street, Bethlehem; wallet and medication stolen from purse while shopping at BJ's Wholesale Warehouse, Airport Road; between 1 and 2 p.m. Saturday; did not notice until later that night; reported to state police at Bethlehem.

LOOKING FOR Rubber chickens: Pat of Emmaus is looking for rubber chickens. Coca-Cola Park replica: Lisa of Northampton is looking for a stand-up wooden replica of Coca-Cola Park; it was a give-away at the Aug.

A project to repair its antiquated sanitary sewer system could cost Slatington $5.2 million.