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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
2 Injured, Family Displaced by Hecktown Road Fire
One person suffered second-degree burns and smoke inhalation, firefighter also hurt in Bethlehem Township blaze.
Two people were injured and a family was displaced by a house fire at 3931 Hecktown Road in Bethlehem Township, according to multiple published reports. The fire started in the basement of the home a little before 2 a.m. and spread to the first floor. Firefighters were able to knock the fire down in about an hour, according to The Morning Call. A 21-year-old at the scene was treated for second-degree burns to the forearm and smoke inhalation, according to The Express-Times. A 20-year-old firefighter suffered a leg or foot injury, the newspaper reported. Heavy smoke and flames were coming from the basement when firefighters arrived, according to WFMZ-TV, Channel 69. According to the Northampton County property records website, the home …
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Sinkhole Evacuee Allowed to Return Home
Sewer main break was cause of large sinkhole, which has now been stabilized, Bethlehem Township official says.
A Bethlehem Township woman who was forced to evacuate her house because of a large sinkhole that opened nearby was allowed to return to her home on Monday, The Express Times reported. The sinkhole to the rear of 1502 Second St. was caused by a sewer main leak, has been stabilized and no longer poses a threat to the surrounding neighborhood, Township Fire Marshal Steve Gallagher told the newspaper. Contractors are expected to arrive at the scene Wednesday and fill the hole with grout, the newspaper reported. On Sunday morning, the sinkhole was about 25 to 30 feet wide and 10 to 12 feet deep, Bethlehem Township police said. Two smaller sinkholes had been discovered a week earlier in the 1400 block of Second Street, police said. There had …
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Mary Anne Looby
9:32 am on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
there has to be a way to monitor the sewer and water lines. The breaks are what is causing the sinkholes. The earth gets washed away by the water and eventually the hole opens up. more ›
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Crime News
Stripper's Death from Booze, Heroin Accidental, Coroner Says
26-year-old Amy Soule, who worked at Platinum Plus Gentleman's Club in Allentown, was found dead in Bethlehem Township home in December.
An Allentown stripper who was found dead in a Bethlehem Township home in December died from the combined effects of heroin and alcohol intoxication, Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek said Wednesday. Lysek has ruled the death of 26-year-old Amy Soule accidental. Law enforcement authorities had initially labeled the death suspicious. Soule, who was employed at the Platinum Plus Gentleman’s Club on Airport Road, died on Dec. 5 in the master bedroom of 3920 Country Club Road, the home of Chad Michael Delp, 36, according to a search warrant executed at the scene. Police found Soule’s body nude, save for a pair of low-cut white socks. She was lying face down on top of the bed’s comforter and covered by a white blanket from the waist …
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Sunday, January 13, 2013
Crime News
Businessmen Found Guilty of Stealing $832,000 from Bethlehem Township
Jury finds Patrick McLaine and Robert Kearns, principals of Municipal Energy Managers Inc., bilked Bethlehem Township in deal to purchase streetlights.
Two Lackawanna County businessmen were found guilty of stealing more than $800,000 from Bethlehem Township as a result of a jury trial that wrapped up in Northampton County Court on Friday, according to The Express-Times. Patrick McLaine and Robert Kearns were the principals for Municipal Energy Managers Inc., which was hired by the township in 2007 to broker a deal with PPL Corp. to buy the township’s streetlights. The township made an initial payment of $832,000 to MEM with the expectation that the deal would be completed in 18 months. Instead, a grand jury indictment handed down nearly a year ago alleged that McLaine and Kearns had used the money to pay themselves bonuses and other personal expenses. While McLaine and Kearns were …
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marc vanic
10:36 pm on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
what morons pre pay 800k for anything,the township officials should be in the cell next to them more ›
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Crime News
Meth Sold to Police Informant in Bethlehem Township
Pennsylvania Attorney General charges a Moore Township woman and a male accomplice with selling 3.5 grams of methamphetamine.
A Moore Township woman and a male accomplice have been arrested and charged with selling methamphetamine to a confidential police informant in Bethlehem Township, according to court papers filed by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office. Jamie Lynn Kinghorn, 36, of 255 Nazareth Drive, and Nicholas Strohl, 26, who has no current address, are both facing three felony drug counts as a result of the alleged $650 sale of 3.5 grams of meth. The meeting between the suspects and the confidential informant took place on Nov. 21 at a township location that was not divulged in the arrest affidavit. The arrest was made by Thomas Sedor, a former Allentown police detective and a sworn narcotics agent for the Attorney General Bureau of Narcotics …
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
500-Apartment Project Proposed Near Township Border
Lower Nazareth Board Supervisors hears proposal for 500 upscale apartments near Louise Moore Park.
Lower Nazareth Township's population may grow by about 700 residents. But first, township officials must approve a proposed development -- about 500 apartments, a clubhouse and a pool -- near the county's Louise Moore Park. Martin Gilchrist, representing Urban Research & Development Corp., presented a preliminary plan Wednesday to the Lower Nazareth Board of Supervisors. Gilchrist's presentation was for informational purposes only. No decisions were made. According to Gilchrist, the proposed residential development off Hecktown Road -- not far from the Country Club Road intersection -- includes 496 upscale apartments on 40 acres. The development, he added, will be built around 10 acres already set aside for an office and business complex…
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Chase Exceeds 110 mph in Bethelem Township, Police Say
Easton man allegedly drove at speeds exceeding 110 mph and threw bags of crack out the window during chase that started in Bethlehem Township, police say.
An Easton man with a female passenger and a quantity of crack cocaine drove down Route 33 at speeds exceeding 110 mph during an early-morning police chase that ended with a state police trooper using a Taser-like device to stop the man as he fled on foot, court records say. The chase involving the suspect, Durrell Andre Carter, 31, began about 1 a.m. Friday on eastbound Route 22 in Bethlehem Township and ended near the Dunkin Donuts on William Penn Highway in Palmer Township not far from Easton Area High School. Carter allegedly drove his gold 1998 Nissan Maxima more than 110 mph on southbound Route 33 between William Penn Highway and Freemansburg Avenue, the records say. He also allegedly threw two bags containing crack cocaine out of the…
Friday, August 31, 2012
Exotic Bird Lost in Bethlehem Township
Residents of Bethlehem Township are asked to keep an eye out for a blue and gold macaw lost near Wright Veterinary Center
A large blue and gold macaw was lost Wednesday near Wright Veterinary Center behind the Keystone Pub on Easton Avenue in Bethlehem Township. The owner has had the bird since it was a baby and is devastated, according to a post on Lehigh Valley Craigslist. Anyone who sees the bird is asked to call Wright Veterinary at 610-865-2611. Please don't attempt to capture her as she may take off again.
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1:22 pm on Friday, August 31, 2012
Awwwww, I agree! I know, I keep looking up in all of my trees whenever I go outside or look out the window. Thank goodness it isn't cold out! more ›
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Mosquito Spraying Planned in Township Tonight
DEP is planning to spray in parts of of Bethlehem Township as part of ongoing effort to control West Nile virus-carriers.
A spray designed to control the spread of mosquitoes will be applied to sections of Bethlehem Township tonight in the state’s continuing effort to control the spread of West Nile virus, according to a Department of Environmental Protection news release. In the event of rain, it will be rescheduled for Friday, Aug. 31 at the same time. The treatments will be administered by truck-mounted equipment to spray open spaces in residential, recreational and industrial areas. There have been 12 reported human cases of West Nile virus in Pennsylvania this summer, two of them in Lehigh County. One Luzerne County man has died of complications from the disease. Human cases have also been confirmed in Chester, Delaware, Franklin and Lancaster counties…
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Staberdearth
6:51 am on Thursday, May 16, 2013
Best thing to do is to lightly ignore most of these websites. They're sometimes good to get a general lay of the housing stock in a given area, but their pricing estimates can be about as out to lunch as can be. Seriously? They use some sort of formula? How accurate can that be by the specific property? I get updates telling me interested properties have moved up or down by a percentage or two … more ›