TSA fires 3, suspends 23 at Newark airport
The moves come after surveillance cameras were installed in one of the airport's 25 screening rooms in late 2011 to check for possible thefts. View full size In this June 27, 2007 file photo, a...
View ArticleDelaware Water Gap National Recreation Area to schedule series of controlled...
The burns are used to restore and enhance scenic cultural landscapes and wildlife habitat, officials say. The practice is approved throughout the National Parks System. The Delaware Water Gap National...
View ArticleCrayola Experience hosting job fair; Lehigh Valley chamber awards real estate...
Also, the Hampton Inn in Hanover Township announces the completion of renovations. View full size Crayola Experience Marketing and Sales Manager Kristin Luise guides members of the media during a tour...
View ArticleDrone industry worries about privacy backlash
The civilian unmanned aircraft industry worries that it will be grounded before it can really take off because of fear among the public that the technology will be misused. View full size The MQ-9...
View ArticleHave you seen these people? - fugitives of the week March 30, 2013
Prosecutors in Northampton and Warren counties are seeking these fugitives. View full size From left, Daniel William Strunk and Ashling M. Murphy. Courtesy Photos  Northampton County authorities seek...
View ArticleLehigh Valley organizations seek $1 million in transportation funding
LANTA, Family Answers, ShareCare Faith in Action, The Center for Vision Loss and Independent Senior Transportation Lehigh Valley are seeking the funding. A regional transportation committee will...
View ArticlePenn State trustee defends actions in firing Joe Paterno - AM news links
Also, a PTA vice president in New Jersey is accused of pulling a gun on another woman. Analysis: North Korea's threat may be more bark than bite [ap.org]N.J. PTA vice president arrested for allegedly...
View ArticlePennsylvania town wants to add distillery to Main Street
Residents are concerned about the microdistillery's proposed location near a church that hosts addiction recovery meetings. A proposal to make vodka, rum and whiskey at a microdistillery in a small...
View ArticleD&L Trail an economic draw for the Lehigh Valley
Trail visitors in 2012 are estimated to have had a total $19 million economic impact while $16.3 million of that was injected into the local economy. View full size The D&L Trail, which spans five...
View ArticleLehigh Valley fair housing hearings to be held in light of alleged...
The meetings follow on a Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley study that found many local real estate agents discriminate against minority buyers. View full size Local meetings on the topic...
View ArticlePowerball winner's child-support warrant stayed until Monday
The unpaid child support payments go back to 2009. It's not known which of Quezada's five children are covered under the payments. View full size Pedro Quezada may be very wealthy, but he still face...
View ArticleTrout season opening day fishing is a Lehigh Valley tradition
Many anglers rose before the sun in search of the best spot. See PHOTOS. Before the sun rose this morning, Tucker Messinger, Carson Groner and their families headed out to the Bushkill Creek for...
View ArticleNew Jersey ACLU renews gay marriage push under new leader
Udi Ofer, a lawyer by training, worked at the New York Civil Liberties Union when it was trying to legalize gay marriage there. It became legal in New York in July 2011. View full size Udi Ofer,...
View ArticleAmerican Cancer Society study needs participants
Enrollment events next week and next month seek to boost nationwide participation falling well below the goal. View full size Enrollment efforts last year for the American Cancer Society's Cancer...
View ArticleTom Corbett's pension changes could go straight from Legislature to...
Also, has New Jersey benefited tax breaks it's giving businesses? Probing the constitutional crux of Corbett's pension plan: news & analysis [pennlive.com] Spike in tax breaks awarded to N.J....
View Article2012 saw third-lowest number of fatal crashes in Pennsylvania, PennDOT reports
Though fatal drunken driving, teen crashes and wrecks involving phone use were on the decline, data shows that fatal crashes involving seniors and pedestrians were on the rise. Last year's number of...
View ArticlePowerball winner from New Jersey resolves child support debt
The 44-year-old Passaic resident who just won $152 million, after taxes, owed about $29,000 in support for three of his five children. View full size Pedro Quezada, who won the Powerball jackpot last...
View ArticleU.S. Sen. Bob Casey says he supports gay marriage
Casey said he made the shift after reviewing the legal, public policy and civil rights questions involved and letters from Pennsylvania families. Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey announced today that he...
View ArticleLehigh Valley unemployment rate dropped slightly in February, state labor...
The region's rate was 8.6 percent for the month, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry. The unemployment rate in the Lehigh Valley dropped one-tenth of a percentage point...
View ArticleFormer Circle System Group executives plead guilty to swindling dozens of...
Mitchell Kurlander and Alan Abeshaus today in Newark pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges filed in 2011. View full size Federal agents raid Circle System Group's two main buildings, a facility on...
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