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Scott Wasser: Chevy Volt is a technological tour de force
Prices start at about $40,000, not including a potential $7,500 federal tax credit. Chevroletâs electric-powered Volt is a stylish sedan inside and out. But its most distinguishing feature is a...
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Black bear hunt begins with decreased bruin population
Bear activists say the fall in bear population, and in human-bear encounters, is evidence the hunt isn't needed for a third consecutive year. Hunters Anthony Lingenfelter Jr., second left, 40, and his...
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Insurance buyers grade hospital safety; local facilities get A's and B's
The Leapfrog Group says its scorecard aims for safer hospitals. Take a NEWS POLL. Lehigh Valley Hospital in Salisbury Township received an A grade in safety from Leapfrog Group. Express-Times File...
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Interstate 78 East reopened after accident closes all lanes in Berks County -...
The crash is east of Route 143. Interstate 78 East traffic exits this morning at Route 143 in Berks County because of a multivehicle crash. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation image Interstate...
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Joseph L. Vas Sr. was a laborer with Victaulic before his retirement -...
Joe was an avid quoit player, a New York Yankees fan, and enjoyed gardening and being outdoors. Joseph L. Vas Sr. Joseph L. Vas Sr., 86, of Phillipsburg, passed away Saturday in New Eastwood in...
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FirstEnergy increases flexibilty for Met-Ed and JCP&L customers affected by...
Revisions are in place until March 15. Metropolitan Edison and Jersey Central Power & Light Co. are making installment plans more flexible for customers who need help paying electric bills in the...
View ArticleLehigh Valley chapter of BW NICE hosts program to help women entrepreneurs...
Motivational speaker and author Linda James will lead the Dec. 11 presentation. The Lehigh Valley chapter of BW NICE is hosting a program to help women entrepreneurs improve their brand through media....
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Nazareth and Easton area YMCAs to merge next year
Easton members voted 41-1 and Nazareth members voted unanimously to approve the merger at a meeting held at the Holiday Inn Express in Palmer Township Monday night. The front of the The Family YMCA of...
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Two males are first to be killed as black bear hunt begins in New Jersey
The hunt aims to control the state's black bear population, now estimated at about 2,900. Hardy Wiedemann, left watches as Mike Madonia, both with the New Jersey Fish and Wildlife Commission, remove a...
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Chris Christie supported by public workers, Democrats, poll shows
Women are also very supportive of the New Jersey governor. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christiein early November gives 9-year-old Ginjer Doherty a pep talk outside the Port Monmouth fire station in Port...
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Ex-Penn State President Graham Spanier requests bail travel restrictions eased
Spanier, accused of covering up complaints about Jerry Sandusky, wants to make it easier to travel outside Pennsylvania. Graham Spanier AP File Photo Former Penn State President Graham Spanier wants a...
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New Jersey serviceman dies in Afghanistan, military reports
Cpl. Christopher M. Monahan Jr., 25, of Island Heights, N.J., died Nov. 26 while conducting combat operations, the military says. The remains of Cpl. Christopher M. Monahan Jr. are carried Nov. 28 at...
View ArticleMom smoked PCP-laden pot before killing son, tests show; Newark mayor starts...
Also, a billboard is asking people to say something nice about Camden. Camden woman smoked PCP-laced marijuana before killing son, tests show [nj.com]N.J. woman's legs run over by SUV in road rage...
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Iran claims U.S. drone captured; military says none missing
The ScanEagle drone collects mostly photographic and video images using equipment with little intelligence value, experts say. An image from Iranian state TV's Arabic-language channel Al-Alam shows...
View ArticlePeople in Business for Dec. 16
A weekly roundup of business awards, promotions and recognitions. Ronald Gutkin, Alan Hubbard and Karen Koerner, Warren County real estate agents, were awarded the Realtor Emeritus designation by the...
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Connecticut shooting: President Obama making visit to console families,...
The president will also visit with emergency personnel who responded to the school. President Obama will be in Newtown, Conn., today. AP Photo | CHARLES DHARAPAK Making a sadly familiar journey,...
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Connecticut shooting: Gunman committed suicide as first responders closed in,...
The mourning process continued across religious centers in Connecticut and globally today. State police converged on Sandy Hook Elementary School Friday. AP Photo | JESSICA HILL The gunman in the...
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Charles A. Dumbri, a freelance percussionist - Obituaries today
He had been a music educator at Notre Dame High School for eight years. Charles A. Dumbri Charles A. Dumbri, 36, of Palmer Township, passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012, at Easton Hospital....
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Hackettstown, Wilson Area students help Jersey Shore residents in need
Hackettstown High School students and two Wilson Area schools gathered donations for two New Jersey school communities negatively impacted by Superstorm Sandy. Students at Wilson Area Intermediate...
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Profiles of some of the victims from the Newtown shooting
The gunfire Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School left a toll both unbearable and incalculable: 20 students and six adults at the school. At the very start of their lives, the schoolchildren are...
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