Alburtis News

The first firefighters to respond to a 3 a.m. alarm in Topton found flames crawling up the outside of the three-unit apartment building at 15 S. Callowhill Street.

An Alburtis man could spend up to 20 years in prison for a March 2008 assault that left his infant daughter clinging to life.

At first, 17-year-old Stephanie Renninger was looking to organize a showcase for local Christian music that would also raise money for Habitat for Humanity and for the needy and scholarships at her church, Huff's Union Church in Alburtis .

People hoping to see the 2009 King Frost Parade will have to wait another week. Parade officials said this morning they are postponing the parade due to the weather.

Lower Macungie commissioners narrowly approved a change to their agricultural land preservation ordinance that allows for more residential development, but removes the ability to operate a quarry.

Three men have been charged with going on a burglary spree around Lehigh County, snagging thousands of dollars' worth of electronics and other valuables while their victims were asleep in nearby rooms.

Homeowners in a TH Properties community in Lower Macungie will probably have to wait until spring to see work on their development completed.

The five redistricting options released a week ago by East Penn School District administrators have already changed.

At 11:27 p.m. Sunday, Stephen Duncan, 25, Indiana, was found passed out on the sidewalk in the 00 block of South Carpenter Avenue, according to borough police.

East Penn School District administrators laid out five redistricting options to move hundreds of students to different schools when Willow Lane Elementary opens next fall.

High winds swept through the Lehigh Valley on Wednesday, jostling vehicles and pedestrians, and shaking down enough trees to impede traffic and knock out power in isolated areas.

What do you think about quarry plan? Posted by Patrick Lester at 12:12:14 PM on October 5, 2009 A story in today's Morning Call about a proposed quarry in Lower Macungie generated a number of comments from readers this morning.

''When they decided to further restrict uses on the property, we were backed into a corner.'' --David Jaindl, farmer and developer Having watched nearly 7,000 acres of farmland disappear under the crush of furious development over three-plus decades, Lower Macungie officials saw fit this year to sharpen one of the few tools they have to preserve ...

When the words "cow pie" are incorporated into a fall festival, you know you're in for an interesting time.

A fire in grinding equipment at AMCOR PET Packaging in Upper Macungie was extinguished this afternoon after firefighters disassembled the machine.

Forks Township pipe couplings maker Victaulic has broken ground on a $57 million manufacturing facility in Mexico , raising job loss concerns among some of the company's Lehigh Valley employees.

LOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP State police arrest man fleeing burglary scene A 20-year-old Alburtis man was charged with burglary Wednesday after state police say they spotted him driving away from an early morning Lower Macungie Township home break-in. Alesky V. Makarov of 114 Cobblestone Court was fleeing in his car just three houses from the 6043 ...

What it is: A 59-acre park off Franklin Street in Alburtis that was once the site of the thriving Lock Ridge Iron Works complex.

Lockridge Works in Alburtis is getting a state historical marker. According to historical accounts: Lock Ridge Iron Works, Alburtis, the last furnace in the United States to use anthracite coal exclusively as fuel.

A state grant totaling $6.25 million has been awarded to Lehigh County to help pay for the expansion of the Allentown Art Museum .