Bangor News Archives

A 64-year-old Butler man was killed this morning while he was waiting to turn out of a driveway in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Pa.

Concerning "Postmaster behind bars" and "Arrest tarnishes borough once again" : I would like to remind the good readers of The Express-Times that every town has their so-called bad apples.

A good school administrator needs to be a curriculum shaper, money manager, disciplinarian, traffic cop and weather prognosticator.

Wash your hands after reading this. Months earlier than usual, in unexpected populations, flulike symptoms are sweeping through the Lehigh Valley, closing one school and causing officials to lose sleep over absenteeism rates and vaccine availability for both the seasonal flu and the H1N1 flu.

The first time borough Postmaster Gregory G. Schlegel drove by Agnes Jennings' home Tuesday, Schlegel stopped his black BMW, invited her in and asked for drugs, Jennings said Wednesday.

A northeastern Pennsylvania postmaster has been charged with trying to coax three girls and two women into his car.

Bangor Postmaster Gregory Schlegel is charged trying tor lure children. View full size Express-Times Photo BRUCE WINTER Gregory Schlegel's car, a black BMW police say he used in the commission of a crime, is still parked outside the Bangor Post Office.

The bail amount for the jailed Bangor postmaster was reduced late Wednesday, allowing him to post a fraction of the $50,000 he needs to be released, according to court records.

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.

A long-time postal employee and Bangor's current postmaster was drinking and looking for sex and drugs when he harassed three girls and two women by trying to lure them into his car yesterday afternoon in downtown Bangor, according to police.

Bangor's annual pumpkin carving festival is to be held from 5 to 8 o'clock tonight and Tuesday night at Bangor Memorial Park.

Route 191 in Bangor has re-opened after a downed pole and wires forced officials to detour drivers earlier this morning.

Deb Lyon was just trying to get her children to eat vegetables when she devised her Fried Cabbage and Bacon recipe.

About a half-dozen Northampton County young people are working to save a nearly lost art.

Vendors will sell apples, cider, dumplings and apple pie. The Market Grill will have apple fritters and chocolate-dipped apples, and the Carmelcorn Shop will have caramel and candy apples.

An 84-year-old Bangor man who molested a teenage girl faces up to seven years in prison after admitting to two misdemeanor charges.

The Northampton County Open Gate Farm Tour will be held noon-4 p.m. Saturday and next Sunday, with 16 sites offering tours, demonstrations and products.

Two borough council candidates say a bridge replacement and revitalization efforts are among their top concerns.

A Bethlehem man who attacked a man with a knife after asking for a cigarette and getting denied will serve up to 21/2 years in state prison.

Residents of Bangor and East Bangor who live near an abandoned slate quarry used to dispose of coal ash learned this week that RRI Energy -- the utility that operates the quarry and the Portland generating station -- has received state and federal clearances in terms of keeping heavy metals out of local water supplies.

Children learn a great deal by example - the example set by their parents and other care-givers, extended family they frequently come in contact with and through interaction with peers.