Bowmanstown News

Some Salvation Army units are in trouble and need your help. They are loooking for more donations and volunteers.

A former Lehigh University employee who stole $7,700 while working in a financial office will serve three months of house arrest and 21 months of probation.

" Citing Pennsylvania's commitment to protecting the environment with the help of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger joined local officials today to break ground for a $3.8 million sewer project in East Penn Township, Carbon County.

Emily Koziol, daughter of Rudy and Lynn Koziol of West Chester, Pa., became the bride of Dr.

Gail Maholick/TIMES NEWS Jane and Leroy Fritzinger of 707 North Harrity Road, Lehighton, lost their home during a massive fire on Thursday night.

Emergency workers at work during a rescue on the Lehigh River between Parryville and Bowmanstown in Carbon County on Saturday afternoon after several rafts of the White Water Challengers overturned.

The recent heavy rains have caused rivers to become fast and furious. Saturday afternoon one woman needed to be rescued on the Lehigh River in Carbon County, but not just once.

Two officers of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission, left, attempt to reach three overturned rafts in the center of the Lehigh River looking for a young woman missing after the accident.

A woman was rescued on the Lehigh River on Saturday afternoon, after becoming separated from her group when three rafts turned over.

A woman has gone missing after her raft capsized on the Lehigh River in the area around Bowmanstown, according to an emergency dispatcher from Carbon County.

LOOKING FOR Cookbook: Linda of Coopersburg is looking for a cookbook published by th Emmaus Junior Woman's Club in 1976 or 1977.

Josh Beck of Carlisle and Dirk Heinze of High Bridge New Jersey were the top finishers in the Half Iron Man and Sprint competition on Sunday in the Black Bear Triathlon held at Beltzville State Park.

A former Lehigh University employee has been charged with stealing $7,700 from the university to pay her credit card bills, according to police.

Police allege Jennifer L. Sterner , 32, of Bowmanstown, completed 13 transactions from July 2008 to April 2009 to pay $7,700 toward four different credit cards held in her name -- she allegedly credited her accounts from the university.