Breinigsville News

Four nurses, who worked for the Lehigh Valley Health Network, were charged today with diverting prescription pain medication from the hospitals where they worked.

If you spend an entire day cooking at your full-time job, you might think that preparing meals would be the last thing you would want to do when you get home from work.

It would have taken Dean A. Shuman weeks to do the work. The Blandon resident and the carpenter helping to rebuild his fire-damaged home have only four hands, and the sheets of drywall numbered almost 200.

Active Learning Centers approach childcare in a unique way. Founder, Paul Miller wanted to create a childcare center where children could develop confidence and self-esteem while being physically active.

Firefighters work at the scene of a house fire in Slatington at 424 Washington St.

Dick Acker of Breinigsville , one of 11 children, grew up in South Allentown. He was too young to join three brothers fighting in Europe during World War II.

Name: Christine Durback, 27, and Jason Nemeh, 32 Hometown: Breinigsville Type of pet: Cat Name: Misty How old: 13 Male or female? Female Describe in four words: Spunky, adorable, lazy, playful Best feature: Her markings, she is black and white with some gray spots Personality: She is loveable and playful with us but anti-social with guests.

Pinebrook Family Services to hold 30th anniversary fundraiser Pinebrook Family Services, formerly known as Pinebrook Services for Children and Families, will hold its Pearl Jammin' with Pinebrook 30th Anniversary Fundraiser at 6 p.m. Nov.

Allentown residents might have thought a multi-alarm fire was in progress near the Hamilton Street bridge at noon Sunday, as more than a dozen sirens and booming fire-truck horns went off at once.

Valley Preferred Cycling Center Hosting 2009 Collegiate Track Nationals The USA Cycling Collegiate Track National Championships will be held this weekend at Valley Preferred Cycling Center in Trexlertown.

LOOKING FOR Legos: Patti of Allentown is looking for Legos. Perennial garden grasses: Bruce of Allentown is seeking two perennial garden grasses.

Walt Rupnik sat in the backyard of his Breinigsville home on Saturday evening with his wife Diane, enjoying one of the final days of the summer season.

Canada's Mike Garrigan was 4th and Vicki Thomas was 9th at the Nittany Lion Cross UCI C2, round 1 of the Mid-Atlantic Cyclocross series in Breinigsville, PA, presented by Gotham Cyclists-National Events Management Org.

Q: I need help getting my wisteria vine to bloom. It is several years old and only bloomed once.

Five months ago, four men with baseball bats showed up at a Breinigsville home in the middle of the night, trashed a car in the driveway, and smashed the front door and windows on the house.

Anna Mae Stern of Bethlehem is looking for a recipe for butterscotch krimpets with butterscotch icing that would be similar in taste to TastyKake Krimpets.

LOOKING FOR Bank key: Bobbie of Bally is seeking a key to open an old green Emmaus Bank that is shaped like a book.

LOOKING FOR Jaime Mengel is looking for a recipe for cucumber salad like the ''old Newhart's Cucumber Salad.'' ''With cucumbers so plentiful this year that recipe would make a great addition to the cookouts we are attending this summer,'' she says.

Richard S. Caputo of Spring Township, partner with the law firm of Fox Rothschild, Exton, Chester County, gave a presentation on "Estate Planning With Charitable Trusts" at a seminar sponsored by the Fiduciary Education Foundation and held in Harrisburg.

Buckeye Partners has slashed 40 jobs at its operational headquarters in Breinigsville as part of a reorganization designed to cut costs, the company announced today.