Catasauqua News

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John Shambo of Catasauqua is looking for a recipe for Pumpkin Soup. FOUND Myrald Cantley of Jim Thorpe sent in a Pumpkin Roll recipe for Donna Kollar of Allentown.

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.

The Sensational Soul Cruisers, an 11-man vocal harmony soul group, kick up the beat at the Camelot for Children Halloween bash, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Friday, Agri-Plex at the Allentown Fairgrounds.

LEHIGH COUNTY NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP'S Neighborhood Watch meeting will be held at 7 tonight at the Schnecksville Fire Company.

Police with the Northampton County Drug Task Force have rounded up 11 suspected drug dealers since Thursday in the Nazareth and Northampton areas of the county.

Odyssey Networks, New York, has appointed the Rev. Eric C. Shafer to the post of senior vice president.

''PETER PAN'' AUDITIONS Catasauqua Area Showcase Community Theatre Company will hold open auditions for school-age children and adults 6-9 p.m. today and Monday at Sheckler Elementary School, 201 N. 14th St., Catasauqua.

A Catasauqua man has admitted raping two girls. Joseph Eck Sr., 54, pleaded guilty last Thursday to two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, felonies that each carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

More than 3,100 PPL customers were without power in Catasauqua , according to the company's spokeswoman.

LOOKING FOR Allentown High School yearbook: Thomas of Brodheadsville is looking for a 1945 Allentown High School yearbook.

Amber L. Breeland, 24, of 508 Race St., Catasauqua and Donald Clark II, 31, of 223 Front St., Catasauqua; with disorderly conduct; engaged in verbal and physical altercation in Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem and had to be separated by security at 4:10 a.m. Sept.

Shocked by the price estimates for a township amphitheater, supervisors want more discussion before giving the go-ahead to advertise for bids.

NORTH CATASAUQUA Car is hit, bounces into Coplay chief's vehicle A Whitehall Township motorist clipped the left rear of another car Tuesday as she made a turn in North Catasauqua , knocking the second car into a police vehicle driven by Coplay Police Chief Vincent Genovese, police said.

Two new police officers in the city's West Bethlehem substation are coming just in time, according to Commissioner Randall Miller.

Joan Ehritz of Northampton wrote recently with an interesting suggestion regarding the long-stalled plan to add traffic signals to the intersection of Race Street and Willowbrook Road in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, east of Catasauqua.

A former Catasauqua man has been arrested in connection with the July robbery of a Hess gas station store in Whitehall Township.

A Lehigh County man is filing suit again the Catasauqua Police Department and a specific officer in connection with a motorcycle accident.

He's suing borough and policeman for injuries, loss of earnings in 2007 incident.

Chris Hoenscheid wants to bring Thomas Paine Charter School to students in the Northampton and Catasauqua area and he thinks he has found the perfect location and builder to do it.