Easton News

Though a deal has been struck to transfer children in the tiny Upper Bucks borough from Easton to Palisades schools in 2013-14, some of those students might be granted approval to begin the move next school year.

The Northampton County district attorney says change is needed in the state's constable system.

Inpector Daniel Regan of Easton Police said that a 32 year-old Easton man was on the 100 block of South Sixth Street at about 3:00 am Monday morning.

An Easton man has been charged with robbing his ex-girlfriend in Wilson Borough last month, according to court records.

The event will be held 3 to 6 p.m. June 8 at the school, 1221 Northampton St. in Easton, according to Jessica R. Dreistadt, executive director of Family Connection of Easton Inc.

Committee members for The James B. "Pat" Reilly Memorial Scholarship fund have done their fair share of fundraising over more than five decades.

Eco Swim By Aqua Green hosts second annual Delaware river cleanup. Instead of hitting the road to other areas to enjoy their beaches Aqua Green is making a difference by cleaning up their back yard.

Justine Moore, 16, checks out the selections on the book cart provided May 23 by Judith's Reading Room at the Children's Home of Easton in Wilson Borough.

Hundreds of people lined the streets of downtown Easton Monday morning as the city held its annual Memorial Day observance.

The sighting -- and eventual shooting -- of a bear in downtown Easton last week raises a few questions, Wilkes-Barre outdoors columnist Tom Venesky wrote Sunday.

This weekend is considered the unofficial start of summer, so it's fitting that we're asking about summer camps.

The Northampton County coroner tonight identified the man found dead Friday in the Delaware Canal as Andrew P. Wismer Sr.

BARD FESTIVAL GALA: "Luminosity," the Pa. Shakespeare Festival annual gala, begins at 6 p.m. June 2 in the University Center at DeSales University in Center Valley.

Dean Young, right, executive director of the Easton Boys and Girls Club of Easton, hosts a golf clinic for youths at Two T's in Forks Township.

Comedian Craig Ferguson, host of CBS' "The Late, Late Show," is bringing the funny to Easton .

This week, we expanded our Readers' Choice boundary beyond Easton to seek out the region's best movie theater .

Woody the Maplewood bear probably felt like a character out of The Hangover . He woke up in an unfamiliar place.

Easton authorities and the Northampton County Coroner's Office are investigating the discovery of a body just before 2:30 this afternoon in the Delaware Canal along South Delaware Drive in the city, officials say.

City police conducted a drug raid in the West Ward Friday morning, part of what they characterized as a "several month long investigation" into a New Jersey-to-Easton heroin pipeline.

Lamar Jacob Martinez, 27, of 306 McKeen Street in Easton , was arrested this morning after allegedly attacking Tasha Jones in the 1000 block of West Wilkes Barre Street.