Fogelsville News

UPPER MILFORD TOWNSHIP Two cars crash, shut bridge over railroad near Emmaus The Route 29 bridge over the railroad tracks just south of Emmaus was shut down for over an hour after two cars collided on its narrow surface in the early Friday rain.

It's the first of three days of swine flu vaccine clinics offered by the State Department of Health.

An Allentown woman faces child endangerment charges after state police said she had been drinking, crashed her car in Lower Macungie Township with her young daughter inside and fled the scene.

GO GREEN: The Wildlands Conservancy holds its Green Gala beginning with a silent auction at 6 p.m. Friday at the Brookside Country Club, 901 Willow Lane, Macungie .

On February 19, 2010 a full-day conference at the Holiday Inn, Fogelsville will be held.

LOOKING FOR Julia Clausnitzer of Fogelsville is looking for recipes for kiffles and nut filling.

BISHOP JOHN SPONG presents ''Escaping Biblical Literalism in Search of Truth'' 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today at Christ Lutheran Church, 69 Main St., Hellertown .

BOUNTIFUL BOWL AND BEYOND, the annual fundraiser hosted by Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County , will be held 7-10:30 p.m. Friday in the Rodale Community Room of Allentown Symphony Hall , 23 N. Sixth St.

Republicans were threatening to sweep the race for five open seats on Lower Macungie's Board of Commissioners during a historic election in the Lehigh Valley's third largest municipality, early results showed Tuesday night.

A Lynn Township man says his two dogs were stolen from his home Thursday afternoon while he was gone.

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.

Tinted windows on vehicle traveling east on Interstate 78 through Allentown led state police to more than two pounds of cocaine and $35,000 in cash.

District Attorney James Martin ruled that two Berks-Lehigh Regional police officers were justified in using deadly force in an April 2009 shooting that led to the death of Robert J. Espenshade, 42, of Allentown.

State police and the U.S. Marshals Service had hoped Esteban Rodriguez-Reyes, 39, would show up in Lancaster County Court Monday for a hearing on gun charges.

I was a bit at a loss what to write about today. There are a few national things I could revert to.

A Fogelsville man was found dead Thursday afternoon in Mauch Chunk Lake in Carbon County after police and divers investigated an overturned boat in the water, authorities said.

Kutztown University's College of Business will host information sessions for professionals interested in earning a master's degree in business administration.

Reported by Germaine Peek, 4300 block of Elm Drive; house broken into between Oct.

Two men were shot and wounded early Friday at 11th and Cotton streets after an argument with three other men, Reading police said.

LOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP 3-vehicle chain reaction crash hurts woman on I-78 ramp A woman was hurt Monday afternoon when her sport-utility vehicle rear-ended another vehicle, which rear-ended a third vehicle at the Route 222 on-ramp to Interstate 78 in Lower Macungie, police said.