Lehighton News

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS Boy Scout Zechariah Barton of Boy Scout Troop 145, left, and Scoutmaster Ben Gluck, congratulates Barton) for his work in forest conservation.

Police have arrested all five people who were involved in a mobile methamphetamine lab operation and explosion in Lansford Sunday.

Upper Macungie Police said significant front-end damage was sustained by two vehicles in a Friday morning crash at the intersection of Mill Road and Ambassador Drive.

Donna Missimer is looking for a recipe for Butta Kprohen, flaky Hungarian cookies.

A 47-year-old Albrightsville woman driving with a young child, 8, suffered a minor injury after she crashed into a utility pole on Friday.

ANDREW LEIBENGUTH/TIMES NEWS Members of the Crossroads Community Church in Lehighton held their annual Mother's Day service yesterday.

The Lehighton resident isn't delusional, as it is documented that he spent several years in Russia when the country was under Soviet rule and, yes, he did travel to the Amazon to help cut a road in the jungle.

I have lived in Lehighton, Carbon County for about 30 years, and I am told that unless I was born here with Dutch history, I will never be considered a local.

A They accepted the resignation of Brett M. Hannon, Lansford, from his job as Seasonal Park Ranger 1, effective April 30; A Commissioners changed the employment status of Toby M. Butz, Lehighton, from County Caseworker II, Children & Youth Services, to Adult Probation Officer I, Adult Probation, effective May 20; and Gerard P. Healy, ... (more)

For Karen Flexer of Lehighton, it will be a bittersweet day. She is the mother of three sons.

Neeley Wehr, a sophomore at Lehighton Area High School, will experience daily life in Japan for a six-week summer period as a result of her winning the Future Homemakers of America/Kikkoman Corporation Scholarship.

The Lehigh County coroner's office said Berniece Geiling, 84, of 1218 Fairyland Road in Lehighton, succumbed to her injuries at Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital in Bethlehem Thursday morning.

It's only about 33 miles from Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital in Lehighton to Lehigh Valley Hospital 's Muhlenberg campus in Bethlehem, but the distance between what the two facilities charge to treat a complicated heart attack case is far greater.

Matt George of Lehighton, remembers when he was in school, he got a seedling to plant every year on Arbor Day.

More than 200 senior athletes, clad in primary color T-shirts yellow for Panther Valley, red for Jim Thorpe, blue for Palmerton, orange for Weatherly and maroon for Lehighton stood at attention as the American flag, borne by the Panther Valley School District JROTC color guard, was carried into the recreation center gym.

Police in Carbon County are looking for the man they claim was caught by surveillance video stealing an air conditioner from the Walmart near Lehighton.

Firefighters were called back Tuesday Morning to a house in Carbon County that burned the night before.

A part-time corrections officer and his girlfriend were placed in Carbon County's Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition probation program on charges stemming from a shooting incident in Lehighton.

RON GOWER/TIMES NEWS The 96th annual spring concert of Lehighton Area High School choruses will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the LAHS audiorium.

Peter Sebastionelli called police last month to report someone tried to break into his house on Maple Terrace Drive in Saylorsburg.