Lehighton News

The items included a generator, a lawn mower, a canister vacuum, a Sony portable radio and about 200 pounds in weights.

Fewer people are finding that they need phone books anymore thanks to the internet, but rather than throw them away where they would take up landfill space, elementary students in Carbon County are collecting them to recycle.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering moving the Carbon/Monroe County Farm Service Agency office to the Lehigh Valley as part of a consolidation plan and will hold a meeting to gauge farmers' and the public's opinion on the proposal.

Thieves removed scrap aluminum from a barrel located outside D&B Services near Fiddletown Road in Eldred Township sometime between Jan.

The three-day send-off to Joe Paterno wraps up Thursday in State College. Many people from our area have made the trip to Happy Valley to say their final farewells to JoePa and attend a memorial service Thursday afternoon.

Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J., is 88. Actress Jeanne Moreau is 84. Actress Chita Rivera is 79.

For those who caught Tuesday's Tweet or wandered past Alburtis Road and Route 100 and saw flashing lights, the driver of the vehicle that crashed into a pole was a Lehighton-area man who received minor injuries, according to police.

Four Nazareth Area High School students were among 30 Red Cross Club members in the Lehigh Valley who honored Martin Luther King's memory by participating in a day of service.