Macungie News

The Macungie Fire Department recently purchased a 1989 ladder truck from the Emmaus Fire Department for $20,000, a fraction of the more than $600,000 Emmaus spent on the truck it bought to replace it.

Regardless of the exact circumstances, here's a little advice for a patient riding in an ambulance: Don't bite the hand that treats you.

When Patch launched in Macungie and Lower Macungie about a year ago, editors and contributors ventured to local businesses to collect information for our directory.

"Upper Macungie woman's map made the redistricting difference; Amanda Holt's work on map of state voting districts pivotal in court's decision": This article appeared yesterday in The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Bathtub: Barb of Emmaus is looking for a peach, pink or blue bathtub to replace one from a home that was built in the late 1950s.

While many of us are delighted with the warm winter weather, that's the case for the folks who run ski resorts in the Poconos.

The Pennsylvania State Police at Fogelsville recently reported these Lower Macungie incidents: Charged: Two 16- and 17-year-old girls from Breinigsville with retail theft from Kohl's , 6900 Hamilton Blvd.; Jan.

The $8 million in cocaine was brought to the U.S. from Mexico in a truck, Bensalem Public Safety Director Fred Harran told the Bucks County Courier Times.

Several students from the East Penn area have been cited by their colleges and universities for achievement: Jacey Rae Gombert of Macungie has been named to the president's list for the fall 2011 semester at Clemson University in Clemson, S.C. To achieve this honor, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

25 at the Lower Macungie Township Building. 2. Coming Up: Play Bingo in Macungie at 6 p.m. Jan.

Places like Bethlehem and Salisbury Township also will contribute local tax dollars toward building the minor league Phantoms' future home - news that has come as an unwelcome surprise to many local officials.

A 41-year-old Macungie man was in critical condition Saturday night in Lehigh Valley Medical Center with multiple injuries suffered in a one-vehicle crash in Washington Township, state police at Reading said.

A 70-foot-tall tree crashed onto a car and tangled in power lines along Cedar Crest Boulevard in Lower Macungie Township on Friday afternoon, knocking out power to hundreds of homes and snarling rush-hour traffic.

Local auctioneer Chester Geyer of Macungie earned 10th place on Jan. 11 in the 33 rd Pennsylvania Auctioneers Association Bid Calling Contest at the 2012 Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg.