Mount Bethel News

Northampton County Council President Ron Angle. Has a nice ring, doesn't it? For the record, a fiery cavern did not open up on the floor of council chambers Monday morning to swallow the newly seated group when it voted 5-4 to be led by its longtime bad boy.

Two men are recovering from wounds after being shot during the early morning hours yesterday in Kensington, police said.

Lehigh Valley attractions are offering a variety of unique activities - from family-centered events to traditional New Year's Eve parties for couples - to celebrate the optimism of a new year.

For those who are looking to ring in the New Year with some suds and fun, here is what some of the area's hottest bars, restaurants and clubs have in store for New Year's Eve on Thursday.

Share + Dec 25, 2009 12:52 pm US/Eastern BANGOR, Pa. State police in eastern Pennsylvania say a man has been charged in the death of an elderly woman who was hit by a car as she was trying to check her mailbox.

A Northampton County man suspected of drunken driving struck and killed a 79-year-old Upper Mount Bethel Township woman who was retrieving mail outside her house last night, according to police.

Keith Brooks was hit by a car on Main Street in Stroudsburg Thursday afternoon. Pocono Record file photo December 18, 2009 Dung Nguyen Hawkins, 42, of Mount Bethel, was cited Thursday after her vehicle hit a Monroe County domestic relations probation officer crossing Main Street in Stroudsburg, Stroud Area Regional Police said.

Blockhead will perform Dec. 26 at Riverside Barr and Grill in Lower Mt. Bethel Twp.

Today: is the 350th day of 2009. There are 15 days left in the year. On this date In 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea taxes.

An East Bangor man accused of a slew of Slate Belt burglaries plans to plead guilty to nine criminal charges that will almost certainly land him in state prison.

A man who in 2008 helped break into a handful of Upper Mount Bethel Township homes will plead guilty to felony burglary, among other charges.

Two teenagers were charged with assaulting a woman Nov. 21 in the parking lot of the Turkey Hill on North Broadway in Wind Gap.

An Upper Mount Bethel Township man who held a woman against her will for hours at her home will serve up to four years in state prison.

Nine years after the Portland Industrial Park was built, the only tenant in the 96-acre parcel is plastics maker Ultra-Poly , whose owners own the park.

Enveloped in the aroma of melting plastic, Alan LaFiura dipped his hand into a stream of tiny plastic beads, born of car dashboards and other scrap soon to be remade into garbage bags and railroad ties.

A Secret Service agent stands watch as President Barack Obama arrives to speak at an Oct.

Lehigh Valley residents on Medicare can learn more about the program and enroll in Medicare Part D, the program's prescription drug plan, in sessions at the following times and locations starting next week: -- From 8 a.m. to noon Fridays at the Slate Belt Senior Center, 707 American-Bangor Road, Washington Township.

Steve Melnick, director of project development for Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp., speaks at a groundbreaking for Portland Industrial Park.

Crews perform milling and paving work on Easton's Larry Holmes Drive in August 2007.

A vacant Upper Mount Bethel Township house on Route 191 was destroyed in a fire this morning, and a state police fire marshal was called to investigate.