New Tripoli News

President Barack Obama returned to the Keystone State Friday to talk jobs. The administration billed it as the first stop on the president's White House to Main Street tour.

As many as one-million hunters will invade the woods during Pennsylvania's two-week rifle deer hunting season.

Tell us about your pet Answer a questionnaire online at themorningcall.com/fuzzy. Questions? 610-820-6111 or goguide@mcall.com Name: Denise DeLong Age: 43 Hometown: New Tripoli Type of pet: Dog Name: Wishbone How old: 13 years old Breed: Bichon frise Male or female? Male Why he is my friend: He loves me with all his heart Describe in four words: ...

Christmas Trees in the Lehigh Valley - Buying a Fresh Cut Christmas Tree If you're thinking about buying a fresh cut Christmas tree this year, great! Did you know that according to the 2002 USDA Agricultural Census, Pennsylvania has more Christmas tree farms than any other state in the US? Nearly 2000 PA farms produce about 1.7 million cut ...

NICK MEYER/Staff Photographer "The Butterfly Guy" Rick Mikula shows off his butterfly costume to kindergarteners at John S. Clarke Elementary School, Pottsville, in 2006.

LEHIGH AND BERKS COUNTIES THE ALLENTOWN HEALTH BUREAU is sponsoring free lead screenings during this week's National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week .

Barbara Treaster, 65, of Yeagertown, died on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, at home. She was born on Nov.

OFF Chili -- and a great variety of it -- is on the menu at New Evangelical Lutheran Church's Chili Cook-Off. It takes place 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at New Life Church, 6804 Weiss Road, New Tripoli .

The Lehigh County Open Gate Farm Tour will be held 1-5 p.m. next Sunday, with 17 sites offering tours, demonstrations and products.

When Dawn Brazuk has breakfast on Saturday, she'll eat only foods that have been grown or produced within 125 miles of her New Tripoli home.

Jarjous was driving south on Werleys Corner Road at 3:55 p.m. when her sport utility vehicle skidded off the road and struck the tree no she was not on her cell phone or texting.

Jarjous was driving south on Werleys Corner Road at 3:55 p.m. when her sport utility vehicle skidded off the road and struck the tree The Lehigh Valley Data Center is your search site for crime, education and other public information.

Northwestern Lehigh High School seniors Jaclyn Wear, 17, of New Tripoli, and friend Brittany Kittle, 17, of New Tripoli at the memorial on Werleys Corner Road in Lowhill Township Tuesday, for classmate Shaunice Jarjous, 17, of New Tripoli.

Intel Corp. will claim 94 percent of the netbook/smartbook market in 2009 but ARM Holdings plc and its processor licensees with take the lead in 2012, according to Robert Castellano of market research company The Information Network .

Jacoby a senior at Northern Lehigh High School, was killed along with another teen from Nazareth High School on Saturday afternoon.

About 500 people visited the Allentown Art Museum for cocktails and visual stimulation Sept.

A New Tripoli man is facing rape, aggravated assault and other charges after a 17-year-old girl accused him of sexually assaulting her since she was around 10 years old.

GOOD CAUSE: The Good Shepherd Golf and Tennis Invitational Monday at Saucon Valley Country Club, Bethlehem, will benefit the new Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital Pediatric Unit, providing acute rehabilitation care to children with serious injuries or illnesses.

If you own a dog, you know the special bond that develops between the two of you.

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Schnecksville Area will hold the second annual Bark For Life canine mini-relay from 10 a.m to 1 p.m. Sept.