Orefield News

Farmer and developer David Jaindl wants back a piece of the Leister farm in Lower Macungie Township that was taken from him three years ago and he may get it.

TOMATO, TOMAHTO Celebrate two of the finest aspects of summer -- excellent tomatoes and outdoor dining -- at the Glasbern Inn in Fogelsville Friday.

A Pennsylvania man died early Saturday in a one-car crash along Route 3. State police said Christopher M. Gneiding, 27, of Orefield, Pa., a passenger, was pronounced dead at the scene after being partially ...

THE DETAILS SHANKWEILER'S DRIVE-IN What: The oldest continuously running drive-in in the country Where: 4540 Shankweiler Road, Orefield , When: Open weekends in April, May and September; daily June through ...

Mahoning Township's acting police chief, whom township supervisors suspended last month, has applied to hold the job permanently, as have Weissport's police chief and 23 other candidates, officials said Friday.

Mahoning Township's acting police chief, whom township supervisors suspended last month, has applied to hold the job permanently, as have Weissport's police chief and 23 other candidates, officials said Friday.

A Richland Township landmark has been stolen! Joseph Trapp's flame-painted garden tractor was taken from the corner by his 301 N. Mine Road home this week, dragged along with the stump to which it was long ...

Allentown Police Department saturated parts of the downtown to crackdown on prostitution yesterday with an undercover operation they dubbed "Private Dancer," a play on Tina Turner 's old hit song.

BYE Several readers have notified us, and we have confirmed, that the Orchard Meat & Fish Co., which opened a couple of years ago at 2016 Applewood Drive in Orefield , has closed.

ALLENTOWN WILL CONDUCT street sweeping in the following areas: Friday -- Emmaus Avenue north to Barber Street; Chapel Avenue east to Gilmore Street and Basin Street to Skyline Drive.

Three-quarters of a million turkeys eat a lot of corn, wheat and soybeans, and with the cost of food skyrocketing, that could ruffle some feathers for fowl producers who have to feed and sell them.

Ten new firefighters have graduated from a grueling 18-week course of training and study at the Allentown Fire Academy.

Janet Schuch has been appointed by Cura Hospitality of Orefield to district manager of dining, hospitality and clinical nutrition services for Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries' senior living communities.

The Bethlehem Junior Police Academy ran Monday through Friday and included presentations by the fire department, crisis negotiation team, crime scene investigators, the K-9 unit, a tour of police headquarters ...

South Whitehall police said no charges are warranted in the Parkland School District bus mishap that killed a popular bus driver last month.

Sgt. Thomas Gersbach said Friday that the department has finished its investigation into the crash that killed Harry R. Moyer on May 16 in the school district's upper bus garage, near Orefield Middle School, and concluded that it was nothing more than a ''tragic accident.''

The South Whitehall resident, whom almost everyone called ''Pappy,'' worked for the district for 26 years, the last 16 driving a bus. Moyer, 78, had two routes, transporting students to and from Kernsville Elementary School and Allentown Central Catholic High School.

The clean-up will continue today in Berks County and the Lehigh Valley after strong storms ripped through the region last night.

FOUND Wheelchair ramps: Sheila of Allentown has portable wheelchair ramps she is willing to sell to Mary Ann of Bethlehem.

CAMP FOWLER Location: Orefield Built in: 2006 Acres: 41 Last year served about 700 children Source: Valley Youth House Child-welfare officials on Wednesday announced the end of a campaign to raise $6 million to expand a camp for troubled youths.

For two years, Camp Fowler in Orefield has been used for retreats and banquets. But with the new money, officials from Valley Youth House -- the Bethlehem social services agency that runs the camp -- said they will be able to add overnight programming and better serve the more-than 8,000 youths they see every year.

Relief from the heat and humidity has finally arrived, but the sky-high temperatures went out with a bang.

“Oh, that house! Oh, wow! Oh, great!”

A real estate agent called Al Maciorowski seemingly out of the blue to say he had found a property in South Whitehall that Maciorowski might be interested in buying. via The Morning Call