Palmerton News

"The generator is really the only noise out here" Posted at 06:00:00 AM on July 3, 2009 In what could pass as comfortably, four of us sat and watched the newest Terminator movie.

Jim Everett, the owner of the Country Junction in Lehighton, kept things simple at Friday's ground-breaking. "This is a very big day for us," said Everett, who invited the public to the site of the new store.

A high ranking Carbon County school official is charged with allegedly raping and sexually assaulting a student.

A Carbon County community is outraged and a school official is in big trouble. An administrator in the Palmerton Area School District is being charged with molesting a young boy.

A Palmerton Area School District administrator this week was charged with sexually assaulting a boy, beginning when the boy was in the sixth or seventh grade and continuing for about five years until this year, police said.

A Palmerton Area School District administrator has been arrested on charges that he allegedly raped a child.

Ron Gower/TIMES NEWS Amanda Wentz, left, and her sister Alyssa, of Palmerton, hold dogs they adopted at the Polka for Pets festival, which was held yesterday at the Lehighton Community Grove.

President Obama's discussion on health care reform was a hot topic in Carbon County.

Three Albrightsville residents were arrested early Saturday, June 20, and charged in connection with an armed robbery that occurred in Kidder Township.

Bob Ford/Times News Jim Thorpe police at the scene of last night's shooting at 225 South Street, the house on the right.

Jim Thorpe Ambulance and Lehighton paramedics provided emergency medical treatment at the scene of a reported shooting before transporting the victim to a medical helicopter.

The write-in certification process in Carbon County is over, but it also set the stage for General Election races in some of the county municipalities by resulting in candidates winning nominations on either the Democratic or Republican ballots.

Josh Beck of Carlisle and Dirk Heinze of High Bridge New Jersey were the top finishers in the Half Iron Man and Sprint competition on Sunday in the Black Bear Triathlon held at Beltzville State Park.

An Allentown man charged with robbing and killing a man Thursday told city police he was being robbed by the victim, but turned the tables by pulling out a box cutter-style knife and repeatedly stabbing him, court records show.

It's hard to imagine good news arising from a tragic kennel explosion or a beloved teacher's shocking death at age 34.

The following cases appeared before Tannersville Magisterial District Judge Thomas Olsen.

The Lehigh County Coroner has identified Allentown's second murder victim this week.

LOOKING FOR Scrap wood: Thomas of Slatington is looking for scrap wood. He need pices that measure 2-inches thick by 4-inches wide and 20-inches in length or longer; 2-inches thick by 6-inches wide and 20-inches in length or longer; and 2-inches thick by 8-inches wide and 20-inches in length or longer.

Police departments in Carbon County will soon be linked to a county criminal information service at the courthouse in Jim Thorpe.

Dorney Park's Steel Force Roller coaster was part of the parks Physics Day on Friday, with school kids using accelerometers to study the physics of rides at the park.