Slatedale News

Sharon Kulikauskas had no trouble getting into the spirit to make her prize-winning holiday appetizer for the Allentown Fair 's Clover Hill Vineyards Contest.

State police are investigating the thefts of a dozen Planet Aid clothing-collection bins set up in the Lehigh Valley and areas to the south.

The Slate Heritage Trail is a 3.3 mile trail built on a former extension of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, which opened in 1870 and transported slate products from quarries in Slatedale to Slatington where it connected with the railroad's main line.

Hospital bed: Susan of Allentown is looking for a hospital bed. Quilt repairs: Leonard of Hellertown is looking for someone who can repair two quilts that were made by his grandmother.

A house fire near Slatington displaced six people Saturday. The fire was reported at about 5:30 p.m. at 7940 Furnace Road in Washington Township, Lehigh County.