Stockertown News

State police at Belfast are looking for two men who used a stolen tractor-trailer to sell scrap metal to a Stockertown metal company on Thursday.

THE TATAMY-STOCKERTOWN LIONS CLUB awarded a $500 scholarship over two years to Nazareth Area High School graduate Katelyn Dominguez.

A boil-water advisory issued earlier this week for about 130 homes in Stockertown was lifted today, Pennsylvania American Water officials said.

New charges were filed against two men already serving Northampton County prison sentences for an August 2007 crime spree that included shooting BBs at more than 50 car windows on both sides of the Delaware ...

A boil water advisory has been issued for about 130 homes in Stockertown because of a water main break along West Center Street, Pennsylvania American Water officials said today.

Emergency officials are at the scene of a two-vehicle crash on Route 191 at Route 33 in Stockertown.

A hazardous fluid spill has occurred on Route 33 North near the Stockertown interchange.

When Louvenia Kelly moved to Tatamy two years ago, she noticed she hadn't gotten an electric bill for three months.

Posted by Express-Times staff June 06, 2008 18:48PM The Northampton County Coroner's Office has identified the woman killed in a head-on collision Thursday night in Plainfield Township.

You'd never know from the smiles and high-pitched coos that trickle from 6-month-old Averi in the arms of her mother.

A former Whitehall Township woman charged with stealing more than $7,600 from a Stockertown moving company was ordered to pay back the money and spend a year on probation.

One way to get around the high gas prices these days is to walk. And someday you might be able to hoof it all the way from Easton to Blue Mountain.

Coopersburg has tapped its police department secretary to serve as the borough's new manager. via The Morning Call

A working, century-old model railroad car that unloads cement dust is one of several rare historic items going on display this month at Northampton's Atlas Cement Memorial Museum.

The museum, in the borough's municipal building at 1401 Laubach Ave., will open for its 12th season Sunday afternoon.

The giant model railroad car is ''a beautiful piece, and it actually works,'' said museum founder and curator Edward Pany. ''It's a one-of-a-kind.''

The model was built by Hercules Cement of Stockertown to help the company patent its process of unloading cement off bulk railroad cars, according to a news release. Read more

Kerry Jones had a typical childhood -- he played sports, participated in Scouting, began training to become a chef and graduated from Easton Area High School.

His life took an unusual twist in August, when, in a span of days, Jones, who was then 18, went on a crime spree with a friend and racked up enough offenses that could have sent him to state prison for 48 years.

Instead, Northampton County Judge Stephen G. Baratta imposed a county prison term of five years of probation and 11-22 months in the county prison. Read more

“Likely for you that would be a life sentence, a harsh sentence”

A Stockertown man said he was suffering from depression from the recent death of his wife when he offered to pay a 13-year-old girl to watch her perform a sex act on herself. via Easton Express-Times

The Board held a workshop at 6:30 PM to walk the municipal grounds and look at the security camera locations and the recommendations for changes. via Forks Action Committee

A 42-year-old man whose license is already suspended for drunken driving was arrested on the same charge Wednesday night in Plainfield Township after he led officers on a high-speed chase and tried to hide to ... via Pennlive.com

“We worked hard to make sure local bridge projects were not impacted”

Gov. Ed Rendell's plan to repair 1,000 state-owned bridges in the next three years will not put local road and bridge repair projects in danger, according to transportation officials. via Express-Times

“We just didn't want it repaired from day one and, that seemed to be the consensus (with Palmer and Tatamy).”

Stockertown, Tatamy and Palmer Township officials are all in agreement: they don't want a new bridge over the Bushkill Creek. via Pennlive.com