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Lehigh Valley food safety inspections: Remove the cat (and cat urine); potatoes, shrimp on the floor; flan not cold, sauce not hot
Here are the food safety inspection reports from Lehigh and Northampton counties, conducted the week of April 14. Each week, we highlight the inspection reports provided through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. The department performs the inspections in many areas, while some municipalities such as Allentown and Bethlehem conduct their own inspections. All establishments are ...
Tractor-trailer fire shuts I-476 between Quakertown and Lehigh Valley exits
A tractor trailer fire has shut a portion of Interstate 476 Friday morning between the Quakertown, Bucks County and Lehigh Valley exits, transportation officials say. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s traffic website, 511pa.com, is reporting the fire near mile marker 51 of I-476 north. Crews were dispatched shortly before 5:30 a.m.
Homeless encampments along D&L Trail rise amid national housing crisis
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – As hikers and bikers are out enjoying the trails more in the nicer weather lately, they're also noticing more tents in wooded areas, like along the D&L Trail in Bethlehem. Nonprofits tell 69 News that more people are setting up camp along that way, as homelessness...
10 most expensive homes sold in Monroe County, April 15-21
A house in Pocono Pines that sold for $900,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Monroe County in the past week. In total, 30 residential real estate sales were recorded in the county during the past week, with an average price of $306,687, or $201 per square foot.
Several charged in burglary ring that operated out of Lehigh, Northampton counties
Lehigh County law enforcement have filed charges against a number of people, alleging they were involved in a burglary ring that ran in both Lehigh and Northampton counties for several years. On Wednesday, Pennsylvania State Police in Bethlehem filed charges against Jonathan Mendez, Jose Torres, Nydia Tirado, Roger Juan Tirado and William Tirado-Liciaga, alleging their involvement in the ring ...
Northbound Pa. Turnpike I-476 closed between Quakertown and Lehigh Valley exits
The northbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is closed between the Quakertown and Lehigh Valley exits Friday morning The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission said about 8:30 a.m. that Interstate 476 is closed between those two exits. PennDOT’s traffic website, 511pa.com, listed two incidents along that stretch of road. The first happened about 5:30 a.m. about 5:30 a.m. near mile marker 51 in ...
Monroe County restaurant inspections for April 15-21
These establishments in Monroe County were inspected between April 15 and 21, according to Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture records. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture provides this disclosure: "Please remember that any inspection is a 'snapshot' of the day and time of the inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term cleanliness of an establishment. Also, at the time of the inspection, violations are recorded but are often corrected on site prior to the inspector leaving the establishment."
Suspect found asleep in home she burgalized, police say
WEATHERLY, CARBON CO. (WOLF) — When police responded to a Carbon County home for a call about an overnight burglary, a suspect was reportedly found asleep in the residence. According to the Weatherly Police Department, on Thursday around 6:55 a.m., officers were dispatched to a residence on Plane Street for a report of at least one person breaking into the residence overnight.
Nine most expensive homes sold in Carbon County, April 15-21
A house in Albrightsville that sold for $515,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Carbon County in the past week. In total, nine residential real estate sales were recorded in the county during the past week, with an average price of $269,117. The average price per square foot was $185.
PennDOT to close Kernsville Road Bridge next week for repairs. Here’s the detour
The Kernsville Road Bridge over Jordan Creek in North Whitehall Township will close starting on Wednesday, with work expected to finish in August. The general contractor H&K Group Inc. will repair the bridge’s steel structures and replace its deck and beams, according to a PennDOT news release on Thursday. The project will cost nearly $3.1 million. During the bridge rehabilitation, PennDOT ...
Alleged Gunman In Easton Shooting Caught In New Jersey: Police
Authorities said Tamir Freeman was taken into custody in Newark, New Jersey on Tuesday, April 23. He was taken to the Essex County jail pending his extradition to Pennsylvania, Easton police said. Investigators believe Freeman was the gunman in a Dec. 11 shooting on Northampton Street that sent a 30-year-old...
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