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Lansford priest accused of lewd act at nude NJ beach
A Roman Catholic priest was charged with public lewdness at a nude beach in New Jersey over the summer, weeks before leaving his post at an eastern Pennsylvania church, a newspaper reported Thursday.
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Pennsylvania bill would fund road and bridge work without tolls, new taxes
Time is running out on a bipartisan plan in the Pennsylvania House to fund road and bridge repairs without new taxes or tolls.
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Man Sentenced for Fire Company Theft
A man has been sentenced for stealing from a fire department in Carbon County. Christopher Puksar of Tamaqua turned himself into police last year and was charged with taking more than $2,000 from the Lansford ...
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Pa. volunteer firefighter sentenced for theft
A former eastern Pennsylvania volunteer firefighter has been sentenced to 30 days to 23 months in prison and one year's probation for stealing money from the fire company.
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One of their own sentenced for thefts
A volunteer firefighter charged with stealing more than $2,000 in checks a Lansford fire company was to use for training and equipment was sentenced Monday to 30 days to 23 months in prison after telling a ...
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Officers catch man after running across rooftops
Police officers from Carbon County jumped down a 15-foot wall, ran across several rooftops to walls and into a patch of heavy thicket with thorns last night to capture a Philadelphia man wanted on attempted ...
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Ex-firefighter asks to withdraw guilty pleas in arson case
Christoper Karper shown being led to a court appearance in Lansford in December, 2006.
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Police
Butler police look for garbage dumpers Butler Township police are looking for three black males in a black Honda with New Jersey registration who dumped garbage at a business along the North Hunter Highway on ...
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Ambulance squads cut ties over billing dispute
Lehighton Ambulance Association has ended its agreement to provide advanced life support services for Lansford Ambulance, citing late payments.
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Philip J. Jeffries Funeral Home was sold, but its former owner will remain as supervisor
Philip J. Jeffries sold his funeral home in Weatherly, but will remain as supervisor of the 127-year-old business that has been in his family for 49 years.
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Trail of blood leads to suspicion
An African immigrant living in Allentown who disappeared more than nine months ago left a trail of her blood in the Lansford house where her husband lives, police said Thursday.
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Pa. State Police seek Kenyan missing since Dec.
Pennsylvania State Police say they believe foul play was involved in the disappearance of a Kenyan immigrant last seen in December.
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Police: Missing woman left blood trail in husband's Lansford home
Undated photo of Edwina Onyango. An African immigrant living in Allentown who disappeared more than nine months ago left a trail of her blood in the Lansford house where her husband lives, police said today.
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Carbon man dies after fall from ladder
A 56-year-old Carbon County man died Sunday after falling from a ladder a day earlier while making a repair to the exterior of a house in Lansford.
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Lansford, like Nesquehoning, wants more Panther Valley crossing guards
A day after Panther Valley School Board said it didn't want to pay half of the cost to retain a sixth crossing guard in Nesquehoning, Lansford Borough Council members said they also will ask the district to pay ...
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Judge dismisses parents' suit in teen death case
James Hill was shot and killed in September, 2004, by Greg Altenbach . Altenbach is serving five to 12 years in state prison for the shooting.
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Nesquehoning officials want crossing guard back
Panther Valley School Board, which cut the number of crossing guards it uses, has been asked by Nesquehoning officials to reconsider.
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Four homeless after Coaldale fire
Four people are homeless and two firefighters were injured battling a blaze that caused heavy damage to a double home in Coaldale on Saturday afternoon.
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Police
State police said that after the argument on Aug. 27, the woman drove behind the boy, who broke the side mirror on her car.
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Pivotal figure in Carbon dies
Agnes T. McCartney, a pivotal figure in the history of Jim Thorpe 's now-thriving tourism industry, died Tuesday evening in Richmond, Va., at the age of 93.
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