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Work is underway at a recently purchased holding cell inside the Palmerton police station. In October, council on a 6-0 vote agreed to purchase a holding cell in the amount of $17,149 from Josh Reicha...

Palmerton Council is supporting a request for Northface to have access points from both ends of the property that borders Route 248 and Mauch Chunk Road. Borough council on a 4-2 vote Thursday authori...

Palmerton Borough Council on a 6-0 vote Thursday approved the appointment of the following borough offices: • Donna McGarry, manager, secretary, treasurer, streets commissioner. • Kim Rodrigues, assis...

Could Palmerton relocate its police department to the site of the former Palmerton Hospital? That was one of the possibilities floated around Thursday as borough council discussed its police station u...

A Palmerton business owner is still upset with the borough zoning officer’s recent decision to allow overflow parking for St. Luke’s clients. Chip Solt, owner of Joey B’s, told borough council on Thur...

Lehighton continues to contemplate how it can move forward with its current crossing guard shortage. Councilwoman Autumn Abelovsky noted at last week’s borough council meeting that no decision has bee...

The gymnasium inside Palmerton Borough Hall will continue to remain closed until further notice due to acts of vandalism. After some deliberation, borough council on Thursday decided to leave it up to...

Lehighton Borough is about to become the second municipality to get out of the school crossing guard business, but Lehighton Area School District officials expressed disappointment last week with how ...

Lehighton could become the next municipality to do away with its crossing guard agreement next school year. That appeared to be the consensus as borough council pondered crossing guard vacancies and p...

How Palmerton Area School District staffs crossing guards next school year could look different following the expiration of its current contract with Palmerton Borough. While the district has always p...