Tim Kromer News Today

By Tucson Local Media Staff

A Palmerton resident has questioned the police department’s overtime hours, including a grievance filed on behalf of an officer regarding overtime pay. Raberta Hans told borough council on Thursday he...

Another police grievance has been filed against Palmerton, this time on behalf of an officer who has been directed to obtain a doctor’s note. As part of the grievance sent on Sunday from patrolman Dan...

Nesquehoning officials plan to reach out to other municipalities that are looking into creating a police testing consortium as a way to cut down on costs while filling vacancies. During borough counci...

Could Lehighton join in with Palmerton and Jim Thorpe police departments on a countywide consortium that would oversee testing for open police positions? Tim Kromer, Palmerton Borough police chief, an...

A Palmerton couple is miffed that truck drivers are no longer permitted to park their vehicles at the borough garage. Joe Federanich asked borough council on Thursday if they were aware of the sign th...

Palmerton hopes to obtain funding to either build a new police station, or rehab its current station. With that very thought in mind, borough council on a unanimous measure Thursday approved a resolut...

Palmerton may choose to build a new police station, provided it would be fully funded through a grant. On a unanimous measure, borough council on Thursday agreed to look into building a new station. C...

Palmerton plans to amend an ordinance that would make all of the parks in the borough uniform as open from dawn to dusk. Councilwoman Holly Hausman-Sell said the borough park is closed from 9 p.m. to ...

A recently purchased holding cell inside the Palmerton police station is nearing completion. Borough police Chief Tim Kromer said at Thursday’s borough council meeting that the holding cell walls are ...