Patch & AOL Send Hurricane Sandy Relief Trucks to Long Island, New Jersey
It's been said it's far better to have a neighbor who's near, than a brother who's far away, but in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Americans across the nation have proven to be the best neighbors and the...
View ArticleFormer Air Products CEO Dexter F. Baker Dies
Former Air Products CEO and area philanthropist Dexter F. Baker died over the weekend, The Morning Call reports. He was 85. According to the Air Products website: * Baker joined Air Products and...
View ArticleState Police: All Lanes of Rte. 22 East Closed at MacArthur Road
UPDATE at 9:30 p.m: Rte. 22 is now open and traffic is flowing freely. Pennsylvania State Police have closed all lanes of Rte. 22 East near the MacArthur Road exit due to a vehicle accident a little...
View ArticleParkland Polling Station Mislabeled in Letters Sent to Homes from the County
Recent letters sent by the Lehigh County Voter Registration Office to residents of South Whitehall's 6th District instruct voters to go to Springhouse Elementary School to vote on Nov. 6. The polling...
View ArticleClinton Rallies Obama Supporters in Suburbs
Former President Bill Clinton traveled to Montgomery County on Monday afternoon, seeking to rally supporters of President Barack Obama less than 24 hours before polls open in a state that was once...
View ArticleLive Election Coverage 2012
After more than a year of campaigning, hundreds of speeches and millions spent on campaign ads, the 2012 election is finally here — and Patch is covering it live in a real-time Election Day Blog. We...
View ArticleLobster Thief and Carjacker is Sentenced to Jail for up to 20 Years
Charles A. Shumanis, who pleaded guilty to stealing lobster from Weis Markets and then carjacking an elderly man outside a South Whitehall restaurant during his escape, was sentenced today to 7.5 to 20...
View ArticleGiuliani, Voight Stump for Romney in Bethlehem
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani headed an all-star cast of Republican surrogates who came to the party’s Victory Center at the Westgate Mall in Bethlehem to make a last-minute pitch for Mitt...
View ArticlePennsylvania Election Results 2012
Check back here all day for live election updates. Influential Pennsylvania political insiders differ on the key to winning the Keystone State for President Barack Obama or former Gov. Mitt Romney....
View ArticlePhiladelphia Eagles Become Sinners Against Saints
This was a must game. With the New York Giants losing Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles had the opportunity to close the gap. By beating the New Orleans Saints Monday night, the Birds could have climbed...
View ArticleParkland High School Fall Play 'Almost Maine' Opens Nov. 9
Parkland High School's Fall Play, Almost Maine, will open on Nov. 9 in the school auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 for students and seniors citizens and $10 for adults and can be purchased at the...
View ArticleThe Man Who Wins Lehigh Valley Will Win Pa.
Muhlenberg College professor and pollster Christopher Borick won’t predict who is going to win Tuesday's presidential election. And he won’t say who will take Pennsylvania. But he will say this: “I’m...
View Article5 Things To Know About Pa. Election Day
By PA Independent and Patch Staff HARRISBURG — Mitt Romney’s campaign and several national Republican super PACs are throwing money into the Keystone State in the hope of scoring an upset. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleSouth Whitehall Patch Election Results 2012
Check back here all day for live election updates. Polls have shown the presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney tightening in the days before the Tuesday election. If past presidential...
View ArticleVoter Fraud Signs at Polls Lead to Complaint
Follow our Lehigh Valley Live Election blog. EASTON - Signs offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to voter fraud convictions have popped up around Easton. At the South Side Senior Center,...
View ArticleReports of Voter Fraud, Voter ID Challenges, Irregularities Reported in...
EASTERN PA — Several reports of voting irregularities in Eastern Pennsylvania emerged on Tuesday, the day of the presidential election. In Easton, signs appeared offering a $1,000 reward for...
View ArticleWinter Weather Advisory Issued for Lehigh Valley
According to the calendar, there are six more weeks of autumn, but somebody apparently forgot to tell Mother Nature. November has barely begun and the Lehigh Valley is already under a winter weather...
View ArticleWhen Will Presidential Election 2012 Results Be Announced?
For many people election day couldn't come soon enough and whether you're a voter who loves to follow politics or one who just can't wait for the ads be over the wait is almost done. In Pennsylvania,...
View ArticleBarack Obama Wins Pennsylvania
Mutliple media outlets are calling President Barack Obama the projected winner of Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes. In the 2008 presidential election, the state voted for Barack Obama, and since the...
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