Union Mad at a Boy Scout Project?

In what has to be the ultimate in entitlement think, a union official in Allentown, Pennsylvania is considering filing a lawsuit against the city for allowing a Boy Scout to do volunteer work on city...

The Hypocrite Oaf: First Establish Dominance Over Patient

(This article is a cooperative authorship of jace cavacini (the patient), VictoryGrey and blogavoidant (members of my blog, my NowPublic.com profile and my ONLY support structure in this anti-society; there...

Tracie Raisner: Gone Forever

This story is of a mother who really didn't "go missing" but vanished right before her son's eyes. This is a story that connects the dots between domestic violence, murder, and a child who will forever be branded as the "kid whose mother got killed."As the trial proceeds and...

WWE Star Batista 'The Animal visits Mumbai

"   Former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) three-time heavyweight champion 'Batista - The Animal' was in Mumbai on Friday. Brought to India by Ten Sports, the Dubai-based television channel that...

College Student Beaten to Death In Random Act of Violence

More and more, it seems as though "A Clockwork Orange" was prescient. The growing surge of violence seems to be a hallmark of the genesis of the new millenium. The questions are: why? What are we going to do about...

Universal Wrecking Corp. performs Asbestos Abatement for P&T Mill Industries ...

August 17th, 2007 - Allentown, PA - Universal Wrecking Corp. (UWC) was contracted by P&T Mill Industries for interior and exterior demolition as well as asbestos abatement and on site concrete crushing. The building is being renovated to accommodate new...

Subprime and You.

Lots of people are just ignoring the subprime "thing." I know young people who work in banking and sell real estate who expect the slump to be a short-term thing. I wonder. When I bought my first house, the interest rates were 9% or higher. All the money was tied up in debt...

Two 9-year-olds, Two Sickos and Lots of Duct Tape

It has been known for the last 10-15 years women who sexually assault boys under the age of 18 has gone on the rise.  This woman makes Mary Kay Letourneau look like Mother Teresa.  But it's a whole new ballgame when a grown woman duct tapes two 9-year old boys'...

Burning Support Beam Falls Striking 2 Firefighters

" April 25, 2007 Pennsylvania - Two Topton Fire Company volunteers were injured Tuesday when an iron support beam fell on them as they battled a blaze in a farm-equipment storage shed in Maxatawny Township, authorities said. The injured men, whom fire officials did not...

Allentown to pay abortion protesters, 13 people will get cash

Denis V. Brenan, the plaintiffs' attorney, and acting city solicitor Jerry Snyder said they could not disclose the details of the settlement reached last Thursday until all the parties approve it, but a source said the plaintiffs will receive $10,000 each, or $130,000 total.

Fast Moving Blaze Destroys Home In South Allentown

" January 12, 2007 Pennsylvania - Charles Mincey stood in the middle of a street in south Allentown on Thursday afternoon, watching as firefighters doused hot spots of his burned-out home and white smoke poured from a gaping hole in his roof. Mincey was called from his job in...

Five Dead In Pa. Fire

" December 29, 2006 Pennsylvania - An extension cord overloaded with Christmas decorations may have sparked a fire that swept through four downtown row houses Friday, killing five people and injuring several others, officials said. The holiday decorations had been plugged...

Rep. paying ex-mistress about $500K

"ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A Republican congressman accused of abusing his ex-mistress agreed to pay her about $500,000 in a settlement last year that contained a powerful incentive for her to keep quiet until after...

Woman Faces Airport Gun Charges

"Allentown insurance agent Linda Krisko contends that she put a loaded handgun in her briefcase and forgot about it."

Scranton/Wilkes-Where?

There is growing concern over the future of Phillies baseball in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area. Lackawanna County Stadium, which hasn't changed much since I last visited in 1989, is in need of some serious...

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