Local News: Easton

Local news from around Easton, PA. Provided by The Morning Call.

• Monocacy dam is doomed

  (Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400)

  Four-foot wall near Bethlehem's Colonial Industrial Quarter to be removed to reduce flooding
  
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• Bill White -- Justice takes odd turn in Cullen case

  (Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400)

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• Macungie residents chime in

  (Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400)

  About 100 turn out at council meeting
  
  Macungie residents took their turn Monday...

• Lehigh Valley employment down slightly

  (Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400)

  Unemployment in the Lehigh Valley during January was 9.6 percent, a slight improvement from the month before. Still, the region has among the highest jobless rates in Pennsylvania, according to data released today by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.

  
  

• 'Do you accept my apology?' asks Easton burglary defendant

  (Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400)

  Charged with making himself at home in 87-year-old victim's house, Jose DeGracia talks to her at court hearing
  
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• Fatal shooting suspect turns himself in

  (Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400)

  Witness says she saw slaying in West Ward after a dispute in a downtown Easton bar
  
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• Whitehall dog shelter eyes zoning variance to keep home

  (Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400)

  Peaceable Kingdom wants to stay at its MacArthur Road site
  
  Peaceable Kingdom, a...

• In Lower Macungie, the cost of preservation is weighed

  (Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400)

  Group argues that the Butz-Leister Farm is worth saving
  
  Vivien Leister Steele recalled...

Lehigh Valley Business News

Business news from around The Lehigh Valley brought to you by The Morning Call.

• Another electric option for the Lehigh Valley

  (Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400)

  Viridian offers lowest cost and has no termination fee, but its rate varies monthly
  
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• Engineering firm to close, lay off off 55 state workers

  (Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400)

  CMX Inc., a New Jersey engineering firm with several high-profile projects in the Lehigh Valley, will officially close May 11 and lay off 55 Pennsylvania employees, according to a notice filed with the state Department of Labor and Industry.

  
  

• Stocks end narrowly mixed ahead of Federal Reserve meeting; upgrade of Wal-Mart lifts Dow

  (Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:12:00 -0400)

  NEW YORK (AP) — Investors turned cautious Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve's meeting on interest rates.

  
  

• Fairgrounds Hotel is now Bar Cibi

  (Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500)

  The Allentown landmark Fairgrounds Hotel & Saloon on 17th and Liberty streets has been steadily changing for the last several decades.

  
  

• Citigroup thanks its customers for bailout with hefty fees

  (Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500)

  Vikram Pandit, chief executive of Citigroup Inc., thanked taxpayers the other day for coming to his company's rescue with $45 billion in bailout cash.

  
  

• Cheap booze won't put a hiccup in your party

  (Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500)

  We went to a departing colleague's send-off barbecue a few years ago with a six-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon cans in a brown paper bag. It was BYOB.

  
  

• Local juicemaker finds niche

  (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500)

  Smart Juice uses natural ingredients, such as fig and pomegranate, in its products.
  
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• Apple CEO gets $5 million bonus for 'outstanding performance'

  (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500)

  -- Apple Inc. is giving its chief operating officer a $5 million bonus for ''outstanding performance'' running the company while CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave.