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LEHMAN TWP. – In a quick meeting Monday, the township Board of Supervisors went through its usual business and ended by swearing in a new part-time police officer.
Tyler Wilson was hired at the standard rate of $12.55 per hour. His hours will vary at the determination of the police chief.
In other police business, the board approved a permit and waived the fee for the Lake-Lehman School District to use township roads for running sports.
Chris Hackett had planned on watching the Republican National Convention on television. Now he’ll have a much better seat. The Republican Congressional candidate for the 10th district has accepted an invitation from convention officials to not only attend the four-day event, but to have a speaking role.
The 2008 Kiss the Pig Contest to determine who will kiss ‘Rocco Rooter,’ a potbelly pig, is under way in the Back Mountain. Ballots are available at a number of Back Mountain businesses through Sept. 12.
DALLAS -- In an effort to crack down on vandalism at the borough’s two parks, council revised an existing ordinance that it plans to adopt at Wednesday’s meeting.
Reliving the sandlot days
In the summer of 1978, a group of teenage boys from Shavertown got together each day and played games of sandlot baseball in a field off Overbrook Road. Thirty years later, they di ...
Lions Club honors Shaver
Rosemary Ann Shaver, a 2008 graduate of Dallas High School, was one of two recipients of a $500 book scholarship presented by the Dallas Lions Club. She and her parents, Paul and R ...
Dallas Lions donate to Back Mountain Library
The Dallas Lions Club presented a check for $500 to the Back Mountain Memorial Library to help purchase large-print books for the visually-impaired as well as audio tapes and CDs. ...
Prater receives gold medal for music
Emily Prater, 14, an eighth grade student at Dallas Middle School, recently received the Paderewski Gold Medal from the American College of Musicians.
Hackett to speak at convention
Chris Hackett had planned to watch the Republican National Convention on television. Now he’ll have a much better seat.
The Appalachian Trail is getting something new along its 2,175-mile route from Georgia to Maine _ a highway underpass in south-central Pennsylvania.
Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path Wednesday, moving north along the Florida coast but not going out over the Atlantic Ocean, where many had feared it could strengthe ...
Electric and hybrid vehicles may be better for the environment, but the California Legislature says they're bad for the blind.
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