Section: General Info

Radio Host Samantha Layne Returns To Lehigh Valley

5157242My favorite radio personality is finally returning to the Lehigh Valley.

Samantha Layne, formerly of the Michaels and Layne Show on 99.9 The Hawk, who was unceremoniously let go earlier this year by new owners, has found a home in Allentown, PA.

Almost immediately upon the discovery by listeners that she was no longer a part of our morning commute, a Facebook page was started that gained more than 2000 followers to boycott 99.9 The Hawk (WODE), in protest of the new owners decision.

Now, good news has arrived for fans of “Sam.” Continue reading

Former Forty Fort Police Chief May Be West Easton Top Cop

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Former Forty Fort Chief of Police and current part-time Wilson Patrolman Frederick Lahovski

West Easton’s mayor has been speaking with former Forty Fort Chief of Police Frederick Lahovski to serve as Police Chief of West Easton.

I had been keeping this information close to the vest for the last couple of weeks after hearing in a Wilson Borough business checkout line that an officer named, “Fred,” might become a police chief for a nearby town. Continue reading

Mayor Gross Swears In Re-elected and Appointee Council Members, Tax Collector

raised handWest Easton Mayor Gerald Gross began last nights council meeting with the swearing in of re-elected and incumbent council members Tom Nodoline, Louis Niko, and Tim Jones, along with council appointee, Paul James, who will replace former councilwoman Marion Molleur.

Molleur resigned from the West Easton council by letter, in October. Continue reading

Winter Emergency Kit For Your Car

car_winter_kitWhile many of us might travel to and from work within well populated areas, giving us the feeling that we have no need for a winter emergency kit in our vehicles, it is something that everyone should have in the event of an emergency. It isn’t a common snow event and short drives in them that can find us in trouble, but the unexpected circumstances that can result in a real life threatening situation. Being prepared for the unexpected may find you only uncomfortable, rather than requiring medical services, or a morgue. Continue reading

Remembering Pearl Harbor And USS Arizona

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The historic image of the USS Arizona after receiving a bomb that reached lower decks, igniting fuel compartments and powder magazines.

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor and other military bases located on Oahu, one of Hawaiian islands, led to the United States’ entry into World War II. It turned a nation of people whose majority favored a policy of isolationism before the sneak attack, into a global military superpower by the war’s end. Continue reading