Lehighton NewsLocal news for Lehighton, PA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Official proposes yard sale rules- June 16, 2008 Allentown City Councilman Peter Schweyer recently heard a story about a city woman who was visited by zoning officers for holding more than one yard sale within a year.It turns out the city doesn't have any specific ordinance regarding yard sales and there's plenty of confusion because of it.Schweyer, vowing to fix the situation, recently introduce a law that would allow residents to hold four outdoor sales per year.The proposed ordinance would also restrict ''garage sales,'' ''lawn sales'' and.http://www.topix.net/city/lehighton-pa/2008/06/official-proposes-yard-sale-rules?fromrss=1 Carbon Co. - Road work- June 14, 2008 PennDOT reports lane restrictions on the following roads in Carbon County: Spruce Hollow Road in Lower Towamensing and Towamensing townships, between Route 209 and Hahns Dairy Road, June 11-13 from 7 a.m. to ...http://www.topix.net/city/lehighton-pa/2008/06/carbon-co-road-work?fromrss=1 Summit Hill man admits biting officer- June 12, 2008 A Summit Hill man admitted Thursday in Carbon County Court that he spit on two police officers, bit one of them on the finger and kicked out a rear window of a police car in February.http://www.topix.net/city/lehighton-pa/2008/06/summit-hill-man-admits-biting-officer?fromr... Allentown Diocese Church Closings Mission A New More Inside- June 10, 2008 Photos and historical background of the churches that will be closed. A12, A13 When the Catholic Diocese of Allentown announced the impending closure of nearly 50 churches, it raised a practical question with ...http://www.topix.net/city/lehighton-pa/2008/06/allentown-diocese-church-closings-mission-a... Area police blotter- June 8, 2008 Mark "Tony" Gadsden, 22, of New York, was sentenced June 5 in federal court to five years in prison after pleading guilty to his role in cocaine and crack cocaine trafficking in Carbon and Lehigh counties in ...http://www.topix.net/city/lehighton-pa/2008/06/area-police-blotter?fromrss=1 World War II-era hangar at Reading airport demolished- June 6, 2008 NA - More than 60 years after the Army built it in World War II to help train pilots, Reading Regional Airport's Hangar 501 has come tumbling down into piles of metal and wood.http://www.topix.net/city/lehighton-pa/2008/06/world-war-ii-era-hangar-at-reading-airport-... National Guard holds groundbreaking for Forks facility- June 4, 2008 Wearing bright orange hard hats, Brig. Gen. Randall Marchi and state, national and local officials this morning dug their gold-plated shovels into the ground in the 600 block of Uhler Road in Forks Township, ...http://www.topix.net/city/lehighton-pa/2008/06/national-guard-holds-groundbreaking-for-for... Weissport Police: Woman Pointed Gun At Man Breaking Up Fight- June 2, 2008 A Lehighton woman was sent to Carbon County Prison after she pointed a pistol at a man who tried to break up a fight between her and an ex-boyfriend, state police from the Lehighton barracks said.http://www.topix.net/city/lehighton-pa/2008/06/weissport-police-woman-pointed-gun-at-man-b... |