Slate Belt News
Why the Pocono Arts Council is permanently closing shy of 50-year anniversary
Pocono Arts Council will be open through Sept. 30 by appointment only.
2 get prison for using NCP inmate identities to steal $71K worth of COVID relief funds
Prosecutors asked for probation for the third conspirator.
Driver killed in wrong-way Route 33 crash identified as Monroe County woman
A 68-year-old Monroe County woman was killed in a crash Sunday after driving south on northbound Route 33, causing a collision. A dog also was found dead in the vehicle.
Outdoor Slate Belt bar specializes in honey and fruit wines
Mount Bethel Farms is in Upper Mount Bethel Township
Former Bangor Area student Braden Hendershot is new top administrator
Hendershot graduated from Bangor Area High School in 1999
Driver pronounced dead after Northampton County crash, police say
Slate Belt Regional police and the Northampton County Coroner's Office were investigating after a driver was pronounced dead following a single-vehicle crash.
Damaged stretch of Route 611 finally getting repaired. Work starting this week.
If PennDOT’s timeline holds, the stretch in northern Northampton County would reopen to traffic in mid-October.
Bangor Area School District starts new superintendent search following resignation
William P. Haws III, who had been the Bangor Area superintendent since 2017, stepped down last month.
Slate Belt communities investigating regional ambulance service
Eight Slate Belt municipalities are considering joining forces to coordinate ambulance coverage in their area.
Junk car debate in Roseto. Drive-thru bank proposed in Palmer. | Lehigh Valley government watch
Palmer Township supervisors meet Monday. Bethlehem council meets Tuesday.
Slate Belt resident fires a shot around the same time kids play a doorbell prank, police say
The incident involving multiple juveniles unfolded shortly before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday outside an Upper Mount Bethel Township home.
Plainfield Farmers’ Fair keeps to its roots as it turns 75 (PHOTOS)
Opening day scenes from the Plainfield Farmers' Fair on Tuesday, July, 23.
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