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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has completed a field review of Center Avenue in Jim Thorpe Borough and has begun preliminary design work toward a future improvement project.

Palmerton Area School Board directors unanimously voted Wednesday to adopt a proposed final budget of $43.76 million for the 2026-27 school year, built at the maximum allowable tax increase under stat f mbx.

Palmerton Area School District’s board of directors voted Wednesday to renew its embedded mental health program with St. Luke’s Penn Foundation for $32,000 in the 2026-27 school year. The approval, however, was not before Board President Sherry Haas raised questions about whether the district is paying increasingly more to a single provider across multiple contracts, and whether it has adequately explored alternatives.

Six of eight attending Lehighton Area School District board members voted Tuesday night to formally condemn appointed director David Bradley for publicly posting unredacted district records online, ex qptjoh Tpdjbm Tfdvsjuz ovncfst boe puifs dpogjefoujbm jogpsnbujpo pg dvssfou boe gpsnfs fnqmpzfft boe tuvefout.

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Palmerton Area School District Assistant Superintendent Ryan Kish has heard the criticism. Last Wednesday, he said he had reached his limit.

A community rallied around the family of Joleea I. McDermott after the 18-year-old Lehighton Area High School senior died unexpectedly May 21, donating more than $13,000 in the days that followed to h fmq dpwfs gvofsbm dptut.

Lehighton Area School District’s board of directors voted 6-2 Tuesday to approve a proposed final budget for 2026-27 that totals more than $52 million in expenditures and carries the maximum allowable qspqfsuz uby jodsfbtf voefs tubuf mbx.

A Coaldale woman has been sentenced to four and a half years of probation after pleading guilty to multiple counts of animal cruelty, capping a case that began when police discovered the remains of do afot pg dbut jotjef b Tvnnju Ijmm bqbsunfou.