Eight area residents were recognized for their service to youth in scouting as recipients of the 2016 Silver Beaver Award at the Boy Scouts of America Minsi Trails Council’s recognition dinner and annual business meeting Jan. 29.
State Rep. Daniel McNeill, D-133rd, called a town hall meeting at Whitehall High School Feb. 24 to highlight the increased levels of heroin addiction in the Lehigh Valley. Two hundred-plus interested residents attended.