Easton’s Northampton Street To Become Classic Car Cruising Strip On Designated Summer Nights

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As Easton Mayor Sal Panto Jr. recalls, Northampton Street at one point was the most popular cruising strip in the Lehigh Valley, but that changed in the 1980s when the city banned the practice.

Nearly 30 years later, Panto says it’s time to bring back cruising, albeit on a limited basis.

Easton will be hosting cruise nights on one Saturday per month between May and August this summer, Panto announced this afternoon at a news conference.

Classic car owners are invited to drive the strip from 6 to 9 p.m. on the designated nights. The Mayor’s Office of Special Events is teaming with WGPA Sunny 1100, which will broadcast cruising music during the nights — think the Beach Boys, The Four Seasons and Motown groups — over the AM airwaves.

Read more: http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2014/04/cruise_nights_to_hit_city_of_e.html

Easton Police Arrest Three In Heroin Bust

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Easton police charged three men Sunday with possession of heroin and other drug paraphernalia at Arreola’s Market on Northampton Street.

Police responded to the store after receiving a call about people falling down and acting strangely there. When officers arrived, they observed Brandon Cuvo-Parr and Peter Haddad injecting heroin an open back room.

Read more: http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-n-easton-heroin-bust-20131013,0,1580977.story#ixzz2hi97qrvP 
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Redevelopment Venture In Easton

This is yet another example of a local redevelopment effort from The Morning Call.  Through their state representative, Bob Freeman, Easton secured a $200,000 grant from the PA Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program.  Another $100,000 is anticipated from PA’s Growing Greener II grant fund.

Here is the Link: http://www.mcall.com/videobeta/e81b9413-cb17-4305-9798-952ea8770478/News/Redevelopment-Plans-moving-Forward-on-Easton-s-Pomeroy-Building–