Conservancy steps in to restore stream eroding Northampton County farmland
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 21, 2020
An eroded stream bank along Oughoughton Creek in the Slate Belt is seen before a restoration project led by Wildlands Conservancy.Courtesy photo | For lehighvalleylive.com
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A Delaware River tributary running through Slate Belt communities is healthier, and the surrounding farmland is better off, thanks to a restoration project led by Wildlands Conservancy.
The conservancy based outside Emmaus this week announced the completion of a $475,000 restoration on a nearly one-mile stretch of Oughoughton Creek.
Winding through Upper Mount Bethel and Washington townships before emptying into the Delaware in Lower Mount Bethel Township at the Martins Creek Boat Access, Oughoughton Creek was eroding farmlands directly adjacent to the water’s edge where the soil is composed of highly erodible cobble and loose boulders called glacial till, according to Wildl
Cobb schools coronavirus data for Friday
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Cobb County Schools reported 252 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the district this week.
On Friday, the school systemâs website listed 1,214 cases as of July 1. This weekâs cases were at 48 elementary schools, 20 middle schools and 16 high schools, a total of 84 schools.
The district does not state how many infections are in students or staff. At schools where there are less than 10 positive cases, it does not specify the number.
At Kemp Elementary School, there are 11 confirmed cases, according to the district.
Other schools in the report with active cases include:
⦠Acworth Intermediate, Argyle, Baker, Bells Ferry, Belmont Hills, Big Shanty Intermediate, Blackwell, Brumby, Bryant, Chalker, Cheatham Hill, City View, Clarkdale, Clay Harmony Leland, Compton, Davis, Dowell, Due West, East Side, Fair Oaks, Garrison Mill, Hayes, Hollydale, Keheley, Kennesaw Primary, Kincaid, King Springs, LaBelle, Lewis, Mount Bethel, Mountain View, Murdock, Norton Park, Pic
Numerous snow-day crashes reported across Lehigh Valley
Updated Dec 09, 2020;
Posted Dec 09, 2020
Authorities respond to a rollover crash shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, on Catasauqua Road at Airport Road in Hanover Township, Lehigh County. Reports from the scene indicated firefighters cut out the windshield to free an elderly woman, who was taken to the hospital. Pennsylvania State Police were there but did not immediately release information on the incident.Mike Nester | lehighvalleylive.com contributor
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The most impactful of the crashes shut down Interstate 78 West before dawn well before the first flakes started falling. The highway reopened just after 8 a.m. following the crash involving two tractor-trailers.