May 11, 2021
2399 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Monday by the state Department of Health. Those numbers are over a two-day period. Monday s report showed only 1023 new cases, the lowest daily number since last October. 18 new COVID-related deaths were reported over the same two-day period. Statewide percent positivity for the seven days ending May 6 stood at 6.6-percent.
21 Pennsylvania senators are asking Gov. Tom Wolf to move up the removal of of most coronavirus restrictions. 20 of those senators are Republican. The lone Democrat is the Lehigh Valley s Lisa Boscola. The governor plans to remove all but the mask mandate on May 31st, Memorial Day. The 21 senators are pushing him to move that up to the Friday before Memorial Day, May 28th. The governor s office responds by saying those 21 senators would be better served by pushing residents to get vaccinated.
Easton mini market robbed at gunpoint, police say
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
Easton Mini Market, in the 1000 block of Butler Street in Easton, was robbed just before 6:30 p.m. May 9, 2021, city police say.Google
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A mini-market in Easton’s West Ward was robbed Sunday evening, city police report.
A short black male with a thin build and wearing a black mask, a black Puma sweatshirt and black pants held up the Express Mini Market, 1041 Butler St., at gunpoint just before 6:30 p.m., Inspector John Piperato said in a news release.
The robber took cash and headed east on Butler Street, Piperato said.
Pa. woman tells cops she sells drugs only ‘on occasion,’ goes to jail anyway: court records
Updated 8:49 AM;
Today 8:46 AM
Easton police serve a search warrant as part of a narcotics investigation the morning of Friday, May 7, 2021, at a home in the 300 block of North 11th Street.Tony Rhodin | For lehighvalleylive.com
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Easton police charged a 26-year-old woman with felony drug counts after serving a search warrant Friday morning at her West Ward house, according to court records.
Victoria Spears, of the 300 block of North 11th Street, told detectives after the raid that “she used to make a lot of money selling drugs, specifically $10,000 dollars a week, however now she only sells on occasion,” court records say.
Does Easton need a new Vanderveer Park? 1 school board member says no. 6 say yes.
Updated May 07, 2021;
Posted May 07, 2021
Concept plan for improvements at Vanderveer Park in Easton. Presented by the Easton Area School Board on May 4, 2021.Courtesy Easton Area School District
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Plans to renovate Vanderveer Park are moving ahead, although one Easton Area School Board member thinks it’s a bad idea.
Easton Area School District Superintendent David Piperato outlined the plan during his report Tuesday at the school board meeting. You can watch the meeting on YouTube.
Piperato said the City of Easton will pay a matching grant of $48,000 in order to go after $325,000 in funding. The park is on school district property next to Cottingham Stadium but it won’t cost the school district anything to improve the park, Piperato said.
Easton woman says she only sells drugs ‘on occasion,’ cops say. She’s jailed on felony charges
Updated May 07, 2021;
Posted May 07, 2021
Easton police serve a search warrant as part of a narcotics investigation the morning of Friday, May 7, 2021, at a home in the 300 block of North 11th Street.Tony Rhodin | For lehighvalleylive.com
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Easton police charged a 26-year-old woman with felony drug counts after serving a search warrant Friday morning at her West Ward house, according to court records.
Victoria Spears, of the 300 block of North 11th Street, told detectives after the raid that “she used to make a lot of money selling drugs, specifically $10,000 dollars a week however now she only sells on occasion,” court records say.