Boston Bombings a Close Call for Locals, Crayola Find Top Local News

Boston Marathon Blasts: Close Call for Some Local Runners

Runners from across the Lehigh Valley competed in the Boston Marathon, scene of deadly explosions Monday. 

Local Runners Amy Gleason and Allison Zimmerman had just crossed the finished line.

Centre Square service in Easton brings together local churches and synagogues to pray for marathon attack victims.

A construction crew working on making the Crayola Experience look more futuristic instead dug up a few pieces of Easton's past. When digging outside Crayola's building in Centre Square, workers found a collection of bones, two shards of pottery, an oyster shell and a coin minted before George Washington became president.

A Northampton County deputy sheriff is accused of illegally leaking confidential information about a gun permit application to a West Easton councilwoman. Darin Ray Steward, 45, was charged Thursday with illegal dissemination of information and obstruction of the administration of law for allegedly turning over a copy of a license-to-carry permit application to West Easton Councilwoman Kelly Gross.

School Board Scolds Vulcano For Talking to Press

The Easton Area School Board has censured one of its members for revealing details about the search for a new superintendent to a local newspaper. The board passed a resolution Tuesday that "admonished and condemned" Pat Vulcano Jr., saying he “brazenly violated confidentiality” by speaking to the Morning Call.