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Salisbury School Board OKs 4 Percent Tax Hike
The Salisbury Township School Board approved the final 2012-2013 budget, which includes a 4.06 percent tax increase.

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The Salisbury Township School Board approved the final 2012-2013 budget, which includes a 4.06 percent tax increase.

Krista Siri Mary Kelly, 41, a Swain School teacher and member of St. Thomas More Church in Salisbury, died June 5.
Five people were displaced and a firefighter injured due to an apartment house fire on Seneca Street Wednesday in Fountain Hill.
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One person was killed and others injured in a crash not far from Lower Macungie Middle School on Wednesday afternoon
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Patch has teamed up with James Patterson’s READKIDDOREAD program to bring you reading lists for every age. Here, James Patterson’s summer reading picks for tweens and teens, ages 11-up.
Camp Imagine and the Performing Arts Workshop at Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre introduce students to the art of stage performance.
PA joins states such as Texas and Iowa by making only half of 10 key safety indicators.
National Public Radio’s “Car Talk” guys retire in October, but the show will continue on WDIY, Lehigh Valley's Public Radio.
Olympus, which employs about 800 people at its Center Valley corporate headquarters, has announced it will reduce its global workforce by 7 percent by March 31, 2014.
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The Arts Academy, a new charter middle school in Salisbury Township, celebrated its anticipated opening in August.
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OMG! Weird and unusual items reported in the Salisbury Township Police Department log.
Allentown and Salisbury Township Police have set up a command unit on E. Johnston Street near the Mountain Park section after shots were reportedly fired.