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Teacher sues Lehigh Valley school district for discrimination, says student threatened to ‘lynch’ and ‘burn’ her
A former Easton Area High School teacher has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing the Easton Area School District of racial discrimination, saying it failed to protect her from a student who threatened to “lynch” her. Melanie Wilson claimed she faced racism and harassment during her 24-year tenure as a teacher. Wilson, who is Black, seeks an award of back pay, front pay, punitive damages, ...
Final high school boys lacrosse rankings of 2024
Winning when it mattered most tells the story of the final local boys lacrosse rankings of 2024. Easton, which defended its league title and won its first-ever district title, was a clear-cut No. 1. Parkland avenged a rivalry-night loss to Emmaus at the end of the regular season in the...
Bucks County students graduate from Reach Cyber Charter School
Reach Cyber Charter School’s Class of 2024 celebrated the graduaton of 739 students, including 24 from Bucks County, last month. The school is a Pennsylvania-based STEM-focused cyber school, and commencement was held at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College. ...
Bachman made the changes needed to transform Easton boys lacrosse into league and district champs
An 0-3 start to the season was all longtime coach Brad Bachman needed to see to know that he had to make changes to the Easton Area High School boys lacrosse team. The Red Rovers lost 15-7 to Central Bucks West of District 1, 15-10 to Parkland and 9-7 to Emmaus, all on the road and all in a span of five days.
Ciavarella guided Phillipsburg baseball back to winning ways he experienced as a Stateliner
Phillipsburg High School’s baseball team won its most games since 2008 this spring. That’s a fact that Mike Ciavarella knows well, because he was a junior on the Stateliners squad that set the program record with 20 victories 16 years ago. If you purchase a product or register...
This standout from Doylestown is named our high school Boys' Lacrosse Player of the Year
Be it a 200-yard rushing game in the fall or a dominating performance in the faceoff circle in the spring, one thing about La Salle High senior Stevie Davis remains the same. "He's just a humble kid that really wants to see his teammates do well and will do anything to help a team win," La Salle High boys' lacrosse head coach Rob Forster said.
La Salle High football standout makes college choice
Word spread quickly in the college football world after rising La Salle High senior Chris Fileppo verbally committed to play at James Madison University. "Chris was a little bit of a late bloomer to the whole recruiting process," said new La Salle High head coach Brett Gordon, who starred for the Explorers at...
Foundation announces Distinguished Alumni Award recipients
Northampton Area Konkrete Kids Educational Foundation is proud to announce the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award Wall of Honor recipients. Each of the Northampton Area School District graduates has achieved success in his or her chosen career or profession while also having a positive impact on others through community service and/or volunteerism.
DeSales University’s new MBA to address new business challenges
DeSales University’s Kathleen Waterbury and J.B. Reilly School of Business is introducing a new “kind” of MBA to the business community. The university said the MBA is designed through the prism ...
Michael Zalot, Cedar Crest College – Historic Legacy of Once-Popular Arcade Redemption Tokens
The digital world is quickly bringing to an end to a lot of physicals items and tokens, but at what cost?. Michael Zalot, assistant professor of business and director of the MBA program in the department of Business, Management and Economics at Cedar Crest College, discusses one such token. Michael...
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