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Alleged Embezzlers, Parkland Wins Big at Freddys Top Local News

Parkland Library threatens to sue school board and bus driver balk at lower summer pay to clean schools also made South Whitehall headlines last week.

Here's a roundup of South Whitehall stories that made headlines last week.

 

Former South Whitehall utility supervisor Nancy A. Tonkin and her husband, William, a former township police officer, are charged with embezzling $854,497 from township coffers over more than a decade, the Lehigh County District Attorney says. The Emmaus couple were sent to prison in lieu of bail. A grand jury spent more than a year investigating the case. The township will try to recover the money from a civil lawsuit against the Tonkins and the township's insurance.

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Parkland Wins Big at Freddy Awards

Parkland High School's production of "Phantom of the Opera" won the most awards—six—at Thursday's Freddy Awards and the top honor, Outstanding Overall Production. Other winners at the 11th annual broadcast at the State Theatre in Easton included performances in ;" Nazareth Area High School's "Anything Goes;" Southern Lehigh's "42nd Street" and Emmaus' "Legally Blonde."

 

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Deaning Brown Loses Bid for Political Comeback

Republican Dean Browning, of South Whitehall, concedes defeat to Scott Ott for their party's nomination for Lehigh County executive in Tuesday's primary, according to unofficial vote tallies.

Parkland Library Threatens to Take School Board to Court

The Parkland Community Library is unhappy with a proposed lowering of the library tax by the Parkland School Board. The library says it needs the money to help complete construction of its new Upper Macungie location.

Bus Drivers Irritated by Low Summer Pay

Three Parkland bus drivers told school board directors that a decrease in pay during the summer for cleaning district buildings is a hardship.


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