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Major Route 22 toll bridge traffic woes ahead
Pamela Joyce, who lives around the corner from the Route 22 toll bridge, understands as well as anyone the close connection that Easton and Phillipsburg share. Joyce lives in Easton but works in Phillipsburg. She'll often drive across the free bridge...
Tags: Business, Lafayette College, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Highway Transportation, Forks Township
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Easton police seek suspected Bloods gang member in stabbing
Easton police are looking for a suspected Bloods gang member charged with stabbing a woman early Sunday in a city parking lot. Carl Willbright Jr., 40, who goes by "City," is charged with aggravated assault, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault,...
Tags: Prosecution, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Gang Activity
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Easton stabbing victim released from hospital
Easton police say they found a 35-year-old female stabbing victim early Sunday morning in the parking lot of a bar and restaurant owned by boxing legend Larry Holmes. The woman, who wasn't identified, was taken to a hospital for treatment after police...Tags: Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Hospitals and Clinics
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Tremendous 15th round helped Holmes capture 1978 heavyweight title
On June 3, 1978, six days before the fight that would change Larry Holmes' life forever, tragedy nearly struck. The then-28-year-old Holmes injured a biceps tendon in his left arm — the arm responsible for his vaunted jab — and his handlers...
Tags: Heavyweight, Boxing, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Scranton, Joe Frazier
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Dorsey Holmes loses fight at SteelStacks
What started out as a golden night and the debut of boxing at SteelStacks in Bethlehem turned out as a night of bitter disappointment for the grandson of former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes. With his grandfather sitting at ringside doing commentary...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Heavyweight, Welterweight, Featherweight Boxing, Boxing
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FLASHBACK: In '78, Easton's Larry Holmes becomes heavyweight champion of the world
A weekly look back at sports in the Lehigh Valley, in anniversaries of multiples of five. June 3 1993—After falling to Minersville in three previous finals appearances, Northern Lehigh (22-1) finally wins its first District 11 Class 2A softball...Tags: American Legion, College Baseball, Joe Smith (baseball), New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs
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Lane closures coming to Route 22 bridge in Easton
Most area motorists were thinking about turkey leftovers, or possibly looking ahead to Santa Claus and sugarplums, late last November when the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission unveiled this nightmare scenario: Plans to close one lane of...
Tags: Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Travel, Road Transportation, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Transportation
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Grandson of Larry Holmes to fight at SteelStacks
There was no formal discussion, Larry Holmes said, but Jeffrey Dorsey Holmes knew through casual conversation that his grandfather was not in favor of him starting a boxing career. "I just said I'm doing it," Dorsey Holmes said. "I just wanted it."...
Tags: Heavyweight, Human Interest, Flyweight Boxing, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Boxing
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Hits just keep on coming for young boxer
Lawrence Newton's introduction to boxing eight years ago came as a punishment for a poor performance in school. Now the 16-year-old Boynton teenager and sophomore at Atlantic High School in Delray Beach has been delivering punishing hits to his opponents...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Sugar Ray Leonard, Delray Beach
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FLASHBACK: In '93, Scott Coval is named men's basketball coach at then-Allentown College
A weekly look back at sports in the Lehigh Valley, in anniversaries of multiples of five. May 20 1988—Saucon Valley's Jeff LaPorta strikes out 19 batters in an 8-0 Colonial League no-hitter over Nazareth. LaPorta walks three in his gem. 1983&#...Tags: DeSales University, High School Sports, Baseball, College Baseball, Michael Andretti
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Time to rename Allentown's 'Ward Street Bridge'
Q: Could this be the time for the people of Allentown to learn that there is no bridge on 15th Street, and there never was? The bridge being replaced is the Ward Street Bridge. 15th Street connects to Martin Luther King Boulevard. — Frank Simek,...Tags: Macungie, Martin Luther King Jr., Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Allentown
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Larry Holmes
Pryor, Okla.: A memorial service for Larry Holmes, 74, of Pryor, Okla., will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, in St. Martin Episcopal Church, Pryor, Okla. Cremation arrangements under the direction of Shipman's Funeral and Cremation Service....Tags: Anglicanism, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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