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May's Top Ten Most Clicked Easton Stories

It's been a busy month of news in Easton, between the primary election and police news. What was our number one story?

It’s been a busy month in Easton. (When isn't it?)

Below are the stories our readers clicked on the most, in reverse order.

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Easton police are investigating a shooting that left a man wounded on Memorial Day in the city's downtown.

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9 Should Easton's Next District Judge Be a Lawyer?

That was a key question in the campaign to become the city's new district judge. Eventually, voters did choose one of the two attorneys in the race, to fill the seat.

8. 3 Democrats Want to Be Next County Executive

Readers were apparently curious about the race the Democratic nomination for county executive, which ultimately went to Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan.

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7.

Once again, the Easton Area School Board cut positions in order to balance its school budget.

6. Pat Vulcano Loses School Board Seat

And after three years of job cuts, voters were unkind to incumbents on the school board in May's primary, with two of them losing their seats, including Pat Vulcano, Jr., the board's veteran member.

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Two homes on West Wilkes-Barre Street were damaged in a fire that was visible from outside the city.

4.

An Easton man was charged in a nation-wide art scam, accused of taking and selling artwork at an estate in New York where he worked as a housepainter.

3. 5 Candidates Want to Be Easton's Next District Judge

Readers want to learn more about the people who wanted to serve as judge in the county's busiest district court.

2. Student Who Died Was 'Center of Our Campus'

On the anniversary of his death, Lafayette College students gathered to remember Everett Glenn, a freshman who died in May 2012 of alcohol poisioning.

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This was a regional story with a local connection, as two women from Easton were implicated in a sting that involved dancers at a strip club offering sexual favors.


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