Picking Up Doggy Doo Across Lehigh Valley

It's a dirty job so why not outsource? Doodie Calls specializes in picking up pet waste so owners don't have to. It's a great gift idea for the busy pet owner in your life!

  A Lehigh County-based business -- Doodie Calls -- helps manage pet waste across the Lehigh Valley. Denise Cassidy-Dietsch wanted to work with animals and saw a need that wasn't being filled in our area so Doodie Calls was born. Cassidy-Dietsch helps pet owners who are unable, busy or unmotivated to clean up after their pets and maintain a clean and healthy atmosphere.   Q – Name of and Type of Business? A – Doodie Calls, LLC; Pet Waste Cleanup Service   Q - Number of years in business? A - Serving the entire Lehigh Valley and Southern Carbon County since May 2012.   Q - Address, phone number, website? A- P.O. Box 33, Walnutport 18088; 610-533-8082; www.doodiecalls.us; denise@doodiecalls.us    Q – Number of employees? A – Only me.   Q – …

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Traveling Cupcake Gal Enjoys Sweet Success

Karri Schreppel, who owns Emmaus-based Sugar So Sweet, treats Emmaus and the surrounding area with traveling cupcakes and excellent service.

Look for the traveling cupcake gal when you're in the Emmaus area and you can sample unusual flavors such as dark chocolate bacon! Name: Karri Schreppel of Sugar So Sweet Cupcakes (email sugarsosweetcupcakes@gmail.com or call 610-737-9954) Where do you live? "My husband and I bought our home in Emmaus in June 2010, and absolutely love it here!" What's your professional training? "I attended Lehigh Carbon Community College for Business. I have known since I was young that I wanted my own business. My baking training comes from many years of practice! Baking started for me at a young age -- one of my fondest family memories is our annual holiday 'Cookie Day,' sharing recipes and baking together." Tell us about how you ventured into the …

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Patch 101: How to Claim Your Business Listing

Local business owners are encouraged to claim their listings in Easton Patch's "Places" directory.

Editor's note: This article originally appeared last month. We're reprinting it in an on-going effort to let business owners know about our directory. When we launched in November 2010, editors and freelancers ventured into our community to collect information on local businesses for our directory. Patch Places is where users can find descriptions, business hours, accepted payment methods and much more info on Easton area businesses. Users can add events happening at your location, rate the business on a scale of one to five stars and even add a review, but owners of local businesses get added bonuses like marketing tools and extra permissions when they claim a listing. Owners or managers should search for their business listing and click …

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Porter's Wins Our St. Paddy's Poll

Readers pick West Ward pub as the best place to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

Porter's Pub was the runaway winner in our Best Places to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day poll this week. The West Ward bar/restaurant took 50 percent of the vote, beating out such places as Pearly Baker's and Black & Blue. However, not a lot of people voted this week, so getting 10 votes -- as Porter's did -- amounted to a landslide. We'll have a complete list of local winners on Saturday. And come back on Monday to vote in our next poll, the best places in the city that offer free wi-fi.

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Readers' Choice

Where's the Best Place to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day?

Where will you go to celebrate all things Irish?

St. Patrick's Day is on Saturday, and for our poll this week, we're asking readers to pick their favorite Easton places to celebrate.  We can't list every drinking establishment in the city, so I've just gone with a few likely suspects. As always, I invite readers to offer alternatives; if enough people pick one place early enough, I'll add it to the list. Here are this week's contenders: Also, check out the polls on our Bethlehem, Palmer and Nazareth sites to see what's in the running there.

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Best Breakfast Spots in the Lehigh Valley

You voted for the best places to eat breakfast in the Lehigh Valley: Here are the results.

Throughout the Lehigh valley, Patch polled readers to find the best places to get breakfast in our neighborhoods. After five days of voting, the winners have come in. Check out who won below and let us know what you think by commenting and leaving a review of your favorites.  Next week, come back to vote on the best park in your Patch.

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Quadrant Wins Best Breakfast Poll

Downtown bookstore/coffeeshop fends off challenge from Mueller's in Williams Township.

This one was a horse race. The Quadrant took first place in our "Best Breakfast Spot" poll, fending off a pretty aggressive challenge from Mueller's Too in Williams Township. In fact, Mueller's had been in first place for awhile, until the Quadrant pulled head, gaining 49 percent of the vote to Mueller's 38 percent. Thanks to everyone who voted. We'll be back next week asking you to pick your favorite park in Easton.  

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Tom Coombe

12:38 pm on Friday, March 2, 2012

I was pleasantly surprised at how well they did.   more ›

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What's the Best Breakfast Spot in Easton?

Pick your favorite breakfast spot in Easton...

This week, we're asking you to pick Easton's Best Breakfast Spot. Last week, quite a few of you responded to our Best Coffee poll, and we thank you for that. I'm listing the choices below, with a poll that goes with it. As always, we invite you to list anything you think we missed in the comments. I know a few people on Facebook and Twitter suggested Diner 248. I'll leave that to the Palmer-Forks Patch to take care of them (and the Tic Toc Diner, for that matter). Be sure to vote before Friday at 9 a.m. And check out our Bethlehem and Nazareth sites to see what's in the running there.

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J. Drew Stefancin

11:34 pm on Thursday, March 1, 2012

She's not lying there. That sandwich deserves a medal.   more ›

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Best Coffee Shops in the Lehigh Valley

Your votes are in and here are the best places in the Valley to grab a cup of joe.

Throughout the Lehigh valley, Patch polled readers to find the best places to get a cup of coffee in our neighborhoods. After five days of voting, the winners have come in. Check out who won below and let us know what you think by commenting and leaving a review of your favorites.  Next week, come back to vote on the best place for breakfast in your Patch.  

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Tom Coombe

2:31 pm on Monday, February 27, 2012

Drew: Your Easton-as-Pawnee blog needs to happen, and soon.   more ›

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Cosmic Cup Wins Best Coffee Poll

College Hill coffee shop wins "Best of..." poll in a landslide.

For the second week in a row, a College Hill establishment has won our "Best of..." poll. Cosmic Cup was the easy winner of our Best Coffee poll, taking 78 percent of the vote. Last week's winner in our Best Take-Out poll was Pizza D'Oro, located just around the corner from Cosmic Cup. Terra Cafe came in second place, with 11 percent. Cosmic Cup had mounted a campaign for the poll on its Facebook page. Thanks to everyone who voted. We'll be back next week with the best place to have breakfast. 

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