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Nearly 33,000 Pennsylvanians will be eligible for rebates of $100 to $500 for purchasing new Energy Star-rated electric residential hot water heaters, furnaces and boilers as part of a new rebate program beginning in April.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) program will administer $11 million in federal funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which Congress passed last year.

The Borough of Tamaqua has hired Daniel Schroeder, of Barnesville, as housing rehabilitation officer.

Schroeder is no stranger to the borough, having worked as an architectural planning and construction consultant on many of the projects that have been completed over the past few years, including the design work for the Tamaqua Train Station and the Shepp House, and the facade of La Dolce Casa restaurant. He has also consulted on the Southward Neighborhood Plan and the Carriage Street stairs.

Lehighton police are seeking help from the public in identifying the driver of a hit-and-run vehicle which struck an elderly man.

According to police, the incident happened at about 7:45 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Fourth and Alum streets.

The man, 76, who wasn't identified, sustained minor injuries. He was transported by Lehighton Ambulance to the Lehighton Campus of Blue Mountain Health System.

Police said the vehicle was described as a light-colored sedan, which made a left turn onto Alum Street from the 200 block of South Fourth Street.

One person was injured Monday in this crash along Mountain Road in Lynn Township, Lehigh County. The crash occurred at noon as the driver was operating his sport utility vehicle east about two miles east of route 309. The driver told emergency personnel he swerved to avoid striking a deer. The unit went across the roadway entering the north berm impacting with a tree at the passenger door. State police at Fogelsville are investigating the incident.