Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Tamara Gary, the Nazareth Area School District’s director of curriculum, will be welcomed as Bangor Area High School's new principal come April 1.
A Nazareth school official is moving to the Slate Belt. Tamara Gary, the director of curriculum for Nazareth Area School District, will be welcomed as Bangor Area High School's new principal come April 1, according to a report in The Express-Times. Bangor's school board approved the hire Monday night. Gary is the school's former assistant principal, the report added. Back in November, Gary stood her ground when Nazareth Area School Board member Chris Miller questioned whether students were getting enough of a dose of history, particularly local history. Gary, a former social studies teacher, told Miller she is confident students are getting strong exposure to history and that the district has a strong advanced placement history program in …
Monday, August 27, 2012
Rachel L. Farrell, the former Bangor Area High School teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 17-year-old student, has been denied work release.
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Monday, August 27, 2012
The former Bangor Area High School teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 17-year-old student -- sometimes in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart in Lower Nazareth Township -- will remain in prison. Northampton County Judge Emil Giordano has ruled that Rachel L. Farrell won't be allowed work release from Northampton County Prison and must complete her 5- to 23-month sentence, The Morning Call reports. Farrell's defense attorney, Steven Mills, argued that his client was a model prisoner and had a factory job waiting for her, the report states. The 25-year-old former teacher has stood in front of the judge before, just after being incarcerated. She asked Giordano for house arrest because she was unable to eat in prison. Mills has said …
Friday, August 17, 2012
Rachel L. Farrell, the former Bangor Area High School teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 17-year-old student, has requested work release from Northampton County Prison.
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Friday, August 17, 2012
The former Bangor Area High School teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 17-year-old student -- sometimes in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart in Lower Nazareth Township -- is seeking work release, a decision a Northampton County judge says he'll mull over for a few days. According to a report in The Express-Times, Rachel L. Farrell, who was sentenced in June to 5 to 23 months in Northampton County Prison, appeared before Judge Emil Giordano Friday morning to seek the work release. Her attorney, Steven Mills, argued that Farrell has a factory job waiting for her and she is being housed in the work release part of the prison, the report states. A decision is expected Tuesday, Giordano said. Farrell has stood in front of the judge …
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Rachel L. Farrell, of Palmer Township, will spend 5 to 23 months in Northampton County Prison for having sex with one of her students from Bangor Area High School.
The former Bangor Area High School teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 17-year-old student -- sometimes in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart in Lower Nazareth Township -- was sentenced Friday to prison for five months, according to a report in The Morning Call. Rachel L. Farrell, of Palmer Township, was accused of having sex with up to four teenage students, but pleaded guilty today to only one charge of corrupting a minor. Farrell's defense attorney had argued for probation, but Judge Emil Giordano gave her prison time. The former teacher will spend 5 to 23 months in Northampton County Prison, followed by three years of probation. The only boy to cooperate with authorities, who is now 18, told police that Farrell was his 11th …
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Rachel L. Farrell, a former Bangor Area High School teacher, pleads guilty to one count of corruption of minors.
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Rachel L. Farrell, the Palmer Township woman accused of having sex with up to four teenage boys, pleaded guilty today to one charge of corrupting a minor. Farrell, 26, faces up to five years in prison with a minimum of nine months of probation, according to The Morning Call, for having sex with a 17-year-old student while she was a teacher at Bangor Area High School. The boy, now 18, told police that Farrell was his 11th grade reading teacher. He said "he and Farrell had sexual intercourse numerous times at many different locations. Many times were in her car or his car parked in secluded locations," according to the affidavit of probable cause. He said some "sex occurred in the Wal-Mart parking lot on Rt. 248" and also at the Ramada Inn …
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
Rachel L. Farrell, of Palmer Township, waived her preliminary hearing on charges she had sex with up to four of her students.
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
Rachel L. Farrell, 25, waived her preliminary hearing Friday in front of District Judge Joseph Barner on three counts of corruption of minors and will go to trial, The Express-Times reports. Farrell, of 2338 Northwood Ave., Palmer Township, allegedly admitted to police on Dec. 16 that she had sex with two 17-year-old boys from Bangor Area High School while she was a teacher there. One boy, now 18, told police that Farrell was his 11th grade reading teacher. He said "he and Farrell had sexual intercourse numerous times at many different locations. Many times were in her car or his car parked in secluded locations," according to the affidavit of probable cause. He said some "sex occurred in the Wal-Mart parking lot on Rt. 248" and also at …
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Rachel L. Farrell, 25, allegedly had numerous sexual encounters -- which includes sex in the parking lot of the Lower Nazareth Wal-Mart -- with her students.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Charges have been filed against Rachel L. Farrell, 25, of 2338 Northwood Ave., Palmer Township for having sex with students from Bangor Area High School, according to the Northampton County District Attorney’s office. Farrell, a former teacher at Bangor H.S., allegedly admitted to police on Dec. 16 that she had had sex with two 17-year-old boys from the school. She submitted her resignation at the same time. At a press conference Tuesday morning, District Attorney John Morganelli said Farrell had affairs with up to four students, and had an extended relationship with at least one, according to The Express-Times. Morganelli also said Farrell, who taught under her maiden name, Werner, has cooperated with police, but some of the students who …
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Hayden Phillips
7:26 am on Sunday, February 19, 2012
I question how you formulated you headline for this story. "Woman Accused of Having Sex with Teens will go to Trial". I suggest a better headline would have been “Teacher Accused of Having Sex with Students…..”. It is important to stress and lead with the fact that the accused is a teacher. Any sexual contact between an adult and a minor is terrible, but the crime is more serious when it is … more ›