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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Intoxicated Fort Bragg Soldier Accused of Assaulting Girlfriend

Eric Keith Fairman, 21, a soldier stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., and Nazareth alumnus, allegedly assaulted his girlfriend early Sunday in Upper Nazareth Township.

A U.S. Army soldier at Fort Bragg, N.C., was drunk when he hit his girlfriend in the face early Sunday outside a Fourth Street home in Upper Nazareth Township, court records say. The suspect, Eric Keith Fairman, 21, is a 2009 graduate of Nazareth Area High School. Fairman admitted to police during the weekend incident “he drank a lot this evening,” according to a criminal complaint filed by Upper Nazareth Officer David Gentile. Fairman’s girlfriend told police she and Fairman were at a concert in Philadelphia and had been dropped off by a friend in the Fourth Street neighborhood. The complaint does not give the girlfriend’s address. It says police found the couple in front of 146 Fourth St. The woman said she and Fairman “were walking …

Brandon Sanders

2:39 am on Friday, September 7, 2012

It's crazy how people are so quick to take the woman's side in a story like this. The media portrays males to be the bad person in most cases, but never really looks at the whole picture. I heard about this night from multiple witnesses, and the story seems to have been stretched, or warped by the minds of people who care a less about getting the actual truth. Eric Fairman has been made out to …   more ›

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Military Honored at Philadelphia Eagles Camp

More than 300 members of the military ate lunch from Dietz & Watson and watched the Philadelphia Eagles practice at Lehigh University Wednesday.

They marched toward the white tents set up on the practice field of Lehigh University to watch the Philadelphia Eagles at training camp Wednesday. A sea of green, blue and gold filled the seats as Dietz & Watson honored more than 300 members of the military Wednesday with a free lunch and a chance to watch the Birds practice. "What we do is entertainment," said Eagles Insider Dave Spadaro. "But you allow us to be entertaining with your service to our country. We thank you." Members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Coast Guard and armed forces were fed hot dogs, hamburgers, pulled pork sandwiches, chips, salads and desserts. "Dietz & Watson has not forgotten our brave servicemen and women and supports the USO through their sponsorship of the …

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