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Documentary Service Fees: A 2009 change to state law increased the documentary service fee from $50 to $150. In order to charge a documentary service fee, the dealer must include a disclosure about the fee in its advertising. Absent proper disclosure of the fee in print, radio and television advertisements, a dealer cannot charge a documentary service fee of any amount. A dealer may use in its advertisements the statutory language, “a documentary service fee in an amount up to one hundred and fifty dollars may be added to the sale price or the capitalized cost of a vehicle” or...

When a Nazareth teenager showed up with $200 to buy marijuana from two men on a borough street Thursday night, the men took the money, pointed a gun at the boy and ran, police said. Carnell R. Long, 20, of the 100 block of Farmview Road, Nazareth, and Kory Kirchhofer, 18, of the 300 block of Lincoln Avenue, Nazareth, were charged Friday with robbing the 17-year-old boy. Long and Kirchhofer robbed the boy about 8:45 p.m. at South Green and Park streets, according to the police arrest affidavit. Long took the boy's money and told him he'd be back in...