Authorities warn about storm damage repairs

If a soliciting contractor says you have storm damage, ask your insurance agent to verify the diagnosis. Contractors are canvassing Lehigh Valley neighborhoods unannounced, telling people their roof or siding has storm damage that homeowners insurance will pay to repair.

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In this week’s installment: costume drama, creative health care planning and a charity disaster guaranteed to provoke mass male leg-crossing. Curses, Foiled Again When Thomas Peno, 50, appeared at a courthouse in Vernon, Conn., to answer a larceny charge, he broke into several cars in front of the building, according to police, who arrested him after he tried to sell a GPS unit stolen from one …