Consumer Affairs

If you get a special card in the mail, it means your mailperson can pick up food donations from your home, and take it straight to the food bank.

Northampton County officials are doubling the cap on loans to first-time homebuyers, in an effort to help residents afford rising down payments and closing costs.

Easton's Expanded Outdoor Dining Program, which stretches seating into parking spots outside local eateries, will relaunch on May 6.

The park’s Public Relations and Communications Manager Ryan Eldredge answered specific questions about the policy, such as how it will be enforced, whether there will be chaperone discounts and what caused the policy change.

A historic Easton property that once housed a church, a dry cleaner and a noted artist is up for lease. The three-floor mixed-use building would be a perfect place for new business, the owner says.

A juvenile suspect has been charged with misdemeanor counts as a result of a state police investigation of sewing needles in food at the Giant.

As Bed Bath & Beyond winds down operations, there are key deadlines the company will adhere to when it comes to coupons, gift cards and returns and exchanges. Here's what customers need to know.

As Allentown church members distributed food in a parking lot, an enforcement officer followed vehicles in line and wrote tickets, according to the church pastor and witnesses. It comes as the authority is under fire for aggressive enforcement practices.

Authorities say an employee at the Giant supermarket at 7150 Hamilton Boulevard in Lower Macungie Township put sewing needles into grocery items. The juvenile worker has been identified and charges are pending.

Bethlehem Food Co-op, a local grocery cooperative, has hired its first ever general manager to bring life to an initiative that has been in the works since 2011.

Rosé on the River makes its return to Easton June 15 at Scott Park, where attendees can help support the Greater Easton Development Partnership while enjoying fresh oysters and tasty wine.

The non-alcoholic cocktail trend has exceeded popularity beyond Dry January. More Lehigh Valley restaurants — and even mobile bartending services — are featuring mocktails on their menus as customers increasingly ask for them.

The Seidl family invited officials and media into their North Law Street home, where Fire Chief Efrain Agosto led a quick safety lesson before a fire drill.

Food flights throughout the area aren't just exclusive to dessert, cocktails, or pasta. Restaurants are cooking up a spin on typical entrees.

JET Upholstery plans to open a workshop on Third Street to support its Bedminster showroom.

The hearing later this month in Bethlehem is the first step in the 5-year license renewal for Wind Creek Bethlehem. A second public hearing will be held at a later date in Harrisburg, according to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

The Bayou, a southern food restaurant in Easton and Bethlehem, features food flights twice a week. The restaurant embraces Fat Tuesday each week with its mac and cheese flight, and celebrates Waffle Wednesday with chicken and waffle flights.

A new set of retail buildings near Hamilton Crossings got zoning approval from Lower Macungie

Wilson's zoning hearing board approved a handful of variances integral to turning the former Dixie Cup factory into a mixed-use apartment and commercial space property Tuesday.

Lehigh Valley International Airport will offer people with intellectual and developmental disabilities a 'dress rehearsal' of catching a flight, the airport's governing body announced Tuesday.

Executive Chef Anthony Distefano said the change was “really a ‘culinary momentum’ shift as opposed to a ‘rebranding of the Grille.’”

The Allentown Health Bureau is collecting menstrual products for residents that don't have access or can't afford them. The period poverty initiative is underway during Menstrual Health Awareness Month.