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Ryan Gaylor/LehighValleyNews.comThe Farmers Market Nutrition Program provides vouchers to low-income seniors and others. Last year in Lehigh and Northampton counties, only 24,063 vouchers out of 52,462 distributed to seniors and WIC recipients were redeemed, according to program figures. That's just over a 45% redemption rate.
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Image Capture: July 2024/@ 2025 GoogleLocated between Main and Front streets, the one-story, 15,000-square-foot building on about 1.5 acres is planned to become the new home of St. Luke’s University Health Network’s Saucon Valley Family Practice.
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The Lehigh Valley IronPigs and Just Born have teamed up with Emily’s Hug Mee Drive to gift 9,000 Peeps plushies to young children undergoing medical treatment in the Lehigh Valley.
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Crayola began its annual million crayon giveaway on Monday, where visitors can assemble a free 32-count box of their favorite colors — including, for the first time, eight colors discontinued over the last three decades.
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Local officials highlighted the project's potential to make a small dent in the Lehigh Valley's deep housing deficit.
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Reflecting on their business success, several Lehigh University graduates credit their fortune to their educational foundation and their womanhood. From creating sustainable brands to breaking into male-dominated industries, these women want to redefine entrepreneurship and empower others along the way.
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A 20-something eighth-generation farmer a few states away bestows the Lehigh Valley with a meaningful, restored artifact.
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The school is a lot closer to the action, bringing free-of-charge, hands-on table games dealer training to the second floor of The Outlets at Wind Creek, moving from its previous location for eight years off East Second Street.
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'A great thing': YWCA 'Prom Pop-up' shop offers hundreds of affordable dresses for student communityYWCA-Bethlehem will hold its annual Pop-up Prom Shop this Saturday.
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The Lehigh Valley IronPigs open the 2025 season on Friday. It wouldn't be possible without the work of Andy Gossel and Mike Conrad, the only full-time members of the grounds crew.
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Easton City Council approved a lease agreement with 28Fortune LLC that will allow it to open a Hologram Zoo on the first floor of City Hall this summer.
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Promising outfield prospect Justin Crawford will be key to the fortunes of the 2025 Lehigh Valley IronPigs, who open their season on Friday at home.
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After an anonymous phone call and a back-door drop-off, Ice Cream World has its beloved hotdog sign back.
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New restaurant owners Megan and Robert Sell, alongside teenage sons Lucas and Axel, recently reopened Mad Dogs Hot Dogs to ensure the popular community stop was not lost after closure
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Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center is now host a training for individuals to learn more about the LGBTQ community, called LGBTQ+ Inclusion & Equity 101.
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Take a look at stories that ran throughout the week of which we are most proud, had a profound impact on readers or that you might want to look at again.
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Steel City Plant Co., a boutique plant shop featuring expert knowledge and easy care instructions, will open in Easton's Belleville Market this weekend.
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Hillside Mini Golf & Ice Cream has reopened under new ownership with a newly restored and redone mini golf course and renovated building
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One the first day of sweet corn sales at Newhard Farms on Friday, the lines were long and the smiles were in abundance.
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Council members and residents voiced worry over density and flooding concerns, eventually rejecting the proposed change to allow the 22 townhouse units.
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The City of Allentown is partnering City Center Allentown and AlphaGraphics, a marketing and custom printing firm, to give $5,000 to a small business in need of a facelift.
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A new event called LGBTQ Inclusivity in the Workplace taught local businesses how to better include and support LGBTQ people.
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Workers at a Starbucks store at Northampton Crossings are the latest to join a strike timed to Pride month, alleging unfair labor practices and disputes with the company over LGBTQ+ displays in stores. While striking, workers say they were kicked off of Starbucks property, with police involved.
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Zoners approved variances for lighting and signage as the Raising Cane's project heads again to the township's planning commission in July.