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Distributed by Spirit Christmas/Getty Images/iStockphotoSpirit Halloween is trading its iconic orange and ghoulish mascot for St. Nick and Christmas cheer. Near the end of October and beginning November, some existing Spirit Halloween stores will shift to Spirit Christmas stores, including one in the Lehigh Valley.
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Distributed/PPL Electric Utilities/FacebookAs electric prices rise twice as fast as inflation, PPL requests its first rate increase in a decadePPL Electric Utilities this week filed its first distribution base rate request in a decade, seeking approval from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for an 8.6% increase in annual revenue — about $356 million.
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Take a look at stories throughout the week of which we are most proud, had a profound impact or that you might want to look at again.
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Former NFL player and Parkland graduate Andre Williams was the keynote speaker for the Young Professionals Council Leadership Summit at DeSales University.
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The nonprofit plans to build a new community center in Bethlehem where the Banana Factory is currently located, plus an event space in the former Bethlehem Steel grind and turn shop.
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Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s hospital just expanded its inpatient pediatric unit from 30 beds to 50. The expansion comes on the heels of a severe respiratory season.
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A second building is set to join the Home Depot being constructed at 5887 Hamilton Boulevard in Lower Macungie Township.
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Professional organizers will host a free drive-thru shredding event at Freedom High School on March 25.
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St. Luke's University Health Network cut the ribbon on their new Women and Babies Pavilion and Oncology center in upper Bucks County. This will expand services to women and babies as well as those going through cancer treatments.
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Trans-Bridge Lines will soon move its Allentown stop from the now closed Allentown Bus Terminal to the Allentown Transportation Center, the company announced Monday.
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In October, months before the East Palestine derailment, the company also directed a train to keep moving with an overheated wheel that caused it to derail miles later in Sandusky, Ohio.
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The rise in rental prices is exceeding the rise in the rate of inflation, according to an expert.
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Combining art with sport, some skateboarders decorate their boards with graphics.
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Local sellers will include Whole Foods, Giant and Amazon Fresh.
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The nearly 100-year-old bridge will see more than 17,000 vehicles a day, PennDOT says.
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Bowery Farming could hold a key to the future of food security.
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Could be time for a new career.
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The process of finding an alternative supplier can be complicated, officials say.
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Staff and extra security will be looking for kids left alone.
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Catasauqua Police are investigating the incident.
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A perfect storm of inflation, housing market issues, and gas prices have created a climate in which people need food.
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Journalists held a rally at the Allentown Arts Park in protest of what they call wage discrimination.
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The FDA is working with manufacturers to try to increase production of infant formula.