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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. -
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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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 -
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.
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This week, PennEast Pipeline said it would stop developing a proposed pipeline from Pennsylvania to New Jersey.
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Gov. Tom Wolf joined a bi-partisan group of elected officials Monday to announce proposed legislation intended to help keep small, diverse and veteran-owned businesses competitive.
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Labor shortages are happening across the country and the problem is hitting home in the Lehigh Valley.
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Grass left uncut. 911 calls that just ring. Reduced hours at libraries and pools.
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After the March 2020 pandemic shutdown of non-life-sustaining businesses, more than 42,000 businesses applied to the Wolf Administration to stay open.
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Lehigh Valley International Airport is considering adding new direct flights to Puerto Rico.
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State stores across Pennsylvania are limiting some liquor purchases to two bottles per day.
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Most flights coming in and out of the Lehigh Valley International Airport will be halted this weekend beginning Friday.
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Lehigh Carbon Community College recently received a federal grant to provide commercial truck driver training to members of the armed forces and their families.
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The Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority, which owns and operates the Lehigh Valley International Airport, has completed a deal for the development of land that it owns along Airport Road in Hanover Township, Lehigh County.
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Federal unemployment and pandemic benefit programs are set to end on Saturday, Sept. 4.
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Gov. Tom Wolf has called for an increase as all six states that border the commonwealth offer higher minimum wages.
