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Bethlehem Twp. will not appeal a ruling from a Northampton County judge that will allow an 866,000 square foot warehouse at 1600 Freemansburg Ave.

Plans call for a Tempo by Hilton hotel with a ground-level restaurant and bar, rooftop bar and expanded fitness center, with improvements to come later for the Greenway nearby.

The 2024-25 Pennsylvania State Budget introduced updates to the state's complex liquor laws, including extended happy hours and ready-to-drink cocktails. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board already received over a thousand RTDC applications and has begun permitting with the law effective Sept. 16.

Cut the Scrap! opened in June on North 19th Street in the West End of Allentown. Crafters can trade in secondhand art supplies, shop for goods or take an art class.

Grand View Health signed a nonbinding letter of intent to evaluate the potential of it joining St. Luke's University Health Network. Letters to employees of both health care companies went out Friday to alert them of the potential partnership.

Mad Catter Coffee Roasters celebrated its grand opening at the Allentown Economic Development Corporation’s Bridgeworks Enterprise Center.

The Bethlehem City Planning Commission approved a 52,395-square-foot addition proposed for 2300 City Line Road, near the Airport Road intersection.

Upper Macungie Township held a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday for a $47 million Lifestyle Community Center to be built at Grange Park.

Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 in Forks Township celebrated the grand opening of Colonial Cafe 71, a coffee shop which helps teach employment and life skills.

The Allentown Fairgrounds Farmers Market officially added The Brass Rail to its list of merchants Thursday morning — the first time the eatery has been in operation since it shuttered on Lehigh Street in June 2022.

Experts say vertical agriculture could be a key to future food security.

For now, only a small number of Lehigh Valley properties are being spurred by AI, says a local expert.

Mayor Matt Tuerk said bolstering the public school system is a priority of his administration.

Inflation has squeezed renters, too, and some landlords are taking advantage, a housing advocate says.

NASA sets aside $3 billion annually for small business contracts.

The demand for homes is only one of the reasons prices are soaring.

A local pet food maker could shorten the supply chain between manufacturer and Fido.

Supply chain issues and labor shortages are the main causes, experts say.

The United Food and Commercial Workers union says thousands of state jobs are at risk.

Drillers are expected to pay about $234M -- $90 million more than the year before.

Some claimants are being falsely accused of fraud.

Some say the economic health of a region is tied to the physical health of the community.