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                Courtesy/Dischinat familyNancy Dischinat served as executive director of Workforce Board Lehigh Valley for the past 27 years, helping build an environment of skilled workers that created a sought-out business environment.
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                Courtesy/Lehigh Financial GroupThe owner of A1 Quick shops plans to convert a former beauty salon in Bethlehem into a convenience store. He's also eyeing a bigger, 24/7 business venture.
 
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                        Less than a week after Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy, court documents show at least 154 stores will close — including an Allentown location.
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                        Union workers at the Mack Trucks assembly plant in Lower Macungie Township went on strike Oct. 9. The two sides are seemingly no closer to an agreement as the walkout is about to enter its third week.
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                        DOE has selected PPL's application for consideration in the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships program.
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                        Dorney Park officials said the first piece of Iron Menace arrived Thursday, and represents the first truckload of what will be about 68 total.
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                        The $20 million mixed-use development is offering 75 apartments with one- and two-bedroom varieties among other things.
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                        $2.5 million of renovations are completed for the Victory Firehouse in Southside Bethlehem as BSI Corporate Benefits' new headquarters. The renovations include modern office spaces, technology improvements, a new kitchen and re-adding firehouse-like garage doors.
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                        Allentown officials and City Center representatives have said the new zoning regulations will lay the "framework" for the developer's ambitious plans.
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                        Blackstone Structures’ Gary Newman said he considered refurbishing or moving the buildings in lieu of knocking them down, but those projects were too expensive and infeasible.
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                        Another pediatric emergency room now is open in the Lehigh Valley. St. Luke’s University Health Network on Monday opened the Isaacman Family Children’s Emergency Room, after establishing a children’s hospital this past June.
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                        The monthly report from the Greater Lehigh Valley Realtors shows home sales down 32 percent in September from September 2022. Low inventory and higher mortgage rates are to blame, officials say.
 
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                        City planning officials want Blackstone Structures to reconsider or redesign some aspects of its Edison Lofts West proposal.
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                        Over a thousand employees from businesses and groups throughout the region volunteered thousands of hours of labor to assist nonprofits and community projects throughout the Lehigh Valley for United Way.
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                        Valley Youth House hopes to raise $25 million toward its endowment. The agency supports life skills programs, family-based behavioral health, school-based programs and a summer camp.
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                        The August report from the Greater Lehigh Valley Realtors shows a drop in new listings and closings. The median sale price for the month reached $336,500.
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                        Ayat, the Lehigh Valley's first Palestinian restaurant, welcomes diners to savor authentic Palestinian cuisines such as hummus, laffa and mashawy.
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                        The Lehigh Valley IronPigs organization swooped in Tuesday to help a Little League program in Allentown create a striking new baseball diamond.
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                        Bethlehem nightlife: New sports bar about to open while another old hotspot ‘ready for next chapter’The owners of 515 Main Sports Club (previously Corked 2.0) are getting set for a grand opening, while the spot that once housed Broadway Social in South Bethlehem seeks a new partner.
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                        The Whitehall Township commissioners gave conditional-use approval for the age-restricted residential community as well as a land development/major subdivision plan for a retail center on MacArthur Road.
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                        Projects in the over $4 billion plan include road improvements, pedestrian access, and highway expansions in the coming years
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                        The police pups will appear at the Petersville Gun and Rod Club's Basket Social on Saturday, Sept. 9.
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                        The eighth Martin's Guitar Wood Summit was held Thursday at Martin & Co. in Nazareth. The main topic centered on sustainability of forests that provide wood used for guitar construction.
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                        Parents accused of medical child abuse, formerly known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy, criticized the doctor they say is behind the false claims against them, and asked Northampton County to intervene.