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Courtesy/Wreaths Across AmericaThe Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit scheduled for the Lehigh Valley next week has been postponed due to mechanical issues until later this summer. The military themed, rolling interactive museum is designed to educate the public about service and sacrifice of veterans. -
Courtesy/Pennsylvania Game CommissionPocono Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center has a new fawn hotline, where a fawn specialist will help callers quickly determine if a newly found fawn needs help, or needs to be left alone.
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Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure previously vetoed three measures that could create term limits for most county officials. On Thursday, county council overrode all three. -
Richard "Bucky" Szulborski served three terms as a Bethlehem councilman and twice filled in as Northampton County controller. Friends and colleagues in Bethlehem and at the county government center in Easton on Friday mourned his passing.
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A fire that broke out Friday afternoon damaged 16 apartments and displaced 38 people at The Residences at Willow Ridge in Allen Township.
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The Greater Lehigh Valley Realtors reported home sales dropped 22% in May — normally a busy season. Increased interest rates and tight inventory in Lehigh and Northampton counties were driving the figures, according to GLVR.
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Chris Kiskeravage, the retired assistant chief for training in the Allentown Fire Department, died after a battle with cancer. Colleagues say his personality and wealth of knowledge made lasting impressions on those he instructed.
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The resolution, passed 129-72, empowers the House Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to complete a study on the status, management and benefits of wildlife corridors across the state.
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As Lehigh Valley residents treated themselves at the Easton Farmers Market Strawberry Day on Saturday, they also reached into their pockets to help less fortunate neighbors displaced by a Memorial Day row homes fire in Easton.
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Newly reformed Lehigh County Redevelopment Authority gets back to work, and jumps into first projectThe authority was first established in 1986, but it had been defunct for about a decade until recently. The Iron Works Project in Catasauqua is its first order of business.
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A grant from the Commonwealth Financing Authority, part of the state DCED, will facilitate the construction.
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Plans for the River Pointe Logistics Industrial Park Development Project in Upper Mount Bethel Township are inconsistent with those of FutureLV, according to the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission.
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The traveling exhibit is at the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Commmunity Center in Allentown until March 25 then it moves to Lehigh University.
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Minsi Trails Boy Scout Council will sell local real estate to make its contribution to survivor fundThe council will sell Camp Trexler in Monroe County and its staff headquarters in the Allentown area.
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The club also hosted the event in 1992 and in 2000.
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Amy Cozze has left the Northampton County elections department and is now working for U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.)
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The authority plans to expand but that can't happen just yet.
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The Lehigh Valley lawmaker says Pennsylvania should withdraw any investments tied to Russian assets.
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Trout season opens across Pennsylvania on Saturday, April 2.
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Faith unites and comforts Ukrainians who have been praying together for peace.
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The two-year global health crisis has had a huge impact on young people's mental health.
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Community Action Lehigh Valley has another $25 million to distribute and plans to ask the state for $15 million more.
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Fire companies are also looking for ways to get more people to volunteer.
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16 ‘Structurally deficient’ bridges need more than normal repairs or renovations, Lehigh County saysLehigh County has its own bridge maintenance department but PennDOT performs routine inspections of locally-owned bridges.
