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Museum Store Sunday brings three local museums together to support local artisans and crafters.

Jimmy's Hot Dogs has operated in the 25th Street Shopping Center in Palmer Township since 1991. Its original partners worked for Jim's Doggie Stand in Phillipsburg and its owner Jimmy Makris, who established the roadside stand in 1910.

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Scouting for Food is organized by the Boy Scouts of America Minsi Trails Council, which includes Lehigh and Northampton counties.

It's time for the Easton Area Public Library's Fall Book Sale, where shoppers can pick up plenty of books, DVDs, CDs, games and more for as low as 50 cents while helping fund library programming and events.

Most unofficial election results remain the same in Northampton County, but one school board race has shifted after nearly all emergency ballots were counted Thursday.

The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce annual meeting attracted about 1,000 at Wind Creek Event Center Thursday afternoon.The event brought together members of the business community — colleagues, customers and competitors — to celebrate their collective mission of making the region a better place to work and live.

Dozens of individuals came out to speak about Easton City Councilwoman Taiba Sultana's Israel-Hamas cease-fire resolution Wednesday, but despite strong support, the document failed to make it to a vote.

From North Whitehall to Danielsvile, veterans are being honored this week.

These are searchable, unofficial results as reported by the Northampton County elections office on Tuesday night. Provisional ballots are not included. The vote will remain unofficial until certified in several days.

Discussions pertaining to the ownership of Easton's Timothy House are ramping up, with Rock Church offering the Hooper House to the city as long as it can retain their structure.

Supervisor Jeffrey Young says he won't run for re-election in 2025 and will serve out his term through the end of the year, ending over two decades of service to the community.

An attendance policy for Easton City Council's Code of Conduct led to a heated discussion among members Wednesday night, raising concerns over accountability, privacy, and potential legal issues.

LehighValleyNews.com has embarked on a project aimed at traffic in the Lehigh Valley — how it's grown and how it's affected our quality of life. And we want to hear from you.

Palmer Township's Board of Supervisors approved preliminary plans for a new Shammy Shine, set to be built next to an existing location on Kingston Road.

On Monday, Greater Shiloh Church's MLK Day speakers celebrated King's legacy, and explored what lessons his life offers in the face of a second Trump presidency.

Stop the Wood Ave Warehouse is on a mission to fight the development of the Easton Commerce Park warehouse proposed at the old Pfizer Pigments plant site, near the borders of Wilson Borough, Easton and Palmer Township.

Tensions are rising as the City of Easton and the Rock Church of Easton move closer to a legal battle over possession of the historic Hooper House property.

Easton's Planning Commission reviewed the city's comprehensive plan Wednesday, celebrating successes while acknowledging a wealth of work to attain their goals by 2040.

Rickhaslo "Ricky" Brown and his wife, Heather, celebrated his big win on "Wheel of Fortune" Wednesday at Rivals Sports Bar and Restaurant.

The U.S. Department of Commerce reached a non-binding agreement with Coherent Corp. that could lead to the creation of 320 jobs at its Palmer Township facility. The agreement is intended to boost production of silicon carbide substrates, a specialized crystal used to create semiconductor wafers.

A Northampton County Judge sentenced William Strunk Tuesday to 20-40 years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to third-degree murder.