Easton News

Lehigh Valley Grand Prix owner Mike McCreary is celebrating 15 years of business in Allentown and expanding in a big way, opening an outdoor entertainment venue complete with a huge ropes course dubbed "HangDog."

Renderings of the HangDog ropes course coming to the Easton area in 2023. (Courtesy Mike McCreary/renderings by Sage Design-Build Inc.)

Northampton County Council unanimously dedicated $100,000 to the charities that fund the improvements to Coca-Cola Park.

Council members introduced measures to zero out the money budgeted for IronPigs Charities for 2023 and give the funds to other organizations.

The annual Peace Candle lighting happened Saturday evening at Easton's Centre Square, aiming to promote local businesses.

This week, the LehighValleyNews.com digital desk handpicked three events for you to enjoy, including SoccerFest, Museum Store Sunday and Winter Wonderland Extravaganza.

It's a day when people are encouraged to shop local and buy goods outside of big box stores. Exhausted from fighting lines at crowded stores on Black Friday or ordering online from retailers that have warehouses around the world, people can buy from their neighbors.

Those looking to roller skate and show off moves can do so to dubstep at Bushkill Park

Equally creative bedsheets were found hanging in Easton at Lafayette College's campus in the days leading up to the Lehigh-Lafayette football game.

We found equally creative bedsheets hanging in Easton on and around the Lehigh University campus in the days leading up to the Lehigh-Lafayette football game.

The change will substantially reduce the number of days Northampton County offers free vaccines to its uninsured residents, from five days a week to two days each month.

A vigil hosted by Turning Point Lehigh Valley will honor people who have survived intimate partner abuse and remember those who have died

LehighValleyNews.com newsroom has handpicked 3 Valley events for you to enjoy this weekend. This week we feature Autumn Splendor Fall Foliage Train Ride, Eerie Easton Walking Tours and a very Lit performance at Musikfest Cafe.

As Northampton County Prison (NCP) reports one case of COVID-19 among inmates, a nagging question emerges: is the pandemic really over?

A new recycling facility in the Easton Area will aim to sort recyclables from trash, avoiding contamination that renders an entire load a fate that sends it off to the landfill.

Ciao! Sandwich Shoppe continues to expand its Lehigh Valley footprint with a third location on in Easton’s College Hill neighborhood.

A proposed multi-family and commercial building in a historic Easton neighborhood causes concerns for residents and is denied a waiver needed to build

The Grand Riverview Hotel is planned along Route 611 in Easton

Northampton County voters can now register and vote in the same visit for the November election.

The Orchestra to play Easton's State Theatre on Friday.

In addition to not raising taxes, Easton Mayor Sal Panto said a key component of the recommended city budget is that it also doesn’t raise the city's debt obligations. He cited help from The American Rescue Plan Act along with grants as a major factor in how the budget was shaped.

Spooky stories of Easton's past are revealed through Sigal Museum's Eerie Easton Walking Tours