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Provided/Easton Farmers' Market, a program of the Greater Easton Development PartnershipFarmers markets add to the local economy, driving tourism, officials said. Supporting them is also important for farmland preservation and strengthening community, advocates say. -
Contributed/Allentown Art Museum“Cutting Edge: Inventive Nineteenth-Century Quilts” opens Saturday, Aug. 9. The new exhibit explores over 30 unique quilts from Arlan and Pat Christ’s collection and will run through Oct. 26. Admission is free.
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Mattel has marketed a Barbie doll that represents those with Down syndrome. -
The IronPigs will host Memphis on Tuesday with the ABS system in use for the first time at home. It will call all pitches and transmit the results through an earpiece to the home plate umpire.
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Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio is working to determine the identity of skeletal remains discovered by hikers in Canal Park in Allentown in April 1991. Forensic analysis has shown the remains to be an African-American male, aged 25-35 at time of death, who grew up in the South.
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A team of Emmaus High School students placed first in the Lehigh County Conservation District’s Envirothon the last week of April.
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Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom is opening to the public on Friday, May 12, with a preview day for season pass-holders on May 7.
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The new website for the Borough of Emmaus has launched after months of development due to the previous municipal site's takedown due to hacking.
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At a gala held by The Literacy Center, three former graduates shared their progress and challenges.
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The Upper Macungie Board of Supervisors hosted a badge pinning ceremony for two new township police officers.
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Incumbents Maury G. Robert and Ron R. Beitler are joined on the ballot by challenger Gregory S. Chaputa, all noting land preservation and managing development as a priority.
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The plan proposes five four-story apartment buildings with 310 units at the northeast corner of Crackersport Road and the northeast extension of I-476.
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It will be the company's first manufacturing facility in the United States.
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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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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.
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For now, only a small number of Lehigh Valley properties are being spurred by AI, says a local expert.
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The county put a freeze on its work-release program over a year ago, but that could be changing.
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The good news is that the number of bridges that are classified in poor condition has been going down, an expert says.
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Sen. Lisa Boscola condemns the changes, calls process 'back-room assault on the Lehigh Valley."
