Nazareth/Northampton News

Keystone Cement Co. in East Allen Township is renewing its hazardous waste permit with the state Department of Environmental Protection. Part of the company's plan is to change how it transports waste, from trucks to rail.

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Northampton County officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for a new maintenance building for groundskeepers, replacing a more-than-century-old wooden barn the Parks Department currently uses.

School directors said there's still time to keep the discussion going on how Saucon Valley School District and two other local districts will fund the Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School for the next 30 years.

Funding was awarded through the Lehigh Valley Greenways Mini Grant Program. The program aims to protect and promote natural resources through the implementation of ready-to-go, single-year projects.

A Bushkill Township man died Monday morning after a lawn mower accident, according to a release from the Northampton County Coroner's Office.

Saucon Valley School Board members have objected to the proposed funding formula for a $52 million expansion of the Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School.

For two decades, borough officials have celebrated Independence Day by handing out hundreds of kazoos and American flags to residents before parading through the streets, blaring patriotic songs the entire time. It almost didn't happen this year.

The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce's LGBTQ Business Council on Tuesday held an event at the Mediterranean Grill in Bethlehem to teach people how to make workplaces and businesses more inclusive.

Kovacs, a Nazareth native and Bethlehem Catholic High School graduate, finished second in the shot put competition at the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore.

Green Building United held a sustainable warehouse forum at Lafayette College, discussing the ways the Lehigh Valley's economy can grow while increasing sustainability.

Music, desserts, clothes and, of course, garlic make way at the Easton Garlic Fest

All students in grades K-12 in public and charter schools are eligible for free breakfast.

Also attending were members of an opposition group that urged a boycott of businesses displaying the signs.

Window signs that proponents say promote kindness, inclusion come under attack from parent group.

Conservationists tag around 35 Monarchs each year. They used to tag hundreds.

A perfect storm of inflation, housing market issues, and gas prices have created a climate in which people need food.

The winning Bangor team will go on to compete in a statewide competition next month.

The impact of the virus on nursing home staff is 'significant.'

The ruling comes as COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations rise dramatically in Pennsylvania.

Most utilities will be raising electricity prices in December, according to the Pa. Public Utility Commission.

Flu shots will be distributed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13.