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Micaela Hood/LehighValleyNews.comCentral Elementary STREAM Academy students premiered a teaser of “Passport to Puerto Rico” at the Univest Public Media Center, celebrating Puerto Rican culture with food, Bomba music and dance. The student-made film debuts on PBS39 Dec. 13. -
Courtesy/Lehigh UniversityThe author and founder of The Huffington Post, now HuffPost, was the first speaker in Lehigh's 2025-26 Compelling Perspectives program. She talked about how her technology company, Thrive Global, uses AI to help people improve their health.
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School directors voted 5-3 for a $140.7 million spending plan that includes a 4% tax hike, which would raise $3.2 million in additional revenue for the district. -
A new version of Bethlehem Area School District's 2025-26 school year budget presented Monday includes a tax hike and a $5.9M fund drawdown ahead of a final June vote.
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School directors voted 5-3 to continue funding the Northampton Area Public Library at its current level.
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Isavel Mendoza will study theater at Pace University in the fall. He began writing poetry in first grade and comes from a family of artists in the Dominican Republic.
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The awards show is now in its 23rd year and will take place on May 22 at the State Theatre.
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The Catasauqua School Board voted to continue the football team's annual Thanksgiving Day game against Northampton. The rivalry on the gridiron is 101 years old.
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Lehigh Valley Public Media has cancelled a summer enrichment program and library programming after President Donald Trump ordered a federal funding freeze to NPR and PBS last week.
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A former Raub Middle School teacher is taking Allentown School District to court again, this time, for more than $3 million in legal fees he spent in the initial First Amendment retaliation lawsuit. Attorneys made their oral arguments before District Court Judge John M. Gallagher Tuesday in Allentown.
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Scannell Properties offered a presentation on the need for a LERTA tax abatement to build its 1 million square-foot Easton Commerce Park warehouse during Wilson Area School District's Monday board meeting.
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Bethlehem Area school directors asked the district administration to share proposed procedures for implementing cell phone restrictions at the various grade levels.
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Data shows Lehigh Valley motorists are threatening the safety of students riding the bus.
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The $21M plan affects 1.7 million children across the commonwealth.
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Police released details Monday of the threat received last week through the Safe2Say tipline.
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Lawmakers this year approved an additional $79M for high-quality preschool programs.
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Speeding and a lack of police presence are among the issues, according to residents.
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Officials learned of the threat through the Safe2Say anonymous messaging system.
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The 25-year-old victim, from Allentown, was a staffer and graduate of Dieruff High School.
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Staff vacancies are the most pressing issue affecting Pa. schools, according to the PSEA.
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Parents and teachers have complained for years about the lack of air conditioning in several of Allentown School District’s classroom buildings. But parents of one student with medical conditions say they worry the recent heat is endangering their child’s health.
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Jason Moorehead claims the district destroyed his reputation by falsely linking him to the attack on the Capitol.
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Cheryl Clark this week took over leadership at the school, where the enrollment of more than 2,500 students is 90% racial minorities.
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The school runs four- and six-week certification courses for CNAs and home health aides.
