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Ron W. Beitler is seeking reelection to the Lehigh County Board of Commissioners, he announced in a news release Tuesday.

May 10-18 marks Lehigh Valley Bike to Work Week. The Bethlehem-based Coalition for Appropriate Transportation announced a few ways those interested can ride along.

The work is supported by a $1 million reimbursement grant through the state’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, for “the design acquisition, and construction of regional economic, cultural, civic, recreational and historical improvement projects.”

The work will consist of designing a parking lot layout, ADA and emergency services access, a new well and septic system and completing a topographic survey.

Current property owner Lehigh University and St. Luke’s have arranged a sale agreement for the former St. John's Windish Evangelical Lutheran Church at 617 E. Fourth St., according to a joint news release from the two entities.

The medical office building would sit at the intersection of Easton Avenue and Farmersville Road. Ninety-six apartments were recently approved for a nearby property.

According to the council member’s farewell citations, Enix and Van Wirt served residents with “distinction, knowledge, experience and honor.”

Racecar driver Marco Andretti wants to put in 18 total apartments at his grandparents’ former duplex, a three-story addition to the rear of the home and a neighboring property along West Broad Street.

While, according to township officials, the rate hike of 0.15 of a mill to 0.45 of a mill will result in roughly a $30 increase in tax per household, the new-year budget holds the real estate millage rate steady at 7.59 mills.

As part of a broader mission to put up a “peace wall” in all 50 states, locals in the Bethlehem area, including over 200 grade-school students over a span of two years, worked together to bring a new mural to life at Bernie Fritz Playground.