Bethlehem Area

Some Peeps devotees traveled from all over the country to see a giant yellow chick drop at SteelStacks at 5:35 p.m. — a time chosen to accommodate a younger audience and their bedtimes.

It all started with a collaboration between a local bridal shop and Historic Hotel Bethlehem. Since then, all successive members of the owner's family have celebrated their nuptials there.

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Maria Luisa Jimenez, of Costa Rica, was pronounced dead early Monday at St. Luke's University Hospital in Fountain Hill, Lehigh County Coroner Dan Buglio said.

More than 300 Met-Ed customers were impacted by damage to three poles when a tree fell into lines near South Delaware Drive in Easton, which reportedly closed the road as well.

Cathy Gorman is still the acting township manager for Lower Saucon after a 4-1 vote affirmed her position. Despite concerns council members raised about her workload, Gorman will also continue responsibilities for her other roles of township finance director, assistant manager and right-to-know officer.

The Banana Factory's yard sale is nearly over. Shoppers found plenty of marked down art supplies, furniture, and other items for the savvy bargain hunter.

Depending on cloud cover, the Lehigh Valley could see a lunar eclipse between midnight on March 13 through early morning March 14. A solar eclipse could peak just after midnight on March 29.

The Esther M. Lee African American Heritage Center hosted a Kwanzaa celebration, which included the lighting of the kinara and a discussion of the Seven Principles, at PBS39 in Bethlehem Saturday evening.

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