Lehigh Valley Academy moves to all-remote learning as COVID-19 cases surge
Lehigh Valley Academy says it has moved to all-remote learning as coronavirus cases spike.
View ArticleTemporary fix lets PennDOT avoid halting Pennsylvania road projects; Lehigh...
Gov. Tom Wolf used an accounting maneuver to temporarily head off a lack-of-money shutdown of PennDOT road projects, but Lehigh Valley planners on Wednesday questioned why they had no say over which...
View ArticleBerks County retail giant VF Outlet Center closing after 50 years
The VF Outlet Center, which became one of America’s largest outlet malls in the past half-century, is having a store closing sale, according to its Facebook post.
View ArticleAfter ‘Bah Humbug!’ backlash, Hershey’s will once again air its classic...
The iconic Hershey's Kisses Bells commercial will return to the airwaves following backlash over changes made this year.
View ArticleDecembrrrrr has arrived in the Lehigh Valley, but why is it so windy?
The jet stream becomes an important factor in our weather as we flip from the fall to winter season.
View ArticleNew Jersey woman who needed risky transport to LVHN to survive COVID-19: ‘It...
Lata Annayya fought COVID-19 for nearly three months, a battle in which she was placed on a ventilator and then underwent a risky transport to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Salisbury Township...
View ArticleAllegheny County woman charged after infant in her care overdoses on heroin
An infant remains hospitalized after she overdosed on heroin that she ingested while a woman who was supposed to be caring for her slept, authorities said.
View ArticleMore stores and restaurants readers want in Lehigh Valley include: Trader...
Readers had more ideas for retailers they want to see come to either the Lehigh Valley Mall, or anywhere in the Valley. “Whitehall or nearby needs Trader Joe’s and Cheesecake Factory, Nordstrom, Lord...
View ArticleToys for Tots Lehigh Valley, ‘very behind’ in toy donations, needs your help...
To boost this year’s Toys for Tots Lehigh Valley holiday campaign, Marty Hacker, his daughter, Kathryn Pammer, and other volunteers are holding a “toy drive-thru” event, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in...
View ArticleDid Bethlehem Steel make beams for the iconic Chrysler Building in New York...
Bethlehem Steel has been credited with providing the steel that built the Chrysler building. Despite that information coming from many reputable sources, including people affiliated with the company,...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about Allentown’s final 2021 budget and its long-term...
Allentown City Council on Wednesday night adopted a nearly $120 million spending plan for 2021. Here’s a recap of what residents should know about the budget and the city government’s broader financial...
View ArticleForecasters: Weekend storm will rain all over a chance to end our snow drought
Are you waiting for a high-impact snowstorm? Meteorologists say our cold and active pattern, it turns out, isn’t quite cold enough. More soaking rain is on the way to the Lehigh Valley.
View ArticleCoronavirus stimulus: Pennsylvania has stashed hundreds of millions that...
Column: Pennsylvania lawmakers are sitting on $172 million, as state residents and businesses struggle during the pandemic. Plus the state could tap its Rainy Day Fund.
View ArticleAfter 20 years in Whitehall, Italian restaurant chain Buca di Beppo closes...
Buca di Beppo, a chain of more than 70 full-service Italian restaurants nationwide, last month closed its only Lehigh Valley location at 714 Grape St. in Whitehall Township.
View ArticleAnother small earthquake shakes the region, in the same spot as one felt a...
The United States Geological Survey reports a 2.1 magnitude earthquake hit Milford, New Jersey around 6:55 a.m. Thursday, 11 miles south of Easton. The area had a 1.7 magnitude quake back on August 19.
View ArticleCOVID-19 outbreak infects more than half of inmates at Pa. prison for elderly...
The State Correctional Institution Laurel Highlands, housed in a former state psychiatric hospital, is part prison, part long-term-care facility for many of the oldest and sickest men in Pennsylvania’s...
View ArticleHelp! My beer is frozen solid. What now?
The cold/hard facts about frozen beer and what to do about it.
View ArticleEaston’s Winter Village: What you need to know about the downtown holiday event
Here's what you need to know about the new Winter Village in Easton
View ArticleDespite pandemic, LVHN says it came out of 2020 financially healthier than...
Lehigh Valley Health Network reported Wednesday its operating income for fiscal year 2020 was $84 million, an amount that represents a roughly 27% decrease over the previous year but is a better...
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: More than 11,000 cases added Thursday, most...
The state reported 11,406 more cases of the coronavirus on Thursday — the highest one-day total of the pandemic — along with another 187 deaths.
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