Lehigh Valley 250: Silent now, Bethlehem Steel’s roar still echoes across time

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a recurring series: Lehigh Valley 250th — a project that examines our region’s place and contributions in American history leading up to the nation’s 250th anniversary next year.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Thirty years after the Bethlehem Steel stacks and mill fell silent forever, Bob Donchez worries.

The 75-year-old former Bethlehem city councilman and mayor squints a look of concern gazing at the rusted stacks set against an azure sky…

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