‘Give us time’: Residents seek reprieve as Allentown moves to clear another homeless camp

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Half a dozen people have lived in tents along the Little Lehigh Creek for the past two years.

They met at the Allentown YMCA’s warming shelter before making the move behind a retaining wall near Fountain Park, where their tents line a small path that separates them from the water.

One of those people, Jack, 23, stood on a concrete slab-turned-patio late Monday morning, cooking a pack of cheeseburgers on a grill he salvaged from the Recycling Drop-Off Center as he spoke to LehighValleyNews.com…

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