Allentown PA

QUAKERTOWN — Sen. Jarrett Coleman (R-16) is partnering with the Quakertown Police Association and the Quakertown Food Pantry to provide turkeys to local families ahead of the holiday season. The turkey giveaway will take place immediately following the Quakertown Halloween Parade on Sunday, Oct. 18, at 3:30 p.m. at...

County Reducing Wasteful Printing and Eliminating Part-Time Positions. Allentown, PA- The Siegel Administration announced today that its cost-cutting and efficiency initiative has identified and implemented over $500,000 in reoccurring savings to the county through the elimination of temporary part-time positions and added efficiency and cost controls in county printing practices.

Lehigh County Authority introduces LCA WaterWorks, a clearer public identity for its essential services, and marks a $15.44 million PENNVEST investment in lead service line replacement. Allentown, Pa. — Lehigh County Authority today introduced LCA WaterWorks, a new public-facing name and logo designed to help customers and community members across...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Allentown City Council’s Community and Economic Development Committee voted Wednesday night to advance a proposed ordinance on homeless encampments to the next regular council meeting. The proposed ordinance establishes requirements and procedures for the city’s response to outdoor encampments on city-owned property. The proposed...

The outage reaches every Giant in the Lehigh Valley. Giant's store locator, which still loads, lists 15 stores in Lehigh and Northampton counties: two in Allentown, three in Bethlehem, two in Easton and one each in Coopersburg, Coplay, Hellertown, Nazareth, Trexlertown, Walnutport, Whitehall and Wind Gap. The stores themselves are open. The post Giant website and app stay down in Lehigh Valley after cybersecurity incident appeared first on LehighDaily.com .

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Lehigh County Board of Commissioners adopted the 2027 county budget on first reading Wednesday night at the Lehigh County Government Center. The budget would raise property taxes by nearly 17%. County Executive Joshua Siegel's original spending plan featured a nearly 18% tax increase on property...

HELLERTOWN, Pa. – A one-time destination for roses, carnations, and sunflowers will soon be home to Pokémon, Star Wars, and sports cards in Northampton County. T-Rex Sports Cards & Gaming, offering a wide array of sports and non-sports trading cards, will hold its grand opening from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 202 Main St. in Hellertown.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The price tag for a critical component of Allentown's waterfront redevelopment project has swelled an additional $6 million. During a meeting on Wednesday of the Lehigh Valley Transportation Study (LVTS) Technical and Coordinating Committees, it was announced that the Riverside Drive Multimodal Revitalization Corridor project is now expected to cost more than $27 million, up from a previous projection of about $21 million.

The National Park Service has awarded $669,300 to support a three-year project focused on preserving Bethlehem’s historic 1761 Tannery and addressing invasive vegetation through the city’s Colonial Industrial Quarter. The tannery has been closed to the public for 22 years due to damage resulting from water infiltration. The...

WHITEHALL TWP, Pa. - Visit SMP Steaks in Whitehall, and you'll see signs in all the windows, saying things like, "Voted Best Cheesesteak in the Lehigh Valley." "The cheesesteaks are really, really good," John Barrett, a customer from Slatington, said. But one sign that recently showed up on the shop's...