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PRESS PHOTO BY ED COURRIERThirty-three newly-hired educators gather in front of the administrative building for a class picture Aug. 13. Front row, from left: Cozette Evans, Danielle Barnes, Lauren Keller, Addison Jones, Lily McComsey, Kristen Reitano, Kristen Wiik, Cat Yahr, Maria Shehab, Anna Rodionov and Michelle Ve

Vintage clothing, records, antiques and midcentury furniture are taking over a historic Bethlehem farm for a new fall market this September. The Bethlehem Vintage & Harvest Market will take place Saturday, Sept. 19, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Historic Burnside, about 60 miles north of Philadelphia. Seventy-five vendors fro

There is something about an old-fashioned ice cream stand that never goes out of style. Across Pennsylvania, family-run shops and roadside custard windows keep serving big cones the same way they have for decades. Some sit near farms, others near small-town main streets, and a few date back generations. Here...

WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. - Authorities say they took a person into protective custody after they barricaded themselves in a room with weapons in Whitehall Township Wednesday afternoon. Township police officers responded to the 2000 block of Columbia Avenue to help Lehigh County Crisis Intervention Services with an involunta

An individual barricaded with weapons in a Whitehall Township home was safely taken into custody and transported for evaluation at a local hospital, authorities said. Whitehall Township police Chief Michael Marks said officers responded about 4 p.m. Wednesday to the 2000 block of Columbia Avenue to assist Lehigh County

Another cold front and another upper trough are on their way to the Northeast and Mid Atlantic states. Risk areas per the Storm Prediction Center have been expanded to cover areas from Northern Virginia to Northern New England. This includes almost all of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Yor State, Western Connecticut, an

PALMER TWP., Pa. -- An 18-year-old faces felony assault charges after police say he headbutted and bit an officer during an arrest early Sunday morning. Gavin Tyler Kish is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, public drunkenness, and related offenses. According to Palmer Township police, an officer on a non

A decades-old antique store has finally reopened with over 180 vendors in its new Allentown home. Weil’s Doghouse Antiques announced its opening Thursday afternoon at the Parkway Shopping Center at 1471 Lehigh St. It operates 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. “The most amazing experience in antique shopping!” the...

An Easton man is accused of repeatedly striking a city code official in the head during a dispute, injuring him. Joseph J. Dilts, 34, of the 1100 block of Washington Street, is charged with misdemeanor simple assault; misdemeanor making terroristic threats; and summary harassment. He was arraigned May 12 before Distric

If you’re a fan of Colonial and local history, you won’t want to miss a series of talks planned at the Hellertown Historical Society over the next two months. The HHS’s “Talks in the Tavern” series will begin Thursday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. with “Coffee with a Colonial.” The talk will be led by Berks County resident and li