Developer W.B. Homes proposing 74 townhouses on 6-acre parking lot on Pennbrook Parkway
A local developer has a new plan in the works, with a zoning change requested for a property on Church Road. “The proposal involves redeveloping a large parking lot at 1180 Church Road, into a proposed 74 single-family attached homes. It’s a small parcel, six acres,” said code committee chairwoman Rafia Razzak.
Pharmaceutical manufacturing jobs are coming to Pennsylvania | Opinion
The future of American manufacturing is taking shape in Pennsylvania. And many of the jobs being created don’t just come with hard hats – they come with lab coats. Eli Lilly’s $3.5 billion facility in the Lehigh Valley will create 2,000 construction jobs and employ 850 technicians, engineers, and scientists to...
Suspect charged in deadly domestic shooting in Bucks County
PHILADELPHIA - A man is in custody in the fatal shooting of a woman who police say filed a sexual assault report against the suspect days earlier. Yujun Ren, 32, turned himself in on Sunday after he allegedly admitted to killing the woman in a car parked outside a Levittown home.
Fire at manufacturing plant in Phillipsburg
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ — Emergency crews responded to a three-alarm fire at the McWane Ductile Plant on Sunday morning. Phillipsburg Police, Fire and EMS units were dispatched to the facility at 9:53 a.m. for a reported structure fire and explosion. Upon arrival, the plant’s paint room at the southern end...
Driver freed from vehicle after crash at Bethlehem, Hilltown pikes Sunday night
Emergency crews rescued a vehicle occupant following a crash Sunday evening at the intersection of Bethlehem Pike and Hilltown Pike. The incident was reported at 7:08 p.m. in Hilltown Township. First responders said the occupant had to be rescued and removed through the windshield. Hilltown Township Police Department...
First Northern Bank and Trust robbed in Wind Gap, chief says
A First Northern Bank and Trust branch was robbed Saturday morning in Wind Gap, police said. Slate Belt Regional Police Chief Jonathan Hoadley told lehighvalleylive.com the incident began just before 11 a.m. at the branch, 6663 Sullivan Trail. The entire incident lasted about a minute, the chief said. The suspect...
Lehigh County, medical care provider failed to prevent jail inmate’s suicide, lawsuit says
A lawsuit blames Lehigh County and its jail medical provider for failing to prevent an inmate’s death by suicide. The lawsuit says 50-year-old Cheryl L. Phillips died by suicide on Dec. 3, 2022, after a forced drug detox in Lehigh County Jail. “Lehigh County is aware of the case...
3-alarm fire engulfs home in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania
A three-alarm fire engulfed a home in the Lehigh Valley on Sunday night.
Pa. man charged with stalking, killing woman in possible domestic violence case: police
A Philadelphia man was arrested on Sunday after a woman’s body was discovered in Bucks County. Yujun Ren, 32, has been charged charged with criminal homicide, possession of an instrument of crime, and stalking. Police in Bristol Township said that Ren turned himself in at about 12:30 p.m. Sunday,...
Roasties Coffee Opens a New Permanent Location
Roasties Coffee has gone from a tent to a trailer and now a brick-and-mortar spot, and its story reads less like a business plan and more like a caffeine-fueled leap of faith. “What started as a hobby led to me quitting my full-time project management job to build out our little teardrop trailer,” says owner Melinda...
