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John Oates, half of the legendary music duo Hall & Oates, reflects on his career and his early beginnings in North Wales. John Oates, half of legendary dup Hall & Oates and North Wales native, reflects on his Pennsylvania roots with Chris Epting of Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine. Oates reflects fondly...

Community Bank, N.A., a subsidiary of Community Financial System, a diversified financial services company, recently entered into an agreement with Santander Bank to acquire seven branch locations in the Allentown area. The agreement also includes certain branch related loans and deposits, and related wealth...

A cooler air mass is settling over the Lehigh Valley on Friday, bringing below-normal temperatures and frequent cloud cover with potential scattered showers throughout the day. Residents can expect a significant temperature drop compared to earlier this week, with highs only reaching the low to mid 70s. The National...

A former Easton Area School District teacher will receive $75,000 to settle her discrimination lawsuit against the district. The school board approved the settlement Tuesday with Melanie Wilson. Lehighvalleylive.com obtained a copy of the settlement through a right-to-know request. Attorneys for Wilson and the school...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Allentown School Board on Thursday approved its $483.4 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year while holding the line on taxes for the third consecutive budget cycle. That keeps the district's property tax rate at 22.6432 mills, meaning the owner of a home valued at $100,000...

The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office is seeking the next of kin for a 76-year-old Allentown man who died Tuesday. Juan P. Puertas was pronounced dead at 9:40 p.m. at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Salisbury Township, the coroner’s office said. An autopsy was completed Thursday. Additional testing is...

This marks the first time that the business has gone up for sale since it was launched by Richard Allman in 1983. It had been owned by William Penn until 1632. Joseph Ambler Inn, a historic property once owned by William Penn, has gone onto the market for $7 million, writes Justin Heinze for Patch.

Marquis W. Pierce was stopped by police who responded to the Brainard Street home around 5:45 a.m. Saturday, June 21, for a report of a stabbing, the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office said. Pierce was taken into custody at the scene where two victims were found with stab wounds, officials...

FLEMINGTON BOROUGH, N.J. (Hunterdon County) — A Flemington man has been charged in connection with a forged check that was stolen and later fraudulently cashed, according to the Flemington Borough Police Department. According to police, a resident reported on May 25, that he had accidentally dropped a check while...

William Ciccoli Jr., 42, was found guilty of assault of a law enforcement officer with the discharge of a gun, which Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele says carries a mandatory minimum of 20 to 40 years in prison.