2026 Cherry Blossom Festival in Bethlehem
Chu Chu, of Easton, prepares to perform a Tea Ceremony during the annual Cheery Blossom Festival, Saturday, March 28, 2026, at the Garden of Serenity in Bethlehem. The festival is put on by the Bethlehem-Tondabayashi Sister City Commission.Get Photo. 7 / 29. 2026 Cherry Blossom Festival in Bethlehem. 8 /...
ASD looks to fill vacancy on school board
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Allentown School District is looking to fill an open seat on its board of school directors. Due to the recent resignation by Ana Tiburcio, who is serving in the Pennsylvania House, ASD says it is accepting applications to fill the vacancy and will make a decision at a special board meeting on April...
Residents raise issues of student safety
The Parkland School Board met March 17 where student representative Pooja Kulkarni shared student news across the district with the board. Elementary students celebrated Read Across America with many activities. Fifth graders at Kratzer Elementary School attended the culmination of the district’s annual food drive...
Car crash in Nazareth sends vehicle through building wall
NAZARETH, Pa. - Northampton County Communications says EMS crews are on the scene of a car crash at South Church Street and Mauch Chunk Road in Nazareth. A Nazareth Fire Company official says a car driving down South Church Street hit another car going down Mauch Chunk Road and sent the car into the building, through...
Athletic Trainer Credited With Saving Umpire in Cardiac Arrest at HS Softball Game
In the bottom of the fourth inning of a softball game between Allentown (Pa.) Central Catholic and Dieruff High Schools on Wednesday night at Patriots Park, the base umpire collapsed and suffered a heart attack on the field. According to The Morning Call, umpire Mark Weil had just returned to...
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Allentown, plans Easter Sunday reopening after fire
Looking at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church from the outside, you wouldn’t know that a fire inside shut down worship services there. The fire happened at approximately 1:30 p.m. Feb. 5 in the center city Allentown church. A notice on the church website states worship resumes Easter Sunday...
Photo of the Week: Allentown, Pa. Truck 1
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — On Feb. 22, Allentown firefighters responded to the 200 block of North 17th Street for a house fire with the reports of possible trapped occupants. First-arriving companies found fire showing and one occupant who escaped onto a roof in the rear. With additional reports of people trapped, a second...
Bucks County Detectives Arrest Public Adjuster, Seek Potential Victims
The man worked around the region. A public adjuster operating in the region is accused of misappropriating more than $82,000 in insurance funds intended for his clients, authorities said. Michael Joseph Breitenbach, 53, owner of Patriot Public Adjusting LLC, was arrested and charged on Thursday with numerous...
Owner of Allentown Fairgrounds Farmers Market dies
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Dan Wuchter, owner of the Allentown Fairgrounds Farmers Market, has died, according to the market's Facebook page. Daniel G. Wuchter, Sr.,, of New Tripoli, passed away on Thursday, March 26, at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown. He was 86. The Facebook post says Wuchter was 15-years-old at the...
Montco Man Ate Chick-fil-A Six Days a Week… For 5 Years!
Dan Limbauan, a 28-year-old Montco man, has eaten Chick-fil-A every day for the past five years, except for Sundays, of course. Dan Limbauan, a 28-year-old Montgomery County resident, has eaten Chick-fil-A every day for the past five years, just skipping Sundays when the restaurant is closed, writes Marcella Baietto...
