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MAXATAWNY TWP., Pa. -- The technology of yesterday is drawing crowds to the Kutztown area. "The Antique Radio and Vintage Electronics Meet" is underway at Renninger's in Maxatawny Township. It features old radios, cameras, microphones and other pieces to help collectors keep their radios working. The event is hosted...

NORRISTOWN — A New York man will serve a stint behind bars on charges he appeared at a FedEx distribution center in Montgomery Township and tried to fraudulently intercept packages containing electronic equipment purchased by a Bucks County vocational technical school. Chamar Gary Lee, 44, of Brooklyn, was sentenced...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The Allentown Health Bureau announced it has installed two naloxone pole boxes to help save lives and respond to the opioid crisis. Naloxone is a safe, life-saving medication that reverses the effects of opioid overdoses. The City of Allentown says the locations have been chosen based on...

Joseph P. Clark, 75, a longtime developer and businessman who owned numerous properties in Allentown, including the former Crocodile Rock Cafe concert venue on Hamilton Street, died Wednesday. His daughter, Melissa Sterner, said he died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones. She said her father brought her into the...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – An iconic Lehigh Valley restaurant – known for its cheesesteaks, burgers and hoagies – is up for sale as the owner looks to continue serving the eatery’s dishes via a mobile format. Sewards Steak Shop, at 202 S. 17th St. in Allentown, and...

Officers responded to the home on the 400 block of Westminster Blvd and found Elijah dead, having sustained a gunshot wound to the head, Washington Township police Gloucester County said. Elijah, a student at Birches Elementary School, was home alone at the time of the shooting, NJ.com reported. "We are...

It was another beautiful day in May when I awoke Saturday morning. And, like the previous two day I couldn’t wait to get outside and enjoy it. I decided to hike on the D & L trail in Lehigh County, starting at the River Drive trail head. I had hiked here twice before, in the Winter months, and thought it would be a...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Race car driver Marco Andretti's dream to breathe new life into his grandparents' former home just got a little smaller. Located at 817 and 821-823 W. Broad St., the land had been preliminarily proposed as the site for as many as 30 units and 45 parking spaces.

In today’s column we are going back 70 years to a familiar sight, dredging for reclaimed coal on the Lehigh River. A few weeks ago, Mrs. Cindy Beck Deppe sent this writer and Larry Oberly photographs on dredging of the Lehigh River. The photos were taken by her father William Beck, founder of the landmark Becky’s...

Two local businesses are partnering on a one-day fair modeled after European outdoor markets and featuring more than 100 vendors. The Belleville Street Faire is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday on the SteelStacks campus in Bethlehem. Admission is free. Belleville Market, which operates in Downtown Easton,...