Lehigh Valley’s Cozy Community Is Becoming a Low-Stress Sanctuary for Retirees Today
Hellertown, Pennsylvania, is a small borough in Northampton County. Located in the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, it’s close to Bethlehem, Allentown, and Easton. The borough is very walkable with trails for biking, running, and walking, and acres of green space. Hellertown is an affordable place to live, with the...
Man who smashed into 2nd-floor bedroom in deadly DWI crash sentenced to decades in...
A driver whose passenger died when he drove drunk and smashed his pickup truck into the second floor of a Warren County home was sentenced Friday to 40 years in state prison, officials said. The sentence was handed down exactly four years after the deadly crash that also left a...
Man charged with retail theft in Warrington
WARRINGTON, PA — Police have charged a man in connection with a retail theft at a wholesale club. Thomas Wesley Lawless Jr., 48, of Warrington, faces charges of retail theft and receiving stolen property. On Jan. 12, Warrington Police responded to BJ’s Wholesale Club for a reported retail theft....
History’s Headlines: King of Silk in Carbon County
52 E. Fifth St. in the borough of Jim Thorpe- formerly East Mauch Chunk- is probably not the sort of place that most visitors come there to see. There are no mid-19th century homes like the elegant Asa Packer Mansion to tour or picturesque shops with charm to visit for that just-perfect gift or the ideal restaurant...
College’s new lab will train workers for Eli Lilly’s planned $3.5B facility in Lehigh...
Lehigh Carbon Community College will lead Pennsylvania’s pharmaceutical workforce development efforts with a new $5 million state-funded science and technology laboratory, Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office says. The investment supports Eli Lilly and Company’s $3.5 billion expansion into Upper Macungie Township, marking the...
Repeated moves leads Lehigh Valley Mall retailer to shutter, owner says
Constant shuffling of a 5-year-old boutique’s location at the Lehigh Valley Mall has caused its owner to vacate permanently. Jennifer’s Unique Boutique, formerly known as Small Business Gallery, was dark last week at the Whitehall Township mall’s Lifestyle Center. The space previously housed Williams Sonoma, which...
Pennsylvania Braces for Homebuyer Boom as Weight-Loss Giant Eli Lilly Announces $3.5 Billion Plant
Eli Lilly’s plant is set to inject 850 high-paying jobs into Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, potentially triggering home price growth.
PPL Electric Utilities shares extreme cold safety tips ahead of frigid weekend
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The lingering cold conditions are expected to dip once again this weekend. Wind chills into the negatives, as well as wind gusts of 50-plus mph early Saturday morning are expected in areas throughout PPL Electric Utilities’ territory. With colder temperatures expected to increase electricity demand,...
Crews working “around the clock” to restore power after high winds hit the region
Strong winds are knocking down branches and causing hundreds of power outages across our area. "We're working around the clock to make sure that we restore these customers as quickly and safely as we possibly can," said Jane George, PPL Electric Utilities regional affairs director. George said the company has...
Comedian from ‘Howard Stern Show,’ “Tonight Show’ coming to Allentown’s Civic Theatre
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — An entertainer who started as a stuttering, clueless reporter on "The Howard Stern Show" radio broadcast is coming to a Lehigh Valley venue. John Melendez, who was known as "Stuttering John" on the Stern show, then spent years as announcer on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," will perform at 8 p.m....

















