Allentown PA

On one recent early morning, the valley smelled sweet from blooming Japanese honeysuckles and multiflora roses. As I sat looking at the eastern sky, a wasp kept flying around me. But it didn’t try to sting me — I was probably just too close to its nest. When...

Yardley Borough and Lower Makefield Township officials have joined the protest against the expansion of Trenton-Mercer Airport over concerns of a negative impact on air, water, and noise quality, writes Greg Vellner for The Reporter. The FAA has already approved a plan to quadruple the airport’s size and allow the...

Pennsylvania State Police at Belfast say speed was a factor in a crash that caused a truck to catch fire and triggered lengthy ramp closures at the busy I-78/Rt. 33 interchange in Lower Saucon Township last month. According to a June 4 crash report, the accident happened May 19, shortly...

Katie Steele recently took a three-day vacation to Florida. In August, she will travel to Arizona with her mother, Sue Steele, in August for another week of rest and relaxation. “My goal is to see all 50 states,” Steele said. The rest of the year, Katie Steele is 100-percent...

A vision for the Easton Highline elevated trail has taken a big step forward with more than $1.2 million awarded to buy an unused rail line for the project. Local and state officials gathered Friday at the access point for the project — a dusty parking lot where South Fourth Street becomes Lehigh Drive at the Washingto

Members of the newly formed South Whitehall Township Historical Society toured several historic properties owned by Jeras Corporation on May 26. The tour, organized by Frank Scattene, project manager for Jeras Corporation, began at the Reverend Abraham Blumer House and Barn on Iron Bridge Road. Blumer played a key role

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- An Allentown man is facing multiple felony charges after police found a handgun and over 20 grams of cocaine in his residence on Friday. Kevin McCullers, 50, of Allentown has been charged with persons not to possess firearms, possession with the intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of

Montgomery County’s manufacturing sector keeps adding to its resume, writes Ryan Mulligan for The Philadelphia Business Journal. The latest entry: a fast-growing Texas power company bringing 300 jobs to Harleysville as demand for data center infrastructure explodes across the Northeast. Mission Critical Group is leasin

Not every project that changes a community arrives with a ribbon-cutting ceremony or a crane on the skyline. Sometimes the most meaningful changes are the ones you almost miss: a sidewalk that finally connects two neighborhoods, a park shelter with a ramp, a trail that reaches the river. That is...

A blind horse is safe after a rare rescue effort by first responders in Lower Providence, Montgomery County. Volunteer firefighter John Evans, a 21-year member of the Lower Providence Fire Department, said animal rescues are uncommon during his years of service. However, that changed Tuesday night when responders recei