Allentown PA

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A yearslong collaboration billed as the Lehigh Valley’s “most significant public-private partnership” has finally cleared Allentown’s planning approval process. Planning commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a $57 million project to convert miles of former railroad tracks into roads and...

A crash Wednesday morning on Route 22 in Northampton County temporarily trapped motorists on the highway and forced traffic to divert onto side roads. Just after 11 a.m., a dump truck headed west overturned at mile 328.6 in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania State Police report. It struck the jersey barrier separating...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Allentown Planning Commission granted preliminary/final approval for a proposed apartment complex Tuesday afternoon at city hall. The project, known as the 12th Street Apartments and offered by developer Abe Atiyeh, calls for a 40-unit adaptive reuse and a five-story, 50-unit new apartment...

A new record for home sale prices didn't last long in the Lehigh Valley. That record- set in June- has come and gone, thanks to a new high reached in July. According to the Greater Lehigh Valley Realtors (GLVR), the median sales price in the Lehigh Valley housing market hit $375,000 last month, surpassing the...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The stream of traffic that whizzed past South Mountain Middle School on Tuesday morning provided a fitting backdrop for the event at hand. Vehicles were racing horizontally; emissions were rising vertically. Meanwhile, standing among four ceremonial checks totaling $1.5 million from the Lehigh Valley...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A project to renovate a 70-year-old downtown church building into a school for more than 1,000 Allentown children officially is underway. The Rev. Gregory Edwards was master of ceremonies for a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday behind West Turner Street, where he celebrated the project’s start with...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - It's almost moving day for a large homeless community near the Jordan Creek in Allentown. Homeless advocate William Delgado is hopeful. "We're getting some resources. I mean, you know, it's panning out," said Delgado. That's a big change since last week, when this homeless encampment by the...

After seven months of waiting, a Lehigh Valley halal chain will host a soft opening this week for its new restaurant before offering free platters for the grand opening next month. Sizzling Bites Halal Grill will hold a soft opening at 1 p.m. Tuesday for its new location at the...

Ten years after first bring up the idea, a developer plans to add 20 apartments to a historic Allentown site that was once home to a a prisoner-of-war camp during the Revolutionary War. Nat Hyman received variances Monday from the Allentown Zoning Hearing Board as part of a project to...

CARBON COUNTY, Pa. — Through a sea of salutes from first responders, the siblings of a Luzerne County teen who was senselessly killed carried his ashes for his final send-off. "That was pretty emotional, just to see the look on their faces, you could definitely see the sadness," said...