Bill White: People who won’t wear masks drive me crazy
Column: I routinely refer to people who have done or said something stupid ― mostly me ― as Mr. Doo-mas. Unfortunately, they have been out in force over the last few months.
View ArticleRetail Watch: Shop ‘really hard-to-find items’ at new Quakertown area...
Richland Antiques and Collectibles, which opened Wednesday at 1320 N. West End Blvd. in Richland Township, features more than 50 vendors selling a wide array of items, including vintage jewelry, toys,...
View ArticleDistrict Attorney IDs man found dead in car on Easton’s south side
Northampton County District Attorney Terry Houck on Saturday identified the man as Ricky Hunter of Allentown.
View ArticleEducators look to beef up Pennsylvania school science curriculum on climate...
Pennsylvania science educators are trying to overhaul one of the country's oldest standards for K-12 science education, all while avoiding a protracted political dispute over climate change and evolution.
View ArticleNo bail for woman charged with setting Philadelphia police cars on fire
A federal judge has ordered a woman held without bail on allegations of having set fire to two Philadelphia police vehicles during civil disorder in the city following George Floyd protests last month.
View ArticlePennDOT resumes driving tests in the Lehigh Valley
PennDOT has resumed driver's skills testing, which has been shut down during the coronavirus pandemic. The tests will go on with precautions in place, including that test takers and examiners must wear...
View ArticleAllentown protesters join national chorus calling for cities to defund police...
Allentown protesters call on the city to defund the police department, joining a national chorus demanding police reforms. Protests have become a daily ritual in a Black Lives Matter movement sparked...
View ArticleLocked out in East Penn, Zoom bombed in Bethlehem Township: Virtual meetings...
A Zoom cap on meeting attendance locked out East Penn taxpayers during a public school board meeting this month, raising issues around the Sunshine Law, which is in force despite the coronavirus...
View ArticlePedestrian struck on Main Street in Hellertown, taken to hospital
A pedestrian was taken to a local hospital after being struck by a vehicle on Main Street in Hellertown on Saturday, according to emergency dispatchers.
View ArticleMystery behind hidden cemetery on Appalachian Trail spurs history buffs
The Chambers Farm Cemetery, on land between Mechanicsburg and Carlisle, is one of many family cemeteries that once dotted the region before community cemeteries became the norm.
View ArticleCatasauqua police look for man who wandered away from family home
Catasauqua Police were searching for a man with dementia who wandered away from a family residence in the 100 block of Howertown Road Saturday morning.
View ArticleMoravian College announces full scholarship to Freedom, Liberty first-gen...
Two first-generation students from Freedom and Liberty High Schools were surprised with the Bethlehem Area School District Superintendent's Scholarship, a full ride to Moravian College.
View ArticleDoctors baffled by stories of people over 80 who survived the coronavirus,...
Coronavirus has claimed the lives of many people over the age of 80, especially in nursing homes. But others in their 80s, 90s and older, have survived COVID-19, many with only mild symptoms, a mystery...
View ArticleYour View by Pennsylvania’s health secretary: How coronavirus spread in our...
Op-ed by Dr. Rachel Levine: How coronavirus spread in Pennsylvania nursing homes, and what efforts were taken to mitigate problems.
View ArticleYour View by Pennsylvania’s education secretary: We need a system that...
Op-ed: Our education system is not without fault in perpetuating the systemic inequities and institutional bias that many of our communities have accepted as normal.
View ArticleDisaster team responds to flood cleanup in Gilberton
Disaster team responds to Gilberton flood cleanup
View ArticleMan and woman killed in motorcycle crash on Route 145 in North Whitehall,...
Initial reports say a box truck collided with a motorcycle and rescuers believe one person may have been thrown from the cycle.
View ArticleThere’s a new, and some say better, spotted lanternfly trap that can be made...
Homeowners facing a spotted lanternfly infestation can use a new mesh trap to catch the invasive bugs. Some say the trap is better because it snatches the invasive insects without hurting birds or...
View ArticleAfter Salisbury residents mobilize, township nixes plans to build $3 million...
A rapid community mobilization effort in Salisbury Township led township commissioners to abruptly abandon a plan years in the making to build a new $3 million fire station in Green Acres Park.
View ArticleTop Pa. GOP lawmaker fast-tracking a lucrative gambling expansion that would...
The maneuvering offers a window into the raw intersection between politics and policy-making in Pennsylvania, and how campaign dollars can drive the legislative agenda.
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