Retail Watch: Amid pandemic, McCarthy’s Red Stag Pub owner expands...
Lafayette Room, which debuted Nov. 13 at 534 Main St. (above Donegal Square) in downtown Bethlehem, offers a rotating selection of continental dishes along with unique wines and cocktails. Neville...
View ArticleNumber of PA road deaths kept climbing even as millions stayed home
Since the spring lockdown lifted, Pennsylvania has seen a surge in road deaths even though people are still driving less than before the pandemic. More people died in crashes during the first 9 months...
View ArticleAnnual Lehigh County gift drive, serving fewer children due to pandemic, in...
For the annual Operation Santa Claus gift drive, serving children in need in Lehigh County, individual and corporate donors are purchasing gifts for more than 300 children, a roughly 40% drop in total...
View ArticleYour View: Trump shows why we must limit presidential powers during...
Op-ed: President Trump revealed a vulnerable part of our democratic process. There is nothing in place during this period of transition to restrain a soon-to-depart president from hurting U.S. interests.
View ArticleWoman dies from burns suffered in Forks Township house fire
A72-year-old Forks Township woman died Saturday at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest from burns she suffered in a fire at her home on Nov. 30, the Lehigh County coroner’s office said.
View ArticleMan dies after crash on Westgate Drive in Bethlehem
One person is dead following a two-vehicle crash that occurred Friday morning on Westgate Drive in Bethlehem.
View ArticleDeadline approaching to sign up for Pennie ACA insurance program replacing...
Pennsylvanians have until Tuesday, Dec. 15, to sign up for the state’s new health insurance marketplace, Pennie, for coverage that begins on Jan. 1 and until Jan. 15 to sign up for coverage that starts...
View ArticleDriver arrested after car plows into Manhattan protesters
A woman who plowed her car into protesters Friday in New York City, injuring six of them, has been arrested and charged with reckless endangerment
View ArticleCOVID patients in the Lehigh Valley helped by experimental drug
The new experimental COVID-19 antibody drug bamlanivimab is now being administered at St. Luke’s University Health Network and Lehigh Valley Health Network.
View ArticleSanofi vaccine pushed back to late next year after hitting snag
Drugmakers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said Friday that their potential COVID-19 vaccine won’t be ready until late next year because they need to improve the shot’s effectiveness in older people.
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: 11,000 more cases reported along with record...
Pennsylvania reported 11,084 more coronavirus cases along with a record 5,940 COVID-19 hospitalizations on Saturday.
View ArticleCharlie Meredith, Quakertown luminary and Free Press publisher, dies at 85
Charles “Charlie” Meredith III, the former owner and publisher of the Quakertown Free Press and a longtime Bucks County philanthropist, died Friday, his family said. He was 85. Meredith’s family and...
View ArticleAllentown shootings: 2 people hit during 3 shootings Saturday night
Two people were shot during Allentown shootings Saturday night in three separate locations, city police said.
View ArticleMAP: Looking for beer to go? Find your Lehigh Valley breweries here
Lehigh Valley Craft Beer Map shows where to find all 25 local breweries
View ArticleTrack latest Lehigh Valley school closures due to COVID-19
The latest list of Lehigh Valley school closures due to COVID-19 cases.
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: 10,049 more cases and 278 more deaths Wednesday
The state reported 10,049 more cases of the coronavirus and 278 more deaths on Wednesday and the number of people hospitalized continued to increase.
View ArticleEast Penn Black students feel unwanted, invisible, says group calling for...
Black student testimony a 'clarion call' for East Penn to address diversity and equity.
View ArticleUpper Milford Township Supervisor Joyce Moore announces campaign for Lehigh...
Upper Milford Township Supervisor Joyce Moore will run for Lehigh County commissioner in 2021 on a campaign around farmland preservation and smart development.
View ArticleI-80 crash involving up to 60 vehicles kills 2 people in central Pennsylvania
A crash involving dozens of vehicles on Interstate 80 in central Pennsylvania has killed two people, police said.
View ArticleQ&A: Weather Channel storm tracker legend Jim Cantore on choosing to bring...
Jim Cantore, the National Weather Service's infamous stormtracker and agent of doom, is at Hotel Bethlehem for the Lehigh Valley's first major snowstorm of the season. We ask him why he chose us, what...
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