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Forks Township's new public works director knows his predecessor won't soon be forgotten by elected officials and staff, but says he is more than ready for the challenge of replacing him.Stephen Kramer, Allentown's chief maintenance superintendent, was welcomed aboard by the Board of Supervisors...

Skepticism and frustration showed Tuesday when Bethlehem officials were given their first opportunity to publicly review a consultant's report on what they are calling a "forced consolidation" of the city's 911 center with Northampton County's. "In my opinion, it's an incomplete report," said Mayor...

Upper Macungie is considering swapping a parcel owned by the township for another owned by the Jaindl Land Co. to prevent a heavily trafficked area from being inundated with trucks and other traffic.The land owned by the township is about 60 acres zoned open space preservation, bordering Schantz...

A line of fast-moving storms, with wind gusts of up to 50 mph and driving rain, downed trees and power lines across the Lehigh Valley on Thursday afternoon. Behind all of Thursday's weather is yet another cold front that could mirror what the region experienced earlier this week, meteorologists...

WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP — A Whitehall Township effort to honor veterans of all stripes has regained momentum with a Memorial Day flag raising planned at the site, on the grounds of the Municipal Complex. Though the entire veterans memorial is not likely to be finished until May 2017, project leaders...

LOWER NAZARETH – Idle for more than a decade, the former Nazareth Speedway in Lower Nazareth Township has been purchased by Lehigh Valley developer David Jaindl. Jaindl, an Orefield turkey farmer and real estate developer, confirmed Thursday that he purchased the 157-acre property late last year....

NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP — Courtship is never straightforward. Not even for penguins. The peaks and valleys of love took Don the African penguin on a 640-mile journey this week to the Lehigh Valley Zoo. The lady penguin will be the newest resident of one of the zoo's most popular attractions, and...

Les and Donna Houck are local blues music lovers mostly known for their concerts series 2nd Story Blues. But the couple has a new passion, a project for veterans called Operation Lost and Found. Operation Lost and Found wants to provide service dogs to local veterans suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic...

PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh man arrested a third time on drug and weapons charges stemming from a police search three years ago is a suspect in a cookout ambush last month that killed five people, including a pregnant woman, a detective testified Thursday.Allegheny County Detective Steve Hitchings...

The news last year that BB&T Corp. would purchase Allentown's National Penn Bancshares Inc. came with a pledge to create a $5 million fund to support economic development in the Lehigh Valley and Berks County.Two nonprofit foundations said this week they have the money.Lehigh Valley Community Foundation...