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TRENTON, N.J. — All schools in New Jersey would have to immediately test drinking water for lead contamination under a bill state lawmakers proposed Monday, weeks after elevated lead levels in Newark schools prompted officials to shut off sinks and drinking fountains.The lawmakers outlined a measure...

After a half century of dominating the Lehigh Valley's transportation planning, it is time that cars and trucks move over to make way for bikes and pedestrians. That's the decision by a Lehigh Valley Transportation Study that for the first time Monday passed a two-year plan that carves out time...

BETHLEHEM — Bethlehem's National Museum of Industrial History has hired Andria Zaia as curator of collections. Zaia will be responsible for overseeing the museum's collection of iron, steel, textile, and industrial artifacts and archival materials. Among her main duties will be the research, collection...

After seeing his preferred candidate drop out of the presidential race, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey says he's in no rush to endorse another.Toomey, a Republican seeking his second term, said Monday he is not ready to weigh in on on who he'd like to see at the top of the Republican ballot. He backed Sen....

ALLENTOWN — The last time I stood on the 18th tee at Harbour Town Golf Links, it was cloudier and less windy. On this day in early March, the trees to the right of the fairway and the marsh to the left rippled in the 20-mph breeze blowing straight back at me.For a moment, I forgot about the brutal...

SOUTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP – Are you hoping to sell your home soon, or maybe later this year? Weichert Realtors will hold a free, reservation-only seminar beginning 9:30 a.m. Saturday with information about the Lehigh Valley housing market and selling tips.Monica Ciliberti, manager of Weichert's...

LANTA's two bus depots are included in a list of statewide mass transit systems that should get more natural gas-powered vehicles on the road, under a contract the state announced Monday.PennDOT said it awarded a 20-year, $84.5 million contract to Salt Lake City, Utah-based Trillium to design,...

ALLENTOWN – The Allentown School District had water tested Monday at two of its schools after a claim of high lead levels.In a statement, spokeswoman Kim Golden-Benner said the district tested the water at Union Terrace Elementary and Allen High School. She said the water was tested after WFMZ...

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf is rejecting a bill that passed along with the Pennsylvania budget, citing concerns about how it divides money for schools, borrows $2.5 billion, effects greenhouse gas emissions at power plants and regulates oil and gas drilling.Wolf, a Democrat, vetoed the fiscal code...

GREENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Officials say a pilot is dead after his helicopter went down in northeastern Pennsylvania.The Times-Tribune of Scranton (http://bit.ly/1VPFkbF ) reports the helicopter crashed in a heavily wooded area of Greene Township on Sunday. Rescue crews located the aircraft after they...