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Happy spring, Retail Watchers! Today's unseasonably low temperatures won't last for long, so if you're looking to shed that winter weight and get your beach body ready, consider heading to K.Shan Performance Fitness Training in Allentown. The fitness facility, which opened Feb. 1 at 1716 E. Tremont...

BOUTIQUE AT THE RINK by the Cancer Support Community Greater Lehigh Valley of Bethlehem is right around the corner. This annual event raises funds by selling new and gently used clothing, household goods, antiques, collectibles, vintage clothes, accessories, toys and more. Volunteers can attend...

Safe Drinking Water Workshop offered in Bucks A Safe Drinking Water Workshop for residents who rely on private wells, springs or cisterns for drinking water will be held 1-3 or 6-8 p.m. April 5 at the Penn State Extension office in Bucks County at Neshaminy Manor Center, 1282 Almshouse Road, Doylestown....

HARRISBURG — Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's pursuit of a major election-year tax increase has decades of precedent against it: No such tax increase has passed the Pennsylvania Legislature in an election year since at least 1970. Still, with the general election eight months away, and schools warning...

It's been a while since I've checked on how area nursing homes are performing. What I found when I reviewed recent state inspection reports was chilling. A man with Alzheimer's disease wandered into a walk-in refrigerator at Luther Crest Nursing Facility in South Whitehall Township and wasn't found...

We are smoking less and drinking less. We are eating better and are thinner. And with the help of top-notch health care facilities, we are living longer, too. So life's ducky in the Lehigh Valley, right? Not quite. Turns out a lot of us say we feel rather lousy, according to the 2016 County Health...

ALLENTOWN – A career U.S. diplomat and other speakers said Saturday that atrocities happening in one east-central African nation should cause Lehigh Valley residents to rise up and demand justice. "Democracy is growing," Bruce Knotts said to about 100 people during a Rally for Peace in Burundi...

Kicking the tires, smelling the leather interior and imagining the wind in their hair, car enthusiasts had the chance to check out some of their fantasy cars in person Saturday at the Lehigh Valley Auto Show. This year's offering of more than 270 vehicles at Stabler Arena, Rauch Field House and...

ALLENTOWN — Adrian Garcia was looking for real-life experiences when he joined the inaugural class of the Allentown School District's Building 21. A few months into the school year, he got his wish as he stood on a helicopter pad and watched paramedics wheel a stroke patient into Lehigh Valley...

One man was killed and a boy was seriously hurt in a crash Friday in Price Township, Monroe County, state police said.Timothy Haviland, 39, of East Stroudsburg, was traveling north on Schoolhouse Road near Laurel Ridge Road around 7 p.m. when he lost control of his vehicle, state police at Swiftwater...