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PALMER — A group of residents gathered Sunday to protest a 312-unit apartment complex proposed for the site of the former ITT building at 3100 Charlotte Ave. in Palmer Township. The residents protested on Hartley Avenue, not far from St. Jane Frances de Chantal Church, as parishioners were coming...

NEW YORK — As an all-out search for two tugboat crew members stretched into hours following a deadly crash on the Hudson River, New York's governor gave his stark forecast. "Sometimes people go to work and they don't come home," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said as numerous agencies searched the waters near...

NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Transit riders are relieved the system and its rail workers have averted a strike and that Gov. Chris Christie says immediate fare hikes are not necessary to cover it.The deal, announced Friday between the transit agency and its rail workers, averted a strike that would...

If you are a gearhead who loves cars, trucks or motorcycles or even if you are just thinking about buying a new vehicle in the next year, the 2016 Lehigh Valley Auto Show is bound to have something you'll want to see. With more than 270 vehicles, this year's event will be the largest in the show's...

As spring approaches, you may be heading to Rita's for Italian ice, McDonald's for Shamrock Shakes or any number of stores for Peeps, jellybeans and Cadbury Creme Eggs. If you're looking for guilt-free treats, another spot to consider is Lil Miss Organic at the Allentown Fairgrounds Farmers Market...

They've appeared on stage as nymphs, witches, warriors, peasants, and kings. They've danced formal allemandes and bawdy gavottes, sung of love, death, desire, and fate. They are the Early Music Ensembles of Moravian College, and their concerts are as much about the color and spirit of Baroque and...

Allentown Health Bureau offers HOPE Program The Allentown Health Bureau will hold the HOPE session — heroin opiod prevention education — at 6 p.m. March 14 in Allentown City Council chambers. The program is offered by the Center for Humanistic Change and was developed in response to the growing...

People love to hate their insurance companies. Sometimes, their hatred is misguided. In this case, their pain warrants the disdain. Thousands of people nationwide who bought long-term-care insurance decades ago, long before they would need it, have seen their rates spike recently. In just a few...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a janitor has been arrested in connection with a pilot's handgun that officials say was apparently taken from a restroom at Philadelphia International Airport, prompting the delay of some flights.Officials said the pilot told police just after 9 a.m. Saturday...

Oncologists at St. Luke's University Health Network are taking the concept of personalized care to a new level, deploying newly developed "immunotherapy" that empowers patients' immune systems to destroy tumors. "You're going to do the work for us. I'm going to give you the tools," Dr. Sanjiv Agarwala,...