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Seven start-up companies in Bethlehem received $403,000 in tax credits through Pennsylvania's Keystone Innovation Zone.The awards include $25,830 for DynAccess Ltd., $49,668 for H.B. Custom Media Inc., $44,509 for Innovform Therapeutics LLC, $39,191 for Map Decisions LLC, $43,818 for Pivitec LLC,...

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management has opened its new downtown Allentown office in Three City Center, the company announced Tuesday.The office, which is located on the seventh and top floor of the building at 515 W. Hamilton St., is home to 40 financial advisors brought from three relocated Morgan...

An Ohio-based development group has plans to build a 48-unit townhome development on Allentown's South Side. The proposal, presented to the Allentown Planning Commission Tuesday, calls for a nine-building development to be built north and east of West Barber Street on a property surrounded on...

John Morganelli, a Democratic candidate for attorney general, took the state’s largest teachers’ union to school Tuesday in a blistering critique of its political endorsement process he claims is based more on “personal friendships” than candidates’ qualifications and backgrounds. Morganelli, Northampton...

A stomach bug outbreak at Lafayette College in Easton appears to be subsiding, according to a school official. Since the start of the weekend, at least 52 sick students have sought medical attention at Easton Hospital and the school health center. Lafayette health services director Jeffrey Goldstein...

WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey talked about bipartisanship at his re-election kickoff event last fall, and a new report ranked him higher than most of his colleagues on that criteria.

ALLENTOWN – Got a start-up business plan? And would go in front of a group of strangers to pitch it? If you successfully lob your fledgling retail idea in Allentown, you could receive up to $15,000 in loans and professional services. The city and a group dubbed Upside Allentown on Tuesday announced...

ALLENTOWN – Got a business plan? Looking to become part of the burgeoning scene in downtown Allentown, or its adjacent neighborhoods? The city and several civic groups announced the launch Tuesday of "Retail Mosaic." In the program, a "Shark Tank"-like competition, prospective retailers will compete...

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — A grand jury report saying two former bishops helped cover up the sexual abuse of hundreds of victims by more than 50 priests is continuing to cause fallout in a central Pennsylvania diocese.Members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests plan a rally outside diocesan...

DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a New Jersey state trooper has died after he was hit by a vehicle at the scene of an accident. The New Jersey State Police say Trooper Sean Cullen was 31 years old and had been a trooper for about two years. Cullen had responded to an accident on Interstate...