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Allentown can be considered home ice for the husband-and-wife skating team of Jessica and Brendyn Hatfield.The couple lived in Allentown for two years when they performed at Dorney Park. They skated in a Peanuts-themed ice show, which played at the park during the summers of 2009 to 2012."Allentown...

Roots-rocker Scott Marshall showed his dominance over the regional music scene at the 17th Lehigh Valley Music Awards, winning a record-tying nine performance awards out of 12 nominations, including Outstanding All-Around Performer on both the fan and industry ballots. Two other veterans — folk...

The forecast may call for daytime temperatures in the 70s by midweek, but winter was still in full swing at area ski resorts this weekend. Blue Mountain Ski Area in Lower Towamensing Township was swamped with skiers, boarders and tubers out to make the most of what all agree has been a less than...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Those who worked with former US President Ronald Reagan say Nancy Reagan was intelligent and loyal to her husband.As first lady, Mrs. Reagan was a trusted adviser and held backstage power in the Reagan administration, which began in 1981.After the presidency, she was a caregiver...

Nancy Reagan's death brought back a flood of memories for retired Air Force Master Sgt. Willard Jones. For more than two decades, the Northampton County man worked as a communications specialist with the Presidential Airlift Group, flying on dozens of missions aboard Air Force One. He remembers...

FORMER REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND EX-MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY"With the passing of Nancy Reagan, we say a final goodbye to the days of Ronald Reagan. With charm, grace, and a passion for America, this couple reminded us of the greatness and the endurance of the American experiment....

The successes of Lehigh University have been on display during the celebration of its sesquicentennial. Along with achievements in engineering and science are the achievements in the arts. Those will be on display on Sunday, March 6, when the East Winds Quintet, a faculty wood wind quintet that...

Downtown Allentown Restaurant Week returns Sunday, March 6, so if you're looking for a reason to go out and try some new cuisine, it's a pretty good time. Fourteen casual and upscale restaurants (yep, there are that many!) have put together special fixed price, multi-course lunch and dinner menus...

You know you're doing something right when the mayor of your city gives you a shout-out during his State of the City speech. On Jan. 29 Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski praised The Alternative Gallery at Fourth and Tilghman streets and made sure to mention its founder Brandon Wunder. Pawlowski spoke...

In 1919, appalled and disillusioned by the destruction of World War I, Edward Elgar wrote one of the most soulful and haunting works of the classical repertoire, the Cello Concerto in E Minor. Although the work sets a somber mood, its sadness speaks not of pessimism, but of acknowledging with compassion...