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Rob Bennett, chairman of the Greater Lehigh Valley Auto Dealers Association's Charitable Contributions Committee, announced earlier in the week the group's largest gift to date: a multi-year pledge totaling $100,000 for the Children's Hospital at Lehigh Valley Hospital. For Bennett, also president...

You want falafel. Your friends want tacos. Now, you can dine in harmony at the new Poblano Med Mex Grill in Lower Macungie Township.The 53-seat restaurant, which opened Feb. 24 at 6900 Hamilton Blvd. (in The Shoppes at Trexler), serves both Mediterranean and Mexican cuisines — from kebabs and arnabeet...

DELAWARE & LEHIGH NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR of Easton will hold a volunteer recruitment event 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 12. Opportunities include trail maintenance/field work, canal museum education, administrative support, social media, public outreach, events and the half-marathon. Lauren Golden,...

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania requires that any person who wants to become a certified security officer or who is privately employed and is required to carry a lethal weapon, must participate in a 40-hour Lethal Weapons Training Program. Northampton Community College's Center for Business &...

ALLENTOWN — The two sisters might not have realized they were conducting an experiment when they sat facing each other at the Da Vinci Science Center, the bottoms of their feet pressed together. When Lyla Kocher, 4, and her sister Avaline, 2, pushed off, their chairs glided apart along a set of...

If you see something, say something.Those six words are the philosophy behind a flurry of state laws passed in the aftermath of the 2011 Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal requiring more people — from school officials and day-care workers to ministers and medical professionals — to report suspected...

Trump's surge darkens forecast for ToomeyA new election forecast looks ominous for Senate Republicans, including Pennsylvania's Pat Toomey, if Donald Trump becomes the GOP's presidential nominee.Analysts at the University of Virginia's Center for Politics have categorized Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate...

ALLENTOWN — The Pennsylvania Fiscal code is written to be deliberately cryptic. Cracking the code currently under debate requires a few tools: 1) The previous fiscal code upon which many of the proposed earmark amounts are based

If you want to know where your tax dollars are being spent, the state fiscal code might seem like a logical place to start — until you start reading it. It wasn't written to be clear or informative. In fact, it wasn't written with you in mind.That fiscal code enacts the budget. It also includes...

SHANKSVILLE — Crayon drawings, stuffed animals and other mementos left by children at the Flight 93 memorial in western Pennsylvania are on display beginning this weekend. The "Through Their Eyes" temporary exhibit in Shanksville will open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays this month. Passengers...