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Lower Saucon Township officials sealed a deal with neighboring Springfield Township to preserve 14 acres in an area known as the Northampton Hills within the federally designated Pennsylvania Highlands.The joint deal is for a property straddling both townships of which 4.4 acres are in Lower Saucon...

EASTON — Two weeks after hearing how nonprofits could change operations at Gracedale, Northampton County leaders are ready to run with the least controversial option. Councilman Robert Werner will introduce a resolution Thursday committing the county to creating Friends of Gracedale, a nonprofit...

PHILADELPHIA — Mike Abdullah watched as a young woman lay shot in the street on a corner of North Philadelphia known as the Badlands, spitting up the blood that gradually choked her to death. The fatal shooting was one of many he says he has seen in the city over the years and felt helpless to...

Allentown may have spent $533,131 on private contractors to assist with snow removal in January, but that tab could have been much worse, administrators told Allentown City Council Wednesday.The city enlisted the help of multiple private vendors to assist with removing the 31.9 inches of snow...

Until a few months ago, Mike Miller's front gutters were propped up with a piece of wood. He'd planned to have the gutters replaced long before winter, but said a contractor took his dough and never showed.Miller told me he hired Calmar Construction of Bethlehem last June to replace the gutters...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The number of adults in Pennsylvania who sought a child abuse clearance last year almost tripled after a new law took effect in response to the Jerry Sandusky and clergy child sexual abuse scandals.The state Department of Human Services said Wednesday that 1.5 million adults...

BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP — Golfers eager to voice their support for a controversial housing development that would keep the Green Pond Country Club in business will have to wait to have their say.Township commissioners were expected to vote on whether to again grant waivers to Delaware County-based Traditions...

David M. Erdman has been named publisher and editor-in-chief of The Morning Call as part of a sweeping Tribune Publishing reorganization in which editors also will serve as publishers at all nine of the company's publications.Erdman, an Allentown native and graduate of Allentown Central Catholic...

The Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority Wednesday approved a tentative deal that would pave the way for FedEx Ground to build a $335 million package-sorting plant in Allen Township.Under an agreement the authority approved during a special meeting Wednesday, the owners of Willow Brook Farms would...

Kids can see a character from a popular storybook live on stage this weekend.Easton's State Theatre is presenting "Pinkalicious, The Musical" based on the book by Elizabeth Kann and Victoria Kann at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday.The show was created by New York's Vital Theatre Company, which produces...