The Morning Call
- Medical marijuana bill signing
Friday - 04/15/2016 - 12:05 PMGov. Tom Wolf will sign a bill creating the Medical Marijuana Act at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Capitol Rotunda and then at night the front of Capitol will be bathed in green lights to celebrate.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- OraSure adds new chief science officer
Friday - 04/15/2016 - 11:47 AMBETHLEHEM—OraSure has hired a new chief science officer.Michael Reed has been named the company's senior vice president of research and development and chief science officer. He replaces Stephen Lee, who left OraSure in 2014 and is now an independent consultant in the field of In Vitro diagnostics.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Foodies rejoice: Easton Public Market debuts
Friday - 04/15/2016 - 08:10 AMFrom artisan chocolates and wood-fired pizza to Asian noodle dishes from the mind of a James Beard Award-nominated chef, the offerings at the Easton Public Market promise to make it a foodie heaven.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Allen Township, developer at odds over road maintenance
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 11:36 PMRoad improvements will need to be made by a developer before further building phases of an Allen Township community can proceed.Approved in 2013, Stone Ridge, on Graystone Circle and consisting of 26 twin homes west of Savage Road and south of Nor-Bath Boulevard, is poised for additional construction.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New Jersey bridge defendants: Indictment a 'fantasy'
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 08:21 PMNEWARK, N.J. — An indictment charging two former allies of Gov. Chris Christie with crimes in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal is a "fantasy" that misapplies federal law and relies on statements made under immunity, lawyers for the defendants argued in briefs seeking to have the...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Proposed Lower Nazareth warehouse draws ire of neighbors
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 05:45 PMMoving a massive four-story warehouse a mere 10 feet doesn't make a group of neighboring residents feel any better about it.That's what Lower Nazareth supervisors and representatives of F. Greek Development were told during a conditional use hearing Wednesday on a 300,288-square-foot warehouse...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Easton to provide landlord training next week
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 05:21 PMEASTON – The city of Easton will host an all-day landlord training program next Saturday designed to help owners and managers keep illegal drug activity and other criminal activity off their property.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Upper Milford Township asks for feedback on possible open space tax referendum
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 02:50 PMUPPER MILFORD TOWNSHIP — Upper Milford Township has the lowest real estate tax rate and some of the best soils in Lehigh County.Officials want to know if residents are interested in ponying up to preserve agricultural and wooded land.The Board of Supervisors and Open Space Committee held a forum...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bethlehem police investigate two-vehicle crash involving Diana Ross
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 12:21 PMBETHLEHEM — Bethlehem police said a limo shuttling Diana Ross to a show Wednesday afternoon was involved in a two-vehicle crash in the city's South Side. The crash happened just before 5 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Pat Toomey raises $2.5 million ahead of primary
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 09:23 AMRepublican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey raised almost $2.5 million so far this year and had nearly $9.2 million on hand heading into the final weeks of the primary, according to his campaign.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Skirmish grows over Social Security ad in Senate race
Friday - 04/15/2016 - 11:30 AMThe skirmish in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate primary over Social Security has shifted to a legal fight over an ad claiming that Democrat Joe Sestak supports cuts to the benefit program.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Pennsylvania unemployment rate inches higher as more people seek work
Friday - 04/15/2016 - 10:23 AMPennsylvania's unemployment rate rose three-tenths of a percentage point to 4.9 percent in March as the number of people working or looking for work hit a record level.Even with the jump, the state's jobless rate remained below the national level, which was 5 percent.The state Labor and Industry...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Salisbury residents complain of Susquehanna Street flooding
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 11:25 PMSALISBURY TOWNSHIP — Two Salisbury residents told township commissioners Thursday they are tired of flooding from a stormwater pipe that runs under Susquehanna Street, sending water into their yards and basements.Sandra Yodzio, who lives on Byfield Street, said the rainwater from the pipe floods...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bethlehem makes it official: Goodman Furniture building blighted
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 10:16 PMBETHLEHEM — The long-deteriorating former Goodman Furniture store on East Third Street was certified blighted by the Bethlehem Planning Commission on Thursday. Among the problems are holes in the roof, bricks falling out and cracked windows, according to Craig Hynes, the city's chief building inspector,...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bethlehem police horses get new ride
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 08:54 PMBethlehem's four police horses have a set of new wheels.Mayor Robert Donchez and police Chief Mark DiLuzio on Thursday announced the purchase of a new trailer for the city's Mounted Unit.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Bethlehem's SteelStacks celebrates a birthday
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 05:48 PMBETHLEHEM — From the balcony at Musikfest Café, ArtsQuest CEO Kassie Hilgert probably had the best seat at SteelStacks last summer.She could clearly see music legend David Crosby on stage, his shock of white hair flowing over a dark suit as the rusted blast furnaces formed the backdrop through...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Chamber audience hears of commercial real estate challenges
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 04:31 PMALLENTOWN — Speakers at a commercial real estate outlook Thursday dished around plenty of dirt, figuratively, about the Lehigh Valley landscape, and their news was mostly positive.But two presenters during a Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce event held at PPL Center in Allentown also cited...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ex-student talks about abuse at hearing for 3 friars from Pa. Franciscan order
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 11:45 AMHOLLIDAYSBURG (AP) — A former student who says he was sexually abused at a Pennsylvania high school is testifying at a hearing for three Franciscan friars charged with allowing a suspected sexual predator to hold jobs where he molested more than 100 children.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- White House blasts Pat Toomey for opposing SCOTUS hearing
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 10:28 AMThe White House took a swing at Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey on Wednesday, naming him in arguing that Republicans should support hearings if they have concerns about how the president’s Supreme Court nominee would perform.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Movie Tavern plan takes another step forward; future of sycamores still in question
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 09:34 AMLOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP — Some old sycamores along Hamilton Boulevard will have to coexist with PennDOT-required deceleration lanes into a proposed commercial development featuring the Lehigh Valley's first Movie Tavern.Jaindl Land Co.'s Trexler Business Center was back before the Lower Macungie...
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- Document shredding widespread at VA, audit says
Friday - 04/15/2016 - 12:19 PMThere's more disturbing news about how poorly our government treats veterans seeking benefits related to their military service.Benefits claims centers, including the one in Philadelphia that serves veterans in the Lehigh Valley, were allowing important documents to be shredded, which could have...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pa. school district: 'Squirt gun assassin' game dangerous
Friday - 04/15/2016 - 08:35 AMGREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania school district say a game known as Squirt Gun Assassin is getting out of hand.Officials in the Hempfield Area School District tell KDKA-TV (http://cbsloc.al/22z5Rtq ) students are chasing school buses and one another in cars, and stalking one another.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Allentown looks to create alternative education option, add staff members
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 10:51 PMALLENTOWN – In response to the string of violence that rocked the Allentown School District in the fall, administrators are looking to spend $2 million to create an alternative setting for special education students and an additional nearly $2 million to increase staff.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Guns at play in Bucks County's congressional primary
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 08:18 PMGun control is an issue in Bucks County's Democratic congressional primary, despite there being few differences between the candidates on the matter.State Rep. Steve Santasiero and Shaughnessy Naughton, a real estate magazine publisher and a former research chemist, are fighting to be the Democrat...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judicial ballot question may be headed for court fight
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 08:28 PMHARRISBURG — A politically charged court fight loomed Thursday over whether Pennsylvania's primary election voters can choose to raise the mandatory retirement age for more than 1,000 state judges or whether it will be postponed until the November general election.The Pennsylvania Department of...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A polished Jewel readies for her return to Bethlehem
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 04:57 PMTwo decades after Jewel exploded onto the music scene with the album "Pieces Of You," she's made an album that brings her back to the core of who she is as a musician and a person.It's called "Picking Up The Pieces," and it follows a period in which the singer had a son, Kase (now 4), divorced...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bethlehem's SteelStacks at age 5 offers $5 movies
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 04:04 PMOn a spring day in 2011, a few dozen people made their way to a new arts center located amid the ruins of the former Bethlehem Steel plant. It was a sleek building made of concrete, steel and glass that stood in stark contrast to the towering, old blast furnaces across the street that reminded...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Real Housewife' Danielle Staub coming to Bethlehem, bringing a camera crew
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 12:20 PMDanielle Staub, who appeared on Bravo's "Real Housewives of New Jersey," will be in Bethlehem on April 23 and she'll have a camera crew with her. Staub is arguably one of the most recognizable, controversial and polarizing stars of the popular reality TV franchise.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Rite Aid moving into downtown Allentown
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 10:58 AMALLENTOWN — For the past four years Joanne Young could look out of the window of her apartment at the Center Square senior apartments and see one of a half-dozen construction projects going on in downtown Allentown.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Verizon and you - what the strike means
Thursday - 04/14/2016 - 09:39 AMHundreds of Verizon workers in the Lehigh Valley and Berks County have gone on strike, joining nearly 40,000 unionized employees who walked out Wednesday after the unions and communications company failed to reach an agreement.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share