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In the newest show from Disney on Ice, more than 50 classic and contemporary Disney characters from 16 stories will present scenes based in favorite holidays and celebrations from around the world."Let's Celebrate!" comes to the PPL Center in downtown Allentown for eight performances March 9-13.

Get ready to oink as the Lehigh Valley IronPigs puts single-game tickets for the 2016 season on sale to the public, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in a National Pig Day celebration that also features a pig roast, T-shirt giveaway, live music and family activities.The event, considered to be the largest...

Sports Authority has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as the struggling sporting goods retailer aims to restructure its operations, better tailor itself to customers and trim some $1.1 billion in debt, according to documents filed in court Tuesday."Due to the changing retail environment,...

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal in a lawsuit claiming Bethlehem Area School District is responsible for a Liberty High School student's death after he was struggling in a swimming pool. A lawyer for mother Mica Spady asked the Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision...

REVAMPED MENU AT HOOKExecutive Chef Bradley Blocker and General Manager Ed Keglovits recently came on board at Hook Seafood & Grille in Allentown and have made changes that include a broadened menu and reduced pricing."We're going a little more casual," says Keglovits. "It needs to be more affordable...

The Bethlehem Hall of Fame's inaugural class, which is being inducted during a day of celebrating Bethlehem's 275th anniversary, has been announced. The 27 inductees, which were unveiled Wednesday during a news conference, celebrate people who have obtained national recognition among their peers...

The Rock. An auto baron. The first mate of television's most famous starship. All Bethlehem-born, and all destined for the city's Hall of Fame, along with a couple dozen other notables from various fields. The actor Rock, of course, is Dwayne Johnson, the professional-wrestler-turned-leading man....

EASTON – Jimmy's Hot Dogs is staying in the family. Sort of. Frank Bounoutas and his wife Polyxeni outbid partner John Apostolopoulos for the Palmer Township fast food business. The winning bid came to $330,000 during an auction Wednesday at the office of Easton attorney Ronald Shipman, the court...

I wrote a few weeks ago about a Bethlehem woman who, with some guidance from the Watchdog, slipped out of the clutches of a scammer on Craigslist. She had fallen for the classic rental scam, where a crook collects rent for a property they don't own. A new report sheds some light on just how prevalent...

NORTHAMPTON — The fierce storm that buffeted the Lehigh Valley with rain and heavy winds last week may not have resulted in canceled classes in the Northampton Area School District, but its impact was felt nonetheless.The Feb. 24 storm ripped off a 40-by-40 foot section of the roof of the Administration...