Taxpayers foot bill when out-of-towners die in Lehigh County trauma centers.
When an illegal meth lab exploded in Chemung County, N.Y., in May, badly burning a young woman, the news didn't make a ripple in the Lehigh Valley, 180 miles away. But the explosion, like so many tragedies outside the area, had an impact on Lehigh County taxpayers.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, Bethlehem is looking for volunteers to sell daffodils at sales sites in Bath, Northampton, Whitehall and Bethlehem on March 21-25 during Daffodil Days. Shifts are two to four hours. Contact: Rosemarie Murphy, 610-921-2329x3109, rosemarie.murphy@cancer.org .
Allentown has deficit of $12 million and will receive only a slight boost in state aid.
Faced with a $12 million deficit and a tiny boost in state aid, Superintendent Russ Mayo has warned all unions to brace for possible job cuts next year in the Allentown School District.
Abe Atiyeh said the city is "not following the rules."
Local developer Abe Atiyeh has taken another slap shot at Allentown's downtown hockey arena, this time asking the courts to strike down the Planning Commission's approval of the project.
After residents, activists speak out against it, 35-year plan fails to get enough votes.
Allentown City Council shot down a 35-year binding agreement with a New Jersey company to build a new kind of waste-to-energy plant on the Little Lehigh Creek, after a marshaled effort by a dozen residents, environmental activists and one councilwoman against it.
Former Allentown developer paid money owed as part of a sentence in '07 bribery case.
Settling a debt that lingered nearly four years, former Allentown developer Mark Mendelson has paid a $1 million fine he received after pleading guilty to bribery.
As Allentown City Council prepares to vote Wednesday night on a binding agreement for a waste-to-energy plant on the Little Lehigh Creek, another bidder says the city never gave his company a fair shake at the contract, claiming his company offers bigger savings and a proven technology.
Medical academy will open in the fall at former school on Howertown Road.
The Catasauqua Area School Board granted approval to the Medical Academy Charter School on Monday after agreeing the proposal demonstrated community interest and the capability to provide a comprehensive learning experience among meeting other criteria.
The store wants to relocate because the hockey arena closed its Hamilton Street location.
In a last-ditch effort to persuade the Allentown zoning board to reconsider its rejection of Rite Aid's proposed store at Seventh and Allen streets, an attorney for the store elicited testimony about why the building already there should be torn down.
CAMELOT FOR CHILDREN, Allentown needs volunteers ages 18 and older to watch children during parent night out events during evenings and weekends. Camelot parents drop off their children for a fun night at Camelot to play games and watch movies. Help is needed for an event 6-10 p.m. Feb. 25. Contact: Cassie Kemmerer, 610-791-5683.
A year later, 200 people gather to remember fatal Allentown gas explosion.
Five simple wooden crosses were stuck into the rocky lot in Allentown where one year ago a fiery natural gas explosion ended lives and uprooted families.
Including construction unions, arena-linked donors gave Allentown mayor more than $70,000 in 2011.
Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski's healthy 2011 campaign fundraising haul got significant help from donors with connections to the city's $158 million hockey arena project and the Neighborhood Improvement Zone tax district that will help pay for it.
William and Beatrice Hall were killed when their home was leveled on that fateful night.
The Allentown natural gas explosion that last year killed five people was a jolting end to decades of happy family memories for Mark Hall, whose parents were killed in the blast.
Allentown City Council recommends the move but will take final vote next week.
Allentown City Council took a strong step Wednesday toward approving a $25 million-plus plant on the banks of the Little Lehigh Creek that would turn the city's waste and sewage into usable energy.
