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Faces of Main Street
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Faces of Main Street
27 Years fueling Small Business: A Q&A With Jeff Barber of Lehigh Financial Group
The founder of Lehigh Financial Group, recently named to the inaugural LVB 300, on SBA myths, why old downtown buildings are so hard to finance, and the deal that taught him more than the ones that closed.
Faces of Main Street
Meet the Couple Behind Centre Square Cheese, Easton’s Gourmet Destination
How Ron and Jennifer turned a 15-year dream into Centre Square Cheese, a specialty cheese, tinned fish and gourmet shop at the Easton Public Market.
Faces of Main Street
A Third-Generation Butcher Brings 150 Family Recipes to East Allen Township
For five falls Jeremy Scavazzo took his son to the pumpkin patch on Nor-Bath Boulevard. This summer he bought the building next door. Scavazzo's Gilded Cleaver opens with two smokehouses, a grandmother behind the counter, and more than 150 recipes handed down from the grandfather who taught him.
Real Estate News & Highlights
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Real Estate
Living Inside UNESCO: Historic Moravian Bethlehem
Bethlehem became a World Heritage Site in 2024. But you cannot buy a house inside it, UNESCO did not add a single rule, and the regulations that actually govern your front door have been on the books since 1961.
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Steel Money on the Hill
Railroad men built it, steel men bought it, and the man who founded the American oil industry died in a brick twin halfway down the block. A walk through Fountain Hill mansion row and what became of it.
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Local News
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Local News
502 Pages, One Sentence That Matters: Inside Pennsylvania's Disease Rule Rewrite
Pennsylvania's Department of Health has proposed a 502-page rewrite of its disease control regulations. Inside it are four words that would restore the school masking authority the state Supreme Court struck down in 2021, and a new section letting investigators enter an apartment or a school on nothing more than their credentials. Public comment closes Sept. 21.
Faces of Main Street
A Third-Generation Butcher Brings 150 Family Recipes to East Allen Township
For five falls Jeremy Scavazzo took his son to the pumpkin patch on Nor-Bath Boulevard. This summer he bought the building next door. Scavazzo's Gilded Cleaver opens with two smokehouses, a grandmother behind the counter, and more than 150 recipes handed down from the grandfather who taught him.
Local News
50 Odd Years Comes Home: Big Poppa Brings a Live Rock Show to LehighValley.FM
Al Gilotti, known on the air as Big Poppa, is bringing 50 Odd Years to LehighValley.FM every Monday night from 8 to 11 p.m. It is three hours of deep album cuts, underappreciated bands and new music, hosted live from a Bethlehem home studio, and it is the first original show on the station we launched in August.
Things To Do
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Things To Do
A Day in Jim Thorpe: The Lehigh Valley's Favorite Day Trip
Victorian architecture, mountain scenery, outdoor adventure, and a walkable downtown. Jim Thorpe is consistently rated one of Pennsylvania's best small towns and it is about an hour from your front door.
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Lake Nockamixon: The Village Under the Lake
Before it was a boating destination, the Tohickon Valley held a mill village, a quarry and nearly 300 properties the Commonwealth condemned. Almost everything was bulldozed before the water came. One thing was left standing, and it is still down there.
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Jefferson Lehigh Valley Classic 2026: Everything to Know About the PGA Tour Champions Event Coming to Allentown
For one week this fall, the Lehigh Valley becomes a stop on professional golf's senior circuit, with Hall of Famers, $50M in economic impact, and global TV coverage.
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Local Retail
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Local Retail
Why Shopping Local Matters More Than Ever in the Lehigh Valley
From Emmaus Main Street to Bethlehem's South Side to downtown Easton, the Lehigh Valley's independent retail scene is thriving. Here is why supporting local shops is the best investment you can make in your own community.
Faces of Main Street
Meet the Couple Behind Centre Square Cheese, Easton’s Gourmet Destination
How Ron and Jennifer turned a 15-year dream into Centre Square Cheese, a specialty cheese, tinned fish and gourmet shop at the Easton Public Market.
Local Retail
Book and Puppet Company: The Easton Shop Where Books Meet Puppets and Magic
Book and Puppet Company at 161 Northampton Street in Easton is part bookstore, part gift shop, and part puppet theater. Owners Andy Laties and Rebecca Migdal created a space that feels like stepping into a storybook.
Lehigh Valley History
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Lehigh Valley History
“The Backbone of America”: When “Mad Men” Made Bethlehem Steel Its Client
In a 2007 episode of “Mad Men,” the admen of Sterling Cooper pitched a very real Lehigh Valley client: Bethlehem Steel. The twist: their slogans about holding up New York's skyline were basically true.
Real Estate
Steel Money on the Hill
Railroad men built it, steel men bought it, and the man who founded the American oil industry died in a brick twin halfway down the block. A walk through Fountain Hill mansion row and what became of it.
Lehigh Valley History
"Living Here in Allentown": How Billy Joels Anthem Defined and Divided a Region
In 1982, Billy Joel released a song about the decline of the American steel worker. Originally titled "Levittown," the track was renamed "Allentown" because it rhymed better. Four decades later, the song remains both anthem and controversy.
