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Could Downtown Bethlehem Do Without Paid Parking? What Happened in the Towns That Tried
Bethlehem residents say parking prices and tickets are keeping them away from downtown, and point to towns that dropped paid parking. We looked at what actually happened in Naples, Perth, Sarasota and others, and what it would take in Bethlehem.
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Fifth Street Cross: Inside Emmaus’s Thursday Night Race Where Fifth Place Wins
Born in a backyard on Fifth Street in 2005, the Thursday night run and cyclocross series now draws Olympians and first-time kid racers to the Emmaus Compost Center, and the leaders race for fifth place.
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Jefferson Lehigh Valley Classic 2026 Fan Guide: Parking, Tickets, Schedule and Who’s Playing
Free parking at Dorney Park, tickets from $15, the day-by-day schedule and the confirmed field, from Stewart Cink to Michael Block, for the Sept. 28 to Oct. 4 tournament at Lehigh Country Club.
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Penn’s Cave: The All-Water Cavern That Could Become Pennsylvania’s Next State Park
Three hours west of the Lehigh Valley, a boat carries you through a limestone cavern with no path and no dry ground. The family that has owned Penn’s Cave since 1908 now wants it to become a state park.
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36 Seasons, 868 Wins, and a New Microphone: Tim Neiman Joins LehighValley.FM
Tim Neiman coached DeSales baseball for 36 seasons and 868 wins. Starting Monday, Sept. 14, he brings his interview show Straight Lines to LehighValley.FM three times a week: Classic episodes Monday at 7 p.m., the Eastern Pennsylvania edition Wednesday at 6 p.m., and a Saturday morning repeat at 10.
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Bethlehem Owes $8 Million for the Hill to Hill Rebuild. Its Entire Capital Reserve Is $9 Million.
Bethlehem owes $8 million for the Hill to Hill rebuild. The city's entire capital reserve is $9.1 million, it has pledged not to borrow until 2030, and the project appears nowhere in its budget. The bridge is worth building. So how is it getting paid for?
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Bethlehem Cut Opioid Prevention to Nothing. Then It Bought Vending Machines.
Did you vote for this? Bethlehem’s opioid prevention budget went from $126,220 to $1,978 to nothing at all. In the same stretch the city handed out 6,209 naloxone kits and put two dispensing machines in a library and a parking garage. No hearing. No line item. No vote. Then it refused four firefighters over $11.42 a household.
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State Awards $1.56 Million to Bethlehem and Easton for Pedestrian Safety and Bicycle Improvements
Sen. Lisa Boscola announced $1,565,885 in state Multimodal Transportation Fund grants for pedestrian and bicycle safety upgrades on Bethlehem's Broad Street and along Route 611 in Easton, near the entrance to the D&L Trail.
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Lehigh and Northampton Counties Each Have an Expired Restaurant Liquor License Up for Bid This Fall
Pennsylvania's Liquor Control Board is accepting sealed bids for restaurant liquor licenses in 20 counties, including one each in Lehigh and Northampton, with a minimum bid of $25,000 and a deadline of October 5.
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Easton Extends Free Saturday Trolley Through Farmers' Market Season, Adding Earlier Start Time
The All Aboard Easton pilot trolley program, originally planned for four weeks, will run free every Saturday through the end of the Easton Farmers' Market season in December, with service now beginning an hour earlier.
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Bethlehem Settles Wastewater Violations With PA DEP, Agrees to $26,900 Penalty and 2030 Upgrade Plan
Bethlehem City Council unanimously approved a Consent Order and Agreement with Pennsylvania DEP, closing out a pattern of wastewater violations with a $26,900 penalty and a commitment to complete plant improvements by 2030.
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The Fifteen-Foot Commute: How South Mountain Woodworking Found Its Way to Cementon
James Phillips spent six years at Ford learning to listen to people, then turned a Covid hobby into a full-time furniture shop in a Cementon garage. He has lived in the Lehigh Valley for about a year, and he named the business after the mountain.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Shapiro Signs Executive Order Restricting Pennsylvania Data Centers: What It Means for the Lehigh Valley
Governor Josh Shapiro signed a sweeping executive order on August 18 making voluntary data center development standards legally binding, requiring local government approval before state permits can be issued, and banning nondisclosure agreements in data center projects.
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Susquehanna Street Diner in Salisbury Township Sets August 23 as Its Final Day After Nearly Three Years
Susquehanna Street Diner, a made-from-scratch breakfast and lunch spot that opened in Salisbury Township in October 2023, announced it will permanently close Sunday, August 23, calling the decision heavy-hearted and thanking a loyal customer base.
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Northampton County Council Approves 2026 Action Plan for Federal Housing and Community Development Grants
The plan directs more than $2.2 million in Community Development Block Grant funds to municipal construction and service agencies, while a separate resolution backs ArtsQuest's bid for state arts funding.
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St. Luke's $252 Million Heart Hospital at Anderson Campus Set to Open This October, Adding 140 Beds and 250 Jobs
The five-story facility in Bethlehem Township is the largest construction project in the network's 150-plus-year history and includes a rooftop helipad and a new cardiac fellowship program.
