Allentown News

An internal policy change approved Wednesday by the Allentown Parking Authority board means enforcers will now patrol 90 hours per week, rather than 168.

The bill, drafted in response to a mass poisoning at an Allentown daycare last year, would require child care centers to have carbon monoxide detectors.

The city is introducing a new licensing and permitting system called Energov to streamline business with the city.

The 2023 Allentown Lehigh Parkway Ultra 50k will take place on Sept. 16 with no road closures and a 10-hour time limit.

The Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority released its 2022 annual reports, showing a small drop in tax revenues from 2021.

As Allentown church members distributed food in a parking lot, an enforcement officer followed vehicles in line and wrote tickets, according to the church pastor and witnesses. It comes as the authority is under fire for aggressive enforcement practices.

The race returned for a second-straight year after a two-year layoff because of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 2,000 runners entered for Sunday's events and over 400 children participated Saturday. See the top finishers.

Italian company Travaglini has selected the Lehigh Valley as its first location in the U.S. to manufacture equipment to cure meats and other delicacies.

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon, Monroe and several other eastern Pennsylvania counties.

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The races are expected to close streets from about 8-11:30 a.m. Sunday.

Allentown schools Superintendent Carol Birks said she plans to form a task force find ways to enroll more young children into early learning programs, with families on waitlists across the Lehigh Valley and statewide.