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The historic property in Bethlehem has 205 apartments, and common areas with references to its locally well-known past as a movie theater.

The Lehigh County Authority approved its 2025 budget on Monday, highlighting numerous projects for next year, along with rate increases for water and sewer services.

Two new warehouses have been approved in Lehigh Valley under a "special exemption request." The development also aims to attract tenants.

The Factory LLC building in South Bethlehem is for sale. It opened in 2019 as a business incubator for fledgling food and business companies.

A warehouse developer sidestepped Lowhill Township and went directly to the DEP to have the agency force the township to amend its sewage facilities plan.

The Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce hosted the ribbon cutting for Habitat for Humanity Lehigh Valley's latest ReStore in Hellertown on Oct. 24, 2024, with the store's proceeds going toward vital home repairs in the area.

The restaurant changed hands and its name around two years ago. Now, it's set to soon return to what the community last knew it as: Spiros Restaurant.

After a bit of back-and-forth, Lehigh County's 2025 budget is now final. If it's followed to the letter, the County will spend $554 million next year.

Easton seniors may be eligible for a property tax rebate as early as 2026, with the city allocating fuel savings from hybrid police vehicles into a fund intended to assist homeowners 65 and older.

The inaugural Lehigh Valley Nonprofit Impact Conference at Wind Creek Event Center on Wednesday attracted 300 participants designed to bring nonprofit and community leaders together.

In a move that Santander Bank said aligns with the financial institution's digital shift nationwide, seven Lehigh Valley branches will be sold to Community Bank. Branches will remain open and employees will be offered continued employment during the transition, which is expected to complete by the end of the year,

Allentown Zoning Hearing Board unanimously approved a special use application request by City Center Group to perform partial demolition of the former Merchants National Bank at Seventh and Hamilton streets. The revitalization project will include office and retail space, and a restaurant.

June was a one-month grace period for Allentown residents to learn the new yard-waste-collection routine, with citations to be written starting July 1.

Fourth Fridays are back in Easton, promoting locally-owned businesses and bringing the community together with the return of the Cash Mob.

Turkish candy company Kervan celebrated a groundbreaking for a new warehouse, manufacturing, and office space off Commerce Park Drive at the border of Bethlehem and Lower Nazareth townships.

"A Community Conversation: Broadcast in the Balance" examines funding cuts under consideration in Congress to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The cuts would result in the defunding of more than $1 billion over two years to public media outlets across the country.

Primrose Schools LLC received permission Wednesday to build a daycare center on Freemansburg Avenue with capacity for 176 students.

Plans for the Shoppes at Hamilton, a 318-unit apartment complex with retail spaces and a hotel, are moving along in Lower Macungie Township.

Shankweiler’s, renowned as the oldest continuously operating drive‑in theatre in the country since 1934, will soon be showcased to millions across the country on "Good Morning America."

If Congress adopts a measure clawing back $1.1 billion allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Bethlehem community radio station WDIY would need to come up with $200,000 dollars in new funding. "It's money I don't have," the nonprofit's executive director said Tuesday.

The family-owned and family-run business based in the Netherlands will use the Bethlehem office as its sales, service and assembly headquarters for the Americas, employing about 30 people once fully staffed.

Lower Macungie Township commissioners took another look at the plans for the new Western Lehigh Services facility during their Monday evening workshop, reviewing a few technical notes that still need to be addressed.