East Penn News

Union workers walked off the job at Mack Trucks' facility in Lower Macungie Township and other locations Monday morning — a week after both sides announced a tentative deal.

Current Upper Milford Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Joyce Moore is up for re-election, with a challenge from the current head of the recreation commission Angela Ashbrook.

St. Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church in Emmaus is proposing a move to South Whitehall. Father Joseph Landino said the church is looking to expand after many new parishioners started attending.

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The general election for the Alburtis borough council is a near mirror-image of its Republican primary race, with five current council members running for four open seats on the council.

The East Penn area is getting a multitude of Halloween festivals in events in October. New festivals return and set off, while traditional events return.

Thousands of workers represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) reached a tentative agreement with Mack Trucks, the union and the company reported early Monday.

Macungie is considering swapping out the Macungie Volunteer Fire Department after concerns over response times and other worries. But now a "draft agreement" appears to be in the works.

A revitalization project at the community center and its new board have brought new life, restoration, and new events to the Alburtis area meeting place

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Students from Emmaus High School's broadcast studio & film production program created a nine-minute short film selected for the All-American High School Film Festival

A tractor trailer truck helped herd a group of about a dozen escaped goats safely back home in Macungie last week.

Two new Wayback Burgers locations are coming soon to Bethlehem and Lower Macungie Township.

'Emmaus United for Progress: Vision 2030' highlights goals, action items, and ideals for the Borough of Emmaus to build into the next decade.

Residents came to learn about the causes, risks, and treatment for a common dangerous condition in the first of the Macungie Institute's heart health lecture series.

Costas Paxos and his sisters, Maria and Barbara Paxos, on Sept. 2 opened Not Just Bagels at 5585 Hamilton Blvd., Suite D, Lower Macungie Township, in the Shepherd’s Corner shopping center.

Emmaus’ Main Street will welcome fall with its annual Farewell to Summer festival this weekend.

After two years of being shuttered during the pandemic, The Macungie Institute has new leadership and new events.

Set for Saturday, the festival is a nod to the old orchard that used to occupy the site.

Many libraries have made content like ebooks, magazines, audiobooks and videos available remotely.

Casey visited the Lehigh Valley to address economic, supply chain and inflation issues.

The new location will not include gas pumps or inside shopping.