Will Oliver
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LehighValleyNews.com
The city Zoning Hearing Board on Wednesday approved two special exceptions and a variance to let the church convert its two rowhomes at 230 and 232 W. Third St.
Donna S. Fisher
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For LehighValleyNews.com
Donna Fisher
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For LehighValleyNews.com
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Bethlehem Planning Commission said it wasn't comfortable giving the green light, as the property owner, Nicholas Bozakis, and his team submitted elevations and architectural details from a different, yet mostly similar, project from across town.
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The project would consist of a Lehigh Valley Health Network medical facility and 190 residential units near Lehigh Street and MacArthur Road.
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Easton's Planning Commission recommended the Zoning Hearing Board approve a subdivision of the Hooper House and Timothy House lot at their Wednesday meeting.
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The city Zoning Hearing Board recently approved dimensional variances to allow developer Abe Atiyeh’s plans for a new 5-unit townhome project in West Bethlehem.
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Locally, housing costs still remain lower than national averages, but data from real estate marketplaces compared with U.S. Census data in Lehigh and Northampton counties show housing affordability still is a struggle.
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In 2025, LehighValleyNews.com readers gravitated toward stories that reflected mounting economic pressure, public safety concerns, environmental uncertainty and moments of sharp civic tension.
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The rebate is meant to help seniors, widows and widowers and residents with disabilities who paid property taxes or rent in 2024.
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Easton was honored in the AARP's 2026 10 Great — and Affordable — Places for Older People to Live list, making it the only place in Pennsylvania to be included in the roundup.
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Applicant Nicholas Youssef envisions an all-new three-story building at 330 East Fourth St., featuring four two-bedroom apartments in the upper floors and about 1,800 square feet of ground-level commercial space.
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Developers behind a 34-unit apartment intended for Easton's North 4th Street tried to challenge an ordinance restricting building heights and sizes at the city's Thursday Zoning Hearing Board meeting.
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Upper Macungie's planning commission voted Wednesday to recommend preliminary approval for a planned 203-home development connecting Schantz Road and Bastian Lane.
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Lehigh Valley Planning Commission's Comprehensive Planning Committee on Tuesday reviewed a proposal for a 2.6 million-square-foot hyperscale data center in Upper Macungie Township, citing a litany of missing information as a concern.
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A conditional use hearing for a 170-unit apartment complex on Van Buren Road addressed a potential right-of-way issue during Monday's Palmer supervisors meeting, although the hearing has been continued until April.
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Officials held a grand opening for 1528 West Apartments on Friday, which is World Down Syndrome Day. Ten of its 49 apartments are reserved for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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The almost four-acre property is near the intersection of Easton Avenue and Farmersville Road, across from Blue Grillhouse and just down from Notre Dame High School.
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Easton Housing Authority obtained a set of variances that will allow for development of a 45-unit affordable senior housing project and dedicated parking in the West Ward.
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Several planning commission members questioned the use of a gate to regulate traffic and suggested developer Manny Makhoul instead extend Turner Street across his property.
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Plans call for buildings of 50-plus feet, but they won’t seem that tall to neighbors, according to the developer.
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The project, named Emerson Village, calls for the construction of 57 townhomes and 59 single-unit homes on 35 acres at 3626 Rural Road.
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On Wednesday, HARB, the recommending body to City Council that weighs proposed changes to the exterior of buildings in Historic Bethlehem, said it wanted to see revised plans for the former 555 Main St. five-and-dime at its next meeting on April 2.
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The Northampton County General Purpose Authority voted Tuesday to transfer a small lot along 25th St. to Skyline Investment Group, the developer working to turn the old Dixie Cup factory into more than 400 apartments.
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The board’s unanimous vote brought an end to Monday's meeting just before it entered its fourth hour.
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The work is supported by a $1 million reimbursement grant through the state’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, for “the design acquisition, and construction of regional economic, cultural, civic, recreational and historical improvement projects.”
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Just around the corner from Main and Broad streets, Darto's has operated at the same 46 W. North St. location for more than 40 years. It will be replaced by another restaurant of some sort.