Allentown Area

Community Action Lehigh Valley hosted a community meeting about plans to build a new youth center. It would be located at the former Cleveland School on 9th Street.

Sample hundreds of new creations from sixty breweries at the buzzworthy block party happening Saturday, Sept. 9.

Allentown City Council approved a motion for an independent investigation into recent Allentown City Government allegations of racism.

Community Action Lehigh Valley is hosting a community meeting to discuss turning the former Cleveland School on North Ninth Street in Allentown into a $20 million youth center.

Allentown's 19th Street Theatre has been nominated to be on the National Register of Historic Places.

Workers battled oppressive heat while breaking down venues at the recently concluded 171st Allentown Fair on Tuesday, Final attendance figure for the six-day festival is expected to be released by next week.

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey, is predicting highs in the 90s through Thursday. The Allentown School District sent students home early Tuesday because of the heat.

Nine million Medicare recipients paid $3.4 billion in out-of-pocket expenses for 10 drugs now up for price negotiations, U.S. Rep. Susan Wild said. The deal struck over the drug costs will benefit Americans of all ages, she said.

Silk Lehigh Valley held an open house at its new location in Allentown. It is a drop-in program for LGBTQ youth ages 14 to 29 that is part of Bethlehem-based nonprofit Valley Youth House.

Total attendance figures won't be released until later in the week, but they likely were helped by a week of splendid weather. The six-day fair started last Wednesday and wrapped up, as usual, with the demolition derby at the grandstand on Labor Day.