Allentown Area

A developer said a proposed convenience store would benefit Old Allentown, but neighbors and zoning officials disagreed Monday.

A new workshop for protective hairstyles is coming to Allentown. It will be hosted by Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center on May 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

The family-friendly festival will take place over Memoral Day weekend, Friday, May 26 to Sunday, May 28 at Cedar Crest College.

District officials surveyed thousands of students who want the uniform guidelines eliminated so they can express themselves with their own clothing styles.

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Bluesy rocker Boz Scaggs, best known for his 1970s hits "Lowdown" and "Ledo Shuffle," performs at 7 p.m. Sunday at Miller Symphony Hall in Allentown.

An appreciative community packed Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena in Allentown to bid farewell to Bishop Edward P. Cullen, 90, who died May 9. Cullen was the third Bishop of Allentown, having served from 1998 until his retirement in 2009 at age 76.

The Water Lantern Festival is coming to Allentown; the event has a non-refundable ticket policy customers should be aware of.

The Diocese of Allentown mourned Bishop Emeritus Edward P. Cullen during public viewings and funeral rites held over Thursday and Friday in Allentown.

The plane weighs 175,000 lbs., and the athletes pulled it 12 feet across the Lehigh Valley Airport tarmac.