Bethlehem Area

Township Council President Priscilla deLeon said Hudson provided no reason for his leaving, just that his last day would be March 28.

Sublime With Rome, the version of the ska band Sublime that reformed with new lead Rome Ramirez in 2009, will perform 8 p.m. Aug. 22 at Wind Creek Event Center in Bethlehem.

Norfolk Southern crews remained at the derailment site along the Lehigh River in Lower Saucon Township. The company released no details on what the trains were hauling or where they were going.

“Demand-rates parking aims to encourage turnover in your high-demand blocks and incentivize parkers to park at low-demand and off-street assets by providing a cheaper rate,” BPA Executive Director Steven Fernstrom said.

More than 200 years after the sanctuary was built, church leaders are working to make its heating and cooling more sustainable. While work is already underway, the oldest Moravian Church in North America still needs funding.

Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board examined rail cars that derailed Saturday morning after a collision in the Steel City section of Lower Saucon Township. They also retrieved video from inward- and outward-facing cameras on each train, and data recorders in each locomotive. A preliminary report is expected in 3 weeks.

“In the next 30 days, we hope to have 80-percent of the superstructure demolished and 40- to 50-percent of the materials cleaned up and sorted,” Bethlehem Parking Authority Executive Director Steven Fernstrom said.

The National Transportation Safety Board says an eastbound train hit a stopped train on the tracks and derailed onto westbound tracks, where a westbound train collided with the wreckage. Photos from the scene in Lower Saucon Township showed multiple rail cars off the tracks.

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