Bethlehem Area

The comedian/actor and his family survived a car crash last week, just days before his standup show at the SteelStacks.

The four men, ages 21-22, shouted racial slurs at the victim before following him home and attacking him, according to investigators.

This year's winners will be honored in November at ArtsQuest in Bethlehem.

The Bethlehem school was closed for two days after the wall on an exterior stairwell collapsed Monday.

The proposal now calls for 108 homes at the Miller Farm property off Farmersville Road in Bethlehem Township. While planners tabled the application, they requested further discussion between the township, developer and other agencies.

The Bethlehem Area School District formally accepted Superintendent Joe Roy's resignation and hired assistant superintendent and chief academic officer Jack Silva for the role.

Irish singer and comedian Seamus Kennedy and singer Gerry Timlin will perform in the same show at 7 p.m. on June 22 in Moravian College’s Foy Hall.

William Penn Elementary School closed on Monday following a wall collapse on an exterior stairwell structure, according Bethlehem Area School District officials.

Founded by Slovenian immigrants more than a century ago, the church on East Fourth Street is being sold and merging with 2 other congregations. 'It's hard,' said one longtime parishioner. 'And I keep picturing other people that were very close to us sitting in their special spots.'

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