Bethlehem Area

Northampton County Council is the last government body that needs to sign off on extended tax breaks in Bethlehem's Southside, intended to encourage redevelopment of "deteriorated" parts of the city.

The National Museum of Industrial History was awarded a $500,000 grant that will fund its expansion.

The city's 2023 budget set aside $3 million for the Community Recovery Fund. Now, the first round of grants from the fund is set to begin.

The Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts in Bethlehem is hosting an unveiling of its new mural with artist Kathi Ember on Sunday, Feb. 5.

The city is hoping to gain approval as one of only a handful of World Heritage Sites in the U.S. — and join with other locations in Europe as a single Moravian Church settlement site of significance.

Freedom High School senior Jerry Rivera has been awarded a four-year scholarship to Princeton University by QuestBridge, a national nonprofit that connects high-achieving high school seniors from low-income backgrounds with leading colleges and universities. A celebration of the scholarship was held at the high school on Tuesday morning.

The audit of a dozen districts released last week has drawn the ire of school business experts.

The former parish building will host one more Mass in honor of St. Joseph in March.

Bob Born was formerly president of Just Born Quality Confections, the Bethlehem-based company that makes Peeps and Hot Tamales.

Every year, the federal "point-in-time" count attempts to see how many people are living without homes. Here's how it played out in the Lehigh Valley.