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Allentown Fire Department is warning against any outdoor fires due to dry conditions and elevated winds as a red flag warning continues for the region.

Bethlehem Township Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a conflict-of-interest measure that would mandate recusal of “public officials in matters that they hold a financial interest.”

Curbed by the pandemic, some highly anticipated bus travel routes and are coming back.

Thousands of residents signed petitions in support of the measure, which Allentown Police Chief Charles Roca labeled as “defund-the-police rhetoric.”

Tool, whose 1993 album “Undertow,” 1996 album “Ænima” and 2001 album “Lateralus” all sold triple-platinum, will perform at the PPL Center at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7.

North Whitehall supervisors granted preliminary/final approval to the plan for housing development Greenleaf Fields at Parkland.

Township commissioners heard more Monday regarding the potential use of state grant money to improve amenities for walking, biking and public transit. The changes have to be completed by the end of September.

Andrew Joseph Tokach was part of Company D, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division when it led the assault on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.

Those 180 units would be split evenly across four large buildings, according to the developer’s initial plans.

Any fires that develop may quickly get out of control and become difficult to contain, the National Weather Service said in a red flag warning in effect for the area until 8 p.m.