1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (445+ words) — William Graham, Allentown — Frank R. Gunter, Bethlehem Township The Labor Day Your View pieces were excellent commentaries: The current free-market capitalism “makes it hard to get by in the Lehigh Valley,” written by an oral surgeon whose patients are more…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (465+ words) Dieruff High School, back in the 1950s, was originally built to serve as a junior high school. As Allentown’s East Side grew, it opened instead as a high school without the appropriate facilities to meet the needs of its students. More…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (753+ words) I would like to share my appreciation for the wonderful concert I attended at the Allentown Fair, featuring the Four Tops and their Motown hits, accompanied by the Allentown Symphony Orchestra. It was truly an enjoyable and memorable evening of…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (499+ words) Zachary Cole-Borghi, the Lehigh County commissioner accused of more than 100 drug-related crimes, confirmed Wednesday that he is not stepping down and said he believes he can continue his duties to the citizens of the county despite the allegations against him....

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (562+ words) My golfing buddies and I played at Wedgewood Golf Course in Upper Saucon Township recently. Afterward, we found a shady spot and picnic table. A handful of peanuts and a beverage or two later, the retired foursome solved a large…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (537+ words) By JOCELYN GECKER, AP Education Writer Americans’ satisfaction with the quality of K-12 education in the country has hit a low point, driven by a growing political divide and concerns that schools are not preparing children for college and future…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (510+ words) The question I hear most in my exam rooms isn’t “Will it hurt?” It’s “How soon can I go back to work?” I’m an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Bethlehem. People come to me with fractured jaws, infections left too…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (703+ words) Isaiah 43:18-19 The Lord says, “Forget the former things; and do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive of it? I am making a way in the wilderness…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (481+ words) Put a Democrat in charge of the county and what do you get: a tax increase in his first budget. Thanks to Ron Beitler, we will have someone not just saying ‘OK, let’s do it.’ With what we pay in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (510+ words) By Martha Christine and Rob Kahn From the historic neighborhoods of Allentown and Bethlehem to the growing townships across Lehigh and Northampton counties, residents are confronting a changing climate. Across the Lehigh Valley, summers now bring brutal heat waves that…...