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Month after skill games removal, local private clubs/bars feel financial impact
EASTON, Pa. - It’s been a month since a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling forced the removal of all skill games from private clubs and bars, and the state police are reporting a 99% compliance rate. The state Supreme Court ruled that skill games are technically slot machines, and they...
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A look back at the origin of Easton’s Bacon Fest
Bacon Fest has survived and thrived for 15 years, and it doesn’t seem to be sizzling down. But how did the event first start?. Debuting in 2012 and postponed a week due to Hurricane Sandy, what was originally known as Easton Farmers’ Market’s first Bacon Fest rounded up approximately 200 people and 16 vendors on a Saturday in Centre Square.
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Easton Panel Rejects Bid to Raze 1946 Bus Terminal for 74-Foot Apartment Tower
Easton's Historic District Commission unanimously rejected a developer's plan to demolish the former Easton Bus Terminal on Bushkill Street and replace it with a six-story apartment building, following more than an hour of public comment. The vote included one abstention, and it deals a setback to developer Kevin Serfass, who wanted to tear down the 1946-era terminal building at 102 Bushkill St. to make way for a 74-foot residential project.
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Colonel Robert Hooper House | Lehigh Valley Landmarks
On April 28, 1779, a man in Easton, Pennsylvania, sat down to write to a friend. He had an army to supply, with wheat to buy, wagons to gather, and soldiers who could not wait. But the line that survives is about fish. “Mrs. Hooper,” he wrote, “has been collecting Shad for two weeks.” It is a small, domestic detail. It tells you this was not a man passing through. He was Colonel Robert Lettis Hooper Jr.. The house where he lived and worked still stands at 501 Fifth and Northampton Streets and it is the oldest house within Easton’s city limits.
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Kovach, Traphagen announce bids for Clinton mayor
Clinton Mayor Janice Kovach and Councilman Ross Traphagen have both announced their candidacies for mayor, setting up a contest between the incumbent and a councilman who has served for nearly eight years. “Clinton isn’t just where I serve. It’s home,” said Kovach. “I’m running again because I love this town...
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Lafayette College shrinks Inclusion division, offices relocated
Driven by a public pledge to cultivate inclusivity on campus, Lafayette College unified its diversity, equity and inclusion departments under a newly established Division of Inclusion in 2024. Two years later, the college moved most of those offices out of the division, reducing its once 10-member staff to four employees.
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Lafayette College to host well-being concert series
Wellness and music are on the same frequency. Lafayette College will host its first wellness concert on Tuesday in the Williams Center for the Arts, the first of a new series the college hopes to continue to host once a semester. “It’s a light sort of mindfulness guide, but mostly...
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Lafayette College joins new college application system
Lafayette College announced it joined the Coalition for College, a selective alternative college application process that accepts members based on school affordability and graduation rates, on Nov. 5. Forrest Stuart, the vice president for enrollment management, wrote in an email that the coalition first reached out to Lafayette a couple...