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One lane to be closed on I-78 Westbound Phillipsburg toll bridge starting Monday
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission has issued a travel advisory for the Phillipsburg I-78 toll bridge’s Pennsylvania-bound direction, where travel will be reduced to two travel lanes (one of three lanes closed) from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, May 20, to Thursday, May 23.
Downed Pole Causes Power Outage, Detours Traffic In Allentown: Police
Authorities said it happened around 6 a.m. A power outage is affecting residents of several blocks nearby and PPL is on the scene, police said. Drivers are being asked to avoid the intersection until further notice. Police said they will issue an update when the intersection is clear. to follow...
Inside deadly Levittown rampage: 911 calls, witnesses tell of unfolding chaos at homes
Editor’s note: The following story is based on eyewitness testimony given in court, 911 calls made by Karen Gordon and Taylor Daniel as well as home surveillance and police body camera video taken on March 16, 2024 and played in Bucks County Court on May 15, 2024. Andre Gordon Jr. is charged and has not been convicted of any crimes in this case. ...
Police: Expect additional traffic as Lehigh University set to hold graduation ceremonies
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Police are giving drivers a heads up that there will be additional traffic in the area of Lehigh University at certain times this weekend, due to graduation ceremonies. Police in Lower Saucon Township say drivers should expect additional traffic on Saturday and Sunday between 8 a.m. and...
History's Headlines: From Bethlehem to Batavia
In the year 1799 the Dutch East India Company’s merchantman “China” was sailing toward the island of Java (which the Dutch then called Batavia) in the Dutch East Indies, now the nation of Indonesia, with an unusual passenger. For one thing he was an American, an unusual place for one to be at that time. For another he was trained in medicine and the sciences. And as he stepped off the ship, he gradually became aware that here was a place whose flora and fauna had been relatively unknown to European science. Twenty-six-year-old Thomas Horsfield of Bethlehem had found his life’s vocation.
Bethlehem students win top honors in statewide What’s So Cool About Manufacturing
Bethlehem’s Broughal Middle School was the big winner in the statewide What’s So Cool About Manufacturing Contest. The students partnered with Weaver Popcorn Manufacturing to make a video that ans...
Foodservice distribution company opening center in Lehigh Valley, expected to bring nearly 250 jobs
NORTHAMPTON, Pa. - A foodservice distribution company announced Friday the grand opening of a distribution center in the Lehigh Valley that is expected to create nearly 250 jobs. Sysco Corporation says it opened Sysco Allentown, a new 454,000-square-foot distribution center in Northampton. Sysco Allentown features a culinary center for collaborating...
Bethlehem Catholic High School students learning virtually again Wednesday, after smoke reported at school earlier in week
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Students at a high school in Bethlehem will be learning virtually again Wednesday, after smoke was reported at the school Monday morning. Bethlehem Catholic High School students had remote learning Monday and Tuesday as well. Firefighters were called to the high school on Monday morning. Smoke was...
72-Year-Old Missing In Northampton County, Authorities Say (UPDATED)
Update: The subject of this report has been located safely, police said. Police are looking for a man last seen in Bath on Wednesday morning, May 15. Stanley Olanin, 72, was last spotted on the 2400 block of East Scenic Drive in Moore Township, authorities said.Anyone with information is …
911 calls, doorbell videos, body camera footage detail Falls killings
On the morning of March 16, Andre Gordon Jr. went to his father’s Levittown home and then to the nearby home of the mother of his children intent on murder, a Bucks County detective told a District Judge Wednesday during Gordon’s preliminary hearing in Doylestown. Armed with an...
Clouds and a few showers Saturday but warmer and drier weather lies ahead
TONIGHT: Mainly cloudy with a few showers late.. Low: 56. SATURDAY: Cloudy and cool with a few showers, especially south and west of the Lehigh Valley. High: 67. Friday was yet another mostly cloudy day with a few rays of sunshine here and there. Minus the rain it was pretty m7uch a copy and paste of what we had seen on Thursday. Tonight however with a weak low pressure system moving through, we’ll see some scattered showers move through eastern PA. The showers remain mostly scattered with the best chance of rain being south of I-78. The rain lasts through Saturday morning and ends by early afternoon. With the presence of an ocean breeze once again, skies will be mostly cloudy which will limit our temperatures from rising again. Look for highs in the mid to upper 60s, however, if the sun does stay out a little longer, we might be able to break 70°. Regardless, temperatures will be below average on Saturday as the average high in Allentown is 74°. After this system moves out, we get a much needed break from all of the rain for a few days as an area of high pressure settles over the east coast. This will bring back the May-like temperatures with highs in the mid to upper 70s to start off the new work week, maybe breaking 80° on Tuesday and more sunshine. Our next system to bring us rain moves in on Wednesday afternoon/evening with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible. However there are some disagreements with timing on some of the models as some push the rain back until Thursday. Memorial Day weekend looks a little unsettled right now with rain chances over the weekend. Some models are hinting at rain over the weekend and dry for Memorial Day while others have Memorial Day wet and the weekend dry. There will be more clarity as we get closer to next weekend. (Weather Intern Daniel Weaver authored this weather discussion with meteorologist Dan Skeldon).
‘We’re not going away:’ Fight continues against plans to spread sewage sludge on a Lehigh Valley preserved farm
Plans to spread sewage sludge on a Plainfield Township preserved farm continue to be mired in controversy, more than two years after the Nazareth Borough Municipal Authority purchased the property. Continued objections from residents and township officials over the environmental impact of the sludge, known as biosolids, have delayed the start of the spreading, despite the authority’s ...
Lehigh County DA set to announce details of homicide case
SLATINGTON, Pa. - The Lehigh County coroner has released information about the death of a 37-year-old Slatington man, calling his death a homicide. This, after state and local police have been spotted in the area of the D&L Trailhead in Slatington for days. The coroner said David Hittinger, 37, is...
Bucks County and South Jersey dry out on Friday, May 17. Won't be so lucky this weekend
Even though the Bucks County-South Jersey region will dry out somewhat on Friday, May 17. back-to-back low pressure systems will produce periods of rain throughout the weekend. Residents will have to wait until at least Monday for the next period of sustained sunshine. If you’re getting ready to head out...
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