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P’burg Farmers Market will host a pet costume parade, Father’s Day Quoits Tourney
The Phillipsburg Farmers Market will offer some new forms of fun this year. The market announced it will host a pet parade and costume contest on Sunday, May 19. Participants are invited to bring their furry contestants to meet, sniff and strut their stuff at Shappell Park all day. The parade is scheduled to kick off at 11 a.m., followed by the costume contest at noon. The event is free to participate.
District 11 girls track and field: Catasauqua’s Jenkins, Saucon’s Kraus finish with a flurry
Hailey Jenkins did not get off to a good start in Wednesday’s District 11 Class 2A 100-meter dash final. That normally dooms a sprinter, especially one taxed with running down Pine Grove’s defending champion, Viktorya Luckenbach. But the Catasauqua sophomore was right where she wanted to be. “I would have rather been behind,” Jenkins said, “because if I’m in front I don’t know how far behind ...
Lehigh Valley natural gas getting more costly, as UGI plans 2 rate hikes
Natural gas service in the Lehigh Valley and other Pennsylvania communities is getting more expensive in 2024. UGI Utilities Inc. on Thursday announced plans for two rate hikes, one on June 1 and another projected for Dec. 1. The increases are in what UGI calls its purchased gas costs. By...
Fire forces Bethlehem Catholic High School to stay virtual for rest of school year
A fire Monday at Bethlehem Catholic High School has led officials to cancel in-person classes for the remainder of the school year. The Allentown Diocese released a statement Friday that the fire left the school with excessive smoke damage in the air space above a drop ceiling in hallways. Officials, who had hoped to resume in-person classes on Tuesday, instead will finish the rest of the ...
Pennsylvania man accused of killing, dismembering roommate
SLATINGTON, Pa. (WHTM) – A Pennsylvania man is in prison, accused of killing and dismembering his roommate and ditching the remains. Joshua Douglas Moser, 33, of Slatington, is facing felony criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with evidence charges in Lehigh County. Moser is accused in the death of 37-year-old David Hittinger, of […]
Looking Back | Local cement history
In today’s column, we will be remembering some old cement companies in Bath and Nazareth. The plants provided employment for many of our local residents. Several years ago, Mr. Blaine Hoffmeister, of Bath and a former fine student of this writer, shared some postcards and photographs with our readers.
College students ready to celebrate rite of passage they missed in 2020 because of pandemic
EASTON, Pa. - Lafayette College student Ashley King is preparing for a rite of passage. It's one she and many others sorely missed out on during high school due to the pandemic. "It is an almost overwhelming and surreal feeling to finally be here," King told 69 News. "It's unimaginable....
McNeill’s Office to Host Veterans Outreach Program
State Rep. Jeanne McNeill’s (D-133) district office in Whitehall will host its monthly veterans outreach support program on Monday, May 20. State Rep. Jeanne McNeill’s (D-133) district office in Whitehall will host its monthly veterans outreach support program on Monday, May 20. The program is set up to help veterans and their families with receiving benefits and services available to them.
Beer tanks arrive for mall pub, work begins on mental health hospital | Lehigh Valley headlines
Work on Iron Hill Brewery’s latest restaurant hit a milestone last week when the brewery’s tanks were delivered to the future site of the brew pub in the Lehigh Valley Mall’s Lifestyle Center. Other equipment delivered to the site included a mash tun, heating exchange, fermentation tanks,...
‘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 ...
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