Margie Peterson
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Want to head outdoors? So do many other people, and that means agriculture-related business is growing
Farms have come to rely on a variety of activities, especially in the wake of COVID-19. → Read More
Allentown School District opens summer learning to all students to help with pandemic-related learning loss
To make up for learning losses during the Covid-19 pandemic, Allentown School District is opening up summer school classes and enrichment programs to all 16,500 students. → Read More
Allentown School District says goodbye to Thomas Parker — and his ‘Parkerisms’
At Thomas Parker’s final Allentown School Board meeting, the outgoing superintendent was treated to some of his staff’s favorite “Parkerisms.” → Read More
For first time since last March, Allentown students will return to the classroom next month
The Allentown School Board voted 7-2 Thursday night to offer the hybrid model to students in all grades. At a March 11 meeting, administrators had said hybrid learning for elementary pupils would start April 19 and middle and high school students would begin April 26. → Read More
Neighbors object to proposed Atiyeh senior care facility in Lower Macungie
Lower Macungie residents speak out about planned senior care facility → Read More
“There is absolutely no doubt we will survive”: Lehigh Valley’s independent movie theaters say community support keeping them going amid pandemic
Thanks to support from the public, the Lehigh Valley's small independent theaters have found ways to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. → Read More
Your View: Our father wrote a groundbreaking history of Negro Leagues. He would applaud MLB’s recognition of the leagues
Op-ed: Our father wrote a groundbreaking history of the Negro Leagues. He would be pleased to see that MLB announced it will add into its records the names of about 3,400 Negro League players. → Read More
Girl Scouts can expand Salisbury Township camp, but won’t have year-round workers, or a trading post
Girl Scouts will a partial victory in their effort to build a center at a day camp in Salisbury Township. → Read More
Taco Bell is coming to Lower Macungie; construction will start soon
Taco Bell is cleared to break ground on its new location on Hamilton Boulevard, across from Hamilton Crossings in Lower Macungie Township. → Read More
Expansion at Salisbury Township Girl Scout camp generates long, sometimes heated discussion
Girl Scout leaders and parents, and Salisbury Township residents spar over proposed construction at a Scout day camp. → Read More
Building 21 contract extension likely, with numerous conditions for improving the Allentown high school
Allentown School District’s Building 21 is heading for a four-year contract extension — but with more oversight in keeping with school directors’ concerns about its state test scores and other benchmarks at the innovative high school. → Read More
Salisbury School District explores closing Western Elementary
Salisbury School District explores closing Western Elementary. → Read More
School board agrees to pay for recess for one Emmaus elementary school
Outdoor recess at Jefferson Elementary School is saved, thanks to a lease agreement that will cost the East Penn School District $1,500 a month through Dec. 31 for a fenced-in field and a parking lot next to the Emmaus school. → Read More
What’s new with East Penn elementary school report cards
East Penn elementary schools will give printed report cards three times a year instead of online-only reports four times a year, which are a couple of the changes being implemented this year. → Read More
Sleepless in Emmaus: East Penn schools look at later start times for students
Get ready to rise and shine, Emmaus High School students! Your start time for school this fall is still 7:23 a.m. For this year, anyway. But the East Penn School Board got a report Monday from a member of the task force studying whether a later start time would benefit students and so far the advantages of pushing back the start of the school day are adding up. → Read More
Penn State invites community to help make art from beautiful, destructive lanternflies
Elsabe Dixon was chosen from about 130 artists to lead in the creation of artwork which will incorporate the wings of the beautiful but destructive lanternfly for a public art installation at the Penn State Lehigh Valley campus this fall. → Read More
Plans for former Bon-Ton in Trexlertown could make kids, parents jump for joy
If all goes as planned, the former Bon-Ton in Trexlertown will be transformed into an indoor trampoline and recreation park that will include such activities as a ropes course, foam pits, laser tag in addition to numerous trampolines. → Read More
No. 1 property on Emmaus blight list may have a buyer
An old abandoned warehouse that Emmaus officials consider the No. 1 blighted property in the municipality may be on the path to redevelopment. → Read More
A new addition to Bethlehem Area School District tax bills: What you get for your money
Bethlehem Area School District plans to send a card that gives information on how many students Bethlehem Area educates and some highlights of the education the district provides with each of the local property tax bills in 2019. → Read More
Cedar Crest College inaugurates President Elizabeth M. Meade
Cedar Crest College inaugurates President Elizabeth M. Meade → Read More