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Five North Whitehall residents were among the undergraduates and graduates at Wilkes University who were awarded degrees at its May 18 graduation ceremony.
Right Hand Red will play Friday in the first of the free summer concerts offered at Covered Bridge Park in South Whitehall.
Dwight Kempf slipped and fell down Ellison's Cave, one of the deepest caves in the country.
The Parkland School Board approves the hiring of two teachers, a bus driver and summer school instructors.
Balliet Street, between Old Post and Coffeetown roads, will be closed 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday.
Joseph P. Hennessey, 29, of South Whitehall, died Monday in a car accident.
William and Nancy Tonkin are accused of stealing more than $850,000 from South Whitehall Township's water, sewer and refuse fund.
Sweet Frog, part of a self-service frozen yogurt store chain, will open in the former Verizon store in Village West.
Parkland High School will hold a ceremony to recognize athletes beginning at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
North Whitehall Township will collect old telephone books in the front parking lot recycling container beginning Monday through Aug. 16.
Debra Reilly, a Springhouse Middle School music teacher, is one of 16 Pennsylvania teachers to qualify for The Recording Academy and The Grammy Foundation Music Educator Award.
IronPigs mascot friend cites Kratzer Elementary School students for being exceptionally well-behaved and the teachers for the love they showed.
Joseph Hennessey, of the 3800 block of Broadway, was pronounced dead Monday after an accident in Allentown, the Lehigh County Coroner's office says.
The proposed 120-unit townhouse unit on Strawberry Acres in Laurys Station would need a zoning variance for denser housing.
Plan your commute in South Whitehall.
A new Italian restaurant called Biaggio will open a few weeks after Attilio's Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria closes Friday.
Lehigh Valley Zoo will offer free admission to veterans and active duty military personnel on Memorial Day.
Hannah Geiger, of Schnecksville, earned a spot on Elizabeth College's dean's list this spring.
South Whitehall police rescued a family of ducklings from a storm drain near Giant last Sunday.
Nancy Tonkin, the former South Whitehall utility supervisor who is charged with her husband, William, of embezzling $850,000 from the township, might not have access to her pension.