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Nonprofits are trying to encourage people to pause in their shopping and find a way to help others by donating online during Giving Tuesday.
Salisbury Township School District will end school year two days later because of days missed from Superstorm Sandy.
Students at Harry S. Truman Elementary School may have been exposed over the last few days to a person who has pertussis, or whooping cough, according to Salisbury Township School District.
Salisbury's TEDx event, an offshoot of the prestigious TED conferences, will be the first of its kind in the Lehigh Valley.
Customers can still get their birds groomed and buy seeds and supplies by calling Bird Mania co-owners Debbie Lentz and Tom Mantz.
Salisbury High School students Casey Creveling and Alan Mendez were recognized by the school board for being National Merit Commended Students.
Four Salisbury High School students were named among LCTI Students of the Month in October.
A woman is looking for her lost female greyhound who was last seen Tuesday around Susquehanna Street and E. Emmaus Avenue in Salisbury.
Execution of Mark Newton Spotz is scheduled for Jan. 8, 2013.
Shortly after the driver of a minivan crashed through Bird Mania Tuesday morning, two vehicles collided across the street on W. Emmaus Avenue.
Nestle is recalling NESQUIK Chocolate Powder from store shelves for potential Salmonella contamination.
The Leonid Meteor Showers are fast and bright and will appear to radiate from the constellation Leo the Lion in the pre-dawn hours of Nov. 17.
Looking for a job? These Salisbury Township-area businesses are hiring.
In observance of Veterans Day, here is what's open and closed Monday, Nov. 12.
Police release photo of suspect in a bank robbery that ended with a local SWAT team and police officers surrounding a home.
Despite lost rehearsal time from Hurricane Sandy, Salisbury High School students pulled together to put on "Little Shop of Horrors" this weekend.
Local shoppers can now pay with PayPal at their local Foot Locker, The Home Depot, Hollister and Abercrombie & Fitch.
Salisbury Township is running a bus trip on Dec. 8 to Radio City Music Hall's Christmas Spectacular.
UGI will be working on Broadway all day Friday in Fountain Hill.
The 59-year-old man lost control on a curve in Upper Milford Township and his car slid sideways into a utility pole, state troopers say.
