Local History

Lehigh Valley Friends Meeting, as the Quaker congregation is known, celebrated its 75th birthday Sunday with an open house in Hanover Township, Northampton County.

Dozens of vendors, musicians, and historians came together at SteelStacks in Bethlehem on Saturday to celebrate Juneteenth by exploring culture and history.

Rob Vaughn joined Channel 69 in 1987 and has anchored thousands of Lehigh Valley news programs. He announced his retirement to viewers in the 5 p.m. news broadcast Friday.

The bank at 52 W. Broad St., and just a stone’s throw from Main Street, is set to end its business operations at 11 a.m. Aug 28.

Easton City Council hosted their first Juneteenth Recognition Awards on June 12, 2024, honoring three Black first responders who blazed a trail for others and made the community their home.

Says Cathy Leibensperger, Saucon Valley High School's wrestling scorekeeper for 44 years: “I look at the other inductees and I see people that have traveled the world, people that coached champions — I’m just a little scorekeeper from a little high school in Hellertown, Pennsylvania.”

Portugal's Ambassador to the U.S. joined local officials to recognize, celebrate thriving Portuguese culture in Bethlehem and across the Lehigh Valley.

Renowned sculptor Karl Stirner's old building, which once housed the artist's living and working space, is up for sale at nearly $3.5 million.

On June 29, the park will hold the 100th anniversary of Thunderhawk, which opened as The Coaster at Dorney in 1924 and continues as a popular attraction today, the park announced.

After a raging fire on Saturday night destroyed his Center Valley barn, tractors, trucks and equipment, Leroy C. Stahler Jr. vows to rebuild and continue the Stahler family legacy of farming, said his daughter, Tracy Beers.

The 7th iteration of the Nazareth Adult Soap Box race brought many celebrating the legacy of racing in the borough, while others came to celebrate the childlike silliness of the event and the creative cars.

The fate of a beloved farmhouse in Bethlehem Township is up in the air after officials requested it be preserved as part of plans for a new neighborhood. But keeping it isn't legally required of the developer.