A rare mid-November snowstorm caught many Lehigh Valley residents, weather forecasters and local officials off guard Thursday, dumping upwards of six inches of snow in just a few hours in the Bethlehem area, where near-gridlock shut down major arteries.
Santa is coming to town next month, but before then he and Mrs. Claus will be answering letters from local children, with some help from the elves at the Hellertown Post Office.
If you still have pumpkins out you might want to consider replacing them with penguins. Winter weather is forecast to make an early visit to the Saucon Valley on Thursday, when 1 to 3 inches of snow is expected along with a messy mixture of sleet and freezing rain.
All are invited to the St. Luke's Singers’ annual Christmas concert--a Lehigh Valley tradition--on Sunday, Nov. 25 at Wesley Methodist Church, 2540 Center Street in Bethlehem.
If you regularly drive down W. Water Street in Hellertown you may have recently noticed a colorful sandwich board sign. That sign belongs to The Taste Smokers, a new mobile barbecue pit and catering business that is owned by pitmaster Quartez Moore and his wife, Veronica.
The location of the vintage clothing shop that opened Monday in a cozy storefront at 1561 Main Street (the corner of Main Street and Wagner Avenue) in Hellertown is new, but the business itself isn't.
After what has felt like a fairly brief fall, winter weather could arrive in Saucon Valley as early as Thursday, according to the National Weather Service's latest hazardous weather outlook for the Lehigh Valley area.
A new play, 'The King of Bethlehem Firemen,' is set to debut in Bethlehem this weekend, and although it is about someone of historical note from the Christmas City, there are important modern-day Saucon Valley connections to it.
A century after the Armistice that ended World War I was signed, local veterans who fought in the U.S. wars that would follow--along with those who served during peacetime--were honored at a ceremony at Hellertown's Union Cemetery Sunday.
Russel A. Varner, 91, of Hellertown, died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018 at Saucon Valley Manor, Hellertown. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
