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Getters Island, also called Hangman’s Island, is a small island on the Delaware River in Easton, just north of where the Bushkill Creek enters the river, and it has a gruesome historical association.
St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is strengthening its general surgery capabilities in the eastern Lehigh Valley as it welcomes five experienced general surgeons to the network.
Tombler’s Bakery returns to the Saucon Valley Farmers’ Market for its twelfth year in 2020. They will be offering their popular traditional baked goods made with locally sourced ingredients.
This Friday, July 10, at 4:30 p.m. (and until supplies are exhausted), the organization Aspire to Autonomy Inc. will host food and PPE distributions for underserved community members in Bethlehem and Easton.
Anger over what they believe is systemic and deadly racism could be heard in the voices of nearly a thousand protesters who rallied for change at Centre Square and marched through downtown Easton Sunday shouting “Black Lives Matter” and “I Can’t Breathe,” but there was no aggression exhibited toward city police, who were present at the event.
In response to the death of an African-American man, George Floyd, at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer who Friday was charged with third-degree murder, Lehigh Valley residents are organizing events to be held in solidarity with other protests against racism and police brutality around the nation.
The coronavirus has put a halt to many things in recent months, but one thing it has a hard time overcoming is love. That was clear Wednesday at New Eastwood Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center in Wilson borough, where a couple celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary together, even as the virus kept them apart.
A Northampton County convenience store is temporarily closed after an employee who recently worked in the store tested positive for COVID-19, the company said Friday.
A Turkey Hill Minit Market just outside Easton was closed and another store in Bethlehem was being cleaned after an employee who worked in both locations tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
A bus driver for the Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority (LANTA) has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), but the authority says it has no way of determining who may have ridden on the bus the driver last operated on March 20.
