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Expanded testing capability may be playing a role in the rapid increase in the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) in Pennsylvania. However, a nearly 50 percent rise in the number of cases since Wednesday is a concerning statistic, particularly for hospitals bracing for an influx of patients seriously ill with the disease.
Community spread of COVID-19 has reached the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos, according to St. Luke’s University Health Network infectious disease specialists who made the announcement Wednesday.
As a precautionary measure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic Upper Saucon Township officials have temporarily closed the municipal lobbies and public service windows at all township facilities until further notice.
Bethlehem mayor Bob Donchez said in a letter posted to Facebook Sunday that Lehigh County’s first confirmed case of coronavirus (COVID-19) is in a city resident.
Pennsylvania Department of Health officials Sunday announced another 16 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), including the first confirmed case in Lehigh County, which brings the number of cases statewide to 63.
The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley remains open, however some stores in the Upper Saucon Township lifestyle center are reducing their hours in the wake of the coronavirus’s spread in Pennsylvania and beyond.
While the name Kings Highway suggests a thoroughfare fit for royalty, the road that forms an important north-south conduit in Lower Milford Township is actually a treacherous stretch of asphalt, township supervisor Donna Wright told a Southern Lehigh Chamber of Commerce gathering last week.
A man whose apology for being a drug kingpin made headlines in New England in 2014 is now facing charges in the Southern Lehigh area, after police say he was allegedly found to be in possession of kilos of illegal fentanyl and heroin in his Center Valley home.
You wouldn’t believe me if I told you how beautiful the Lanark area was. It’s all highway and merging interstate lanes now. It’s a place you don’t look at. It’s a place you just want to get through alive and forget.
Imagine owning your own piece of Pennsylvania history, along with the opportunity to reimagine its place in the 21st century. That’s what you’ll get with Fieldstone Farm; a 120-acre estate property currently for sale in Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County.
