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St. Luke’s Carbon Campus houses 80 patient rooms and is the first new hospital built in the county in 65 years. The 160,000 square-foot facility is the centerpiece of St. Luke’s University Health Network’s new 108-acre technologically-advanced, multipurpose, rural medical and wellness complex in Lehighton.
Thursday’s Veterans Day service organized by Hellertown American Legion Post 397 and held at Union Cemetery was a time to reflect on the many sacrifices all veterans have made for their country.
St. Luke’s Lehighton Campus and Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital have been accredited as trauma centers by the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation.
Having a “Halloween season” that lasts from roughly Labor Day until Oct. 31 is a relatively recent phenomenon, but the beloved holiday when all things spooky-scary are celebrated was already quite popular in eastern Pennsylvania nearly a century ago.
Numerous volunteer fire companies from the Lehigh Valley area and Poconos shared respect from across the state line by being represented at the New Jersey State Firemen’s Convention and parade, which were held in Wildwood over the weekend.
The newly-hired, incoming superintendent of Southern Lehigh schools presided over a school board meeting that was derailed last week after some members of the audience refused to comply with a directive to wear face masks, according to several published local news reports.
If you’re looking forward to getting out and enjoying nature this fall and you’re unvaccinated against COVID-19, state officials hope you’ll consider getting a jab before or after you walk, jog, hike or kayak through one of five state parks where free vaccination clinics are now scheduled.
A historic storm that dumped as much as 7 inches of rain on parts of the area Wednesday left sunny skies, cooler temperatures and plenty of debris to clean up in its wake, but the general consensus among residents seemed to be that it “could have been worse.”
On the eve of a hurricane-fueled rainstorm that could bring significant flooding to the area, more of the historic Meadows Road Bridge has collapsed into the Saucon Creek.
The mandate announced Tuesday will apply to Pennsylvania’s public and private K-12 schools, as well as early learning and child care facilities, starting Sept. 7.