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As Lehigh Valley takes first steps on exploring passenger train service, some ask: Is it worth it?
The 14-step plan to bring passenger rail back to the Lehigh Valley has yet to reach its initial phases. However, decisions being made now could determine whether the process even leaves the station. The Lehigh Valley Transportation Study’s Technical Committee voted to go forward with setting up several first moves during Tuesday’s virtual meeting, including identifying a partner, a ...
Update: Severe thunderstorm watch for Southeast Pa. Wednesday night
The National Weather Service issued an updated severe thunderstorm watch at 9:52 p.m. on Wednesday in effect until 10 p.m. for Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton and Philadelphia counties. Staying safe as lightning approaches: Expert advice. Lightning strikes the United States approximately 25 million times each year, with...
Update: Storms move through Lehigh Valley, prompting flash flood warning
Thunderstorms and heavy rain moved through the Lehigh Valley again Wednesday evening, bringing more power outages and leading to flash flooding. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning until 11:30 p.m. for northeastern Lehigh, northern Northampton, southeastern Carbon and southern Monroe counties. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain fell across those areas, according to the ...
'We heard a loud crash': Storm leaves trail of damage in parts of Lehigh Valley
S. WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. - Dave Billowitch said he was at his daughter's field hockey game when a storm quickly moved through his South Whitehall Township neighborhood at Chew and Adams streets Tuesday night. "I got a call from my son saying a huge tree just fell down, knocked down...
Former Fountain Hill manager who admitted to solicitation to commit prostitution barred from International City/County Management Association
FOUNTAIN HILL, Pa. - A former borough manager for Fountain Hill, Lehigh County who was sentenced on charges of solicitation to commit prostitution has been publicly censured by the International City/County Management Association. The organization's Executive Board of permanently barred Eric Gratz at its June 21 meeting, according to a...
Lehigh Valley passenger rail some ‘romantic ideal’ or doable? Where should it go? New study aims to find out.
The possible return of passenger rail service to the Lehigh Valley took a step forward Wednesday, part of a process projected to last a decade or more before the first trains would roll. A study received the backing of a regional planning committee, seeking to answer some big-picture questions about...
Teen killed after falling from truck in Lehigh County
Editor’s note: The original version of this story had the incorrect date of the incident. It has been updated to reflect the correct date. A 16-year-old died Tuesday from injuries he suffered from falling out of a moving truck last month in Lehigh County, according to authorities. Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said Tucker Wessner, of Heidelberg Township, was sitting on the back ...
Coroner: 35-year-old drowned while tubing in the Lehigh River
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A Bethlehem man drowned in the Lehigh River on Monday, the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office confirmed Tuesday. Antwan D. Daring, 35, was pronounced dead at 4:01 p.m. Monday at the emergency department of St. Luke’s Hospital’s Allentown Campus, according to a release from Coroner Daniel A. Buglio's office.
Coroner: Bethlehem man was tubing before Lehigh River drowning incident
ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- The Lehigh County Coroner's Office says a man from Bethlehem drowned Monday. He was pulled from the Lehigh River. The coroner's report says Antwan Daring, 35, of Bethlehem was recovered from the river by members of the Allentown Fire Department. Emergency responders were called to the river...
Senior advisor to President Biden visits Lehigh Valley, talks about new grant going to Mack Trucks, future of president's campaign
L. MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. - White House advisor Tom Perez made a quick trip to Lower Macungie Friday to tout the more than $200 million recently awarded to Mack Trucks by the Biden administration. "The president firmly believes that we don't have to make a choice between combating climate change...
Sign renaming part of Route 143, honoring 2 local fallen firefighters, to be unveiled Thursday
HARRISBURG, Pa. – A Pennsylvania state senator will unveil a new sign renaming part of Route 143 in Lehigh County in honor of two local fallen firefighters. State Sen. Jarrett Coleman (R-16), on Thursday at 5:30 p.m., will unveil a new sign renaming Route 143 in Lehigh County as Heroes Highway in honor of Marvin Gruber and Zachary Paris, according to a news release from the Senate Republican Communications Office.
76-Year-Old Fatally Injured While Cutting Tree In Monroe County: Officials
A Somerset, New Jersey man was fatally struck by a falling tree branch in Middle Smithfield, according to authorities. David M. Feingold, 76, was cutting a tree on June 29 when a large branch fell and hit him, said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The accident happened on the 200 block of M…
35-year-old woman dies after golf cart accident in Monroe County (UPDATE)
A woman died at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg following a golf cart accident over the Fourth of July weekend in the Poconos, the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office said. The coroner’s office identified the woman as 35-year-old Brenna Abbinanti of Mont Clare, Pennsylvania. She was pronounced dead at 9:46 p.m. Friday at the hospital in Bethlehem.
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