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Residents attend first open house concerning Allentown hockey arena

Despite the steady rainfall all day Tuesday, Allentown residents still attended the city’s first open house to the public concerning the future downtown hockey arena.The open house consisted of seven display stations that featured not only drawings...

Local community colleges to assist with retraining workers

14 Pennsylvania community colleges will share $20 million in grant money over the next three years to assist with retraining the local workforce that may be unemployed and require new skills and education to compete in the modern day marketplace...

PA will not being using wine vending machines

Pennsylvania’s use of the wine vending machine has sadly come to an end and the reason for the experiment's demise has nothing to do with mechanical or dispensing issues with the kiosks.No customer complaints or...

USPS future plans should mean more work for Lehigh Valley

The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced plans to close more than 250 processing centers and eliminate 35,000 jobs nationwide, with 11 centers being right here in Pennsylvania.The likely closings in Scranton, Williamsport, Lancaster and Reading, as suggested...

Hamilton Main Street program receives funding

Allentown’s Main Street Program for the Hamilton District is charged with making it a downtown destination once again by revitalizing and rebuilding the city’s most prominent street and its bordering area.The Hamilton District covers not...

Plans for abandoned property signal continuing interest in developing riverfront

The city of Allentown is making a bid and moving forward with intentions for purchasing the Lehigh Structural Steel property, which is located along the Lehigh River and new American Parkway. This site is among the heart of the plans...

Foundations being laid for the Sands Casino Bethlehem Events Center

The foundations for the new events center at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, is being laid both figuratively and literally. The Sands Bethlehem Events Center, also call called the Sands Casino Events Center has revealed both construction and management...

Initial dividends for hockey arena’s neighborhood improvement zone

The Neighborhood Improvement Zone consists of a 130 acres surrounding Allentown’s hockey arena; the new home of the Philadelphia Flyers’ minor league team, the Phantoms.The special tax designation area was created to pay for the hockey...

Hockey arena’s events center is a big deal

Allentown’s $100 million downtown hockey arena could get an added events center, a 200,000 square foot expo used to host corporate meetings and conventions. That would push the cost to a $175 million, while making it the...

LVIA lobbying to Southwest Airlines

Lehigh Valley International Airport (LVIA) is lobbying Southwest Airlines to stay and prosper in the Valley after acquiring AirTran Airways in May; AirTran currently has two flights leaving daily from LVIA to Orlando.A focus group established by the local...

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