Lehigh Valley’s spacefaring billionaire helps Da Vinci Center bring fresh science to classroom lehighvalleylive.com/news/2022/09/l…

10 years ago, foreclosure began on the OxWall property, one of Warren County's biggest eyesores. #LehighValleyThen for lehighvalleylive.com lehighvalleylive.com/news/2022/09/l…

.Billy Joel's #Allentown debuted 40 years ago this month. If you're living here, you've almost certainly heard it. Feelings about the song are mixed these days. But it remains perhaps our premiere pop-culture moment. My story for lehighvalleylive.com: lehighvalleylive.com/allentown/2022…

#greenwarehouses do exist nice reporting Steve Novak #greenish lehighvalleylive.com/phillipsburg/2…

It seems unusual for a cement plant to *over*-estimate its toxic releases in self-reported EPA data. But that's what a #LehighValley site says in response to PennEnvironment report showing the #LehighRiver among most polluted in U.S. lehighvalleylive.com/lehigh-county/… lehighvalleylive.com

Legendary WWII tank gunner and Allentown veteran Clarence Smoyer dies at 99 lehighvalleylive.com lehighvalleylive.com/allentown/2022…

Clarence Smoyer, the last surviving member of the legendary Spearhead tank division in World War II, a native of Lehighton who’d been living with his daughter in Allentown, died Friday. He was 99. Story with Kurt Bresswein for lehighvalleylive.com: lehighvalleylive.com/allentown/2022…

NJ's William Penn Highway, a precursor to Route 57, opened 100 years ago this week. Easton merchants congratulated their Warren County neighbors: "Greater prosperity always follows in the wake of good roads.” #LehighValleyThen for lehighvalleylive.com lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/…

Clarence Smoyer, the "Hero of Cologne," the last member of the famous World War II Spearhead tank division, is going home to Lehighton one last time, where he will be laid to rest this week with full military honors. Story for lehighvalleylive.com: lehighvalleylive.com/news/2022/10/c…

After just five days, the Lehigh Valley has seen more rain in October (2.94 inches measured at LVIA) than all of July (2.38 inches) or August (2.84 inches). Story for lehighvalleylive.com: lehighvalleylive.com/weather/2022/1…

20 years ago, VH1′s “Music Behind Bars” was making headlines for all the wrong reasons — featuring a man serving life sentences for slaying two teens at the Lehigh Lookout in the 1990s. #LehighValleyThen for lehighvalleylive.com lehighvalleylive.com/bethlehem/2022…

10 years ago this week, the starting gun sounded on the first Runner's World Half Marathon and Festival, which had an eight-year run. #LehighValleyThen for lehighvalleylive.com lehighvalleylive.com/bethlehem/2022…

You're registered to vote, right? If not, there's still a few hours left before Pennsylvania's deadline. lehighvalleylive.com/elections/2022…

The movie ultimately flopped. But it was a big deal when "The Florentine" came to film exclusively in the Lehigh Valley 25 years ago, bringing a cast that included Luke Perry, Chris Penn, Michael Madsen and others. #LehighValleyThen for lehighvalleylive.com lehighvalleylive.com/entertainment/…

More than half a million Pennsylvanians have already voted. The deadline to request mail-in ballots is Nov. 1. lehighvalleylive.com/elections/2022…

Microplastic fibers were found in all 50 of the Pennsylvania rivers and streams tested by PennEnvironment. Sites were selected for their high water quality or Class A status for trout fishing. Story for lehighvalleylive.com: lehighvalleylive.com/news/2022/10/s…

10 years ago, Superstorm Sandy blasted New Jersey and up through the Lehigh Valley. Some people here were without power for weeks. Here are some of the stories from that historic storm. #LehighValleyThen for lehighvalleylive.com lehighvalleylive.com/weather/2022/1…

In a 2002 episode of "The Sopranos," Tony and Christopher dumped a body in an abandoned quarry — aka Dutch Springs, the Lehigh Valley's scuba park. The episode aired 20 years ago this week. #LehighValleyThen for lehighvalleylive.com lehighvalleylive.com/entertainment/…