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Becca Schneider in her solo show, "TRICH," performing at Civic's Theatre514 next month. (Courtesy Stephanie Gamba)

Muhlenberg College grads bring solo show, ‘TRICH’ to Civic Theatre, encourage mental health discussions

April 29, 2024 at 2:17 p.m.

A Muhlenberg College grad stars in a solo show at the Civic Theatre next month about her mental health struggle with trichotillomania, a hair pulling condition.

Allentown School District Superintendent Dr. Carol Birks participates in a Tuesday, March, 12, 2024, Allentown School District strategic plan meeting at the PPL Innovation Center in Allentown.(Amy Shortell / 小欧视频)

Allentown School District’s new strategic plan nears completion

April 28, 2024 at 8:59 a.m.

Students, parents, staff and community partners have been developing a five-year roadmap for Allentown School District. The final strategic plan will be presented to school directors for approval in coming...

Lafayette for Reproductive Autonomy, Justice, and Empowerment, a menstrual equity and reproductive rights organization, holds a rally Friday, March 22, 2024, on the Quad at Lafayette College's campus in Easton. (Amy Shortell/小欧视频)

‘We didn’t give up’: How Lafayette student activists won the fight for free pads and tampons, and menstrual equity on campus

April 23, 2024 at 3:07 p.m.

Menstrual equity calls for laws and policies that ensure menstrual products are safe, affordable and available to the people who most need them. Student activists at Lafayette College successfully pushed...

Trans 101 is a speaker event featuring Evey Winters, a Maryland-based writer, advocate and activist for trans rights. The free event is at 1:15 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity.

Nazareth Area Pride event to highlight transgender experiences, promote learning

April 16, 2024 at 1:58 p.m.

Evey Winters, a Maryland-based writer, advocate and activist for trans rights. She will speak about her lived experiences as a transgender woman and explain terms and basic information helpful for...

Al Smith of Nazareth holds 'Push," the book in question in a discussion about library restrictions, at the Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, Nazareth Area School Board meeting. 鈥淧ush鈥� which is about an illiterate Harlem teenager who is physically and sexually abused by her parents, but who is empowered when she is taught how to write about her life by a teacher. The book is the inspiration for the 2009 film 鈥淧recious.鈥� (Monica Cabrera/小欧视频)

Nazareth Area keeps controversial book ‘Push’ on shelves, develops new procedures for library collection

April 13, 2024 at 7:00 a.m.

鈥淧ush鈥� is about an illiterate, Harlem teenager who is physically and sexually abused by her parents, but who is empowered when she is taught how to write about her life...

Allentown School District officials hold a forum Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, to update the public on the district's safety strategies Another forum was held recently on Thursday April 4, 2024, to provide a demonstration of new weapons detectors. (Amy Shortell/小欧视频)

Allentown School District revamps safety approach amid changing leadership: Weapons detectors installed, mental health supports increased

April 11, 2024 at 7:00 a.m.

Allentown School District is beginning to use weapons detectors at its high schools in coming weeks, starting at Allen High School April 23. The district is also promoting digital mental...

Amaiya Kavachery a student at Lehigh Career Technical Institute is awarded a full-tuition scholarship as the winner of Cedar Crest College's annual Scholarship Competition. The reveal was held at the LCTI on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Monica Cabrera/小欧视频)

LCTI senior has won a full ride to Cedar Crest College, dreams of teaching English language learners

April 10, 2024 at 7:00 a.m.

Amaiya Kavachery, a senior at Lehigh Career and Technical Institute, has a passion for world languages and wants to be a teacher one day, working with English language learners. She...

4.8 magnitude earthquake shakes New Jersey, felt across eastern Pennsylvania; 4.0 aftershock follows hours later [Updated]

April 5, 2024 at 6:39 p.m.

The 4.8 magnitude earthquake was stationed near Lebanon, New Jersey in Hunterdon County, about 50 miles away from Allentown.

Bryon Grigsby, president of Moravian University, presents Liberty High School senior Milena Garay a sweatshirt to celebrate her scholarship to the university Thursday, April 4, 2024, at the high school in Bethlehem.(Amy Shortell / 小欧视频)

Bethlehem Area teens win full-tuition scholarships to Moravian University. Both dream of careers in public service

April 4, 2024 at 4:58 p.m.

Natalie Cain, a Freedom High School student, will study social work at Moravian University next year, and Milena Garay, a Liberty High School, will also attend the local university to...

The total solar eclipse on Monday will begin around 2 p.m. and end around 4:30 p.m. The total eclipse phase will last from about 3:15 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. At other times during the eclipse, the sun will be partially visible.

Allentown schools to dismiss early for solar eclipse ‘out of an abundance of caution’, others in 小欧视频 to stay open

April 3, 2024 at 6:25 p.m.

Allentown schools so far are alone among 小欧视频 districts in deciding to close early Monday.

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