The pandemic has forced Fellowship to revamp its marketing efforts and leverage technology to better connect with families and prospects. Video updates are regularly posted to Fellowship’s website and Facebook pages to provide enhanced communication and transparency to residents’ family members and loved ones.

On May 22, 12 more counties will move to the “yellow” phase of Gov. Tom Wolf’s three-phase, traffic-light-color-coded plan for resuming operations in the commonwealth, state officials announced Friday afternoon.

Marcel Bedoya, owner of Black & Blue in Easton, said when he began using delivery apps like Grub Hub, Uber Eats and Door Dash about a year ago he knew the fees were rather high.

Governor Wolf’s office tells Lehigh Valley Business that he intends to veto House Bill 2412, which would declare the real estate industry as a life sustaining business.

Tower Health in West Reading said it is working on a phased reopening plan after shutting down most services to deal with the COVID-19 virus.

A bill to declare real estate as a life-sustaining business in Pennsylvania is heading to Gov. Wolf’s desk for signature after being passed by the state house and senate.

State police said this week they will defer to the discretion of local law enforcement in prosecuting businesses that don’t comply with the Wolf administration’s order to cease in-person work that isn’t considered “life-sustaining” by state officials.

Standing in front of a stockpile of protective medical gowns at Owens & Minor, the president thanked the workers for their tireless efforts to get medical  supplies to where they are needed in the fight against the COVID-19 virus.

A little over two years ago, Katrina Marshall took a big gamble. She had been working at Artistic Toys & Promotions in Allentown for about 12 years and loved her job. Starting out as a receptionist she was promoted to a number of roles within the company and became a vital part of the process of selling custom promotional stuffed animals to corporations and organizations around the country.

“We have not seen numbers like this since the 1930s and it took three years to get there,” said Kamran Afshar, director of the Kamran Afshar Data Analytics Center at DeSales University in Upper Saucon Township, which produces the index. “It is a frightening situation to be in.