The United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley is kicking off its 2020 campaign with an extra boost. City Center Investment Corp., the company behind much of the development going on in downtown Allentown, pledged a $1 million matching gift through its Building Community initiative.
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Lehigh Valley firms hope to bring COVID-19 vaccine to market by next year
Two Lehigh Valley companies that have partnered to develop and manufacture a pair of COVID-19 vaccines said they may have a vaccine to market by spring of next year.
Read More »Shift4 announces proposed stock offering
The Allentown company, which makes point-of-sale ordering and payment processing solutions, primarily for restaurants, had its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in June.
Read More »Restaurant industry says alcohol curfew ruins Wolf’s increased capacity plan
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s announcement Tuesday that restaurants can return to 50% seating capacity starting Sept. 21 is giving with one hand but taking away with the other, industry leaders complained.
Read More »Former Louie’s Restaurant in Allentown will soon be a used car dealership.
From cuisine to cars -- the former Louie’s restaurant off Lehigh Street in Allentown has been purchased by a company that sells used cars.
Read More »No Fair, but Fair food coming to Allentown Labor Day weekend
The Great Allentown Fair may be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic this year, like most events, but organizers have invited many of the fair’s popular food vendors to set up shop for a Feast of the Fair event Labor Day weekend.
Read More »Tribune Co. shuttering The Morning Call’s Sixth Street headquarters
The Tribune Co., owner of the Morning Call, confirmed that it will be shuttering the doors of the daily newspaper’s offices at 101 North Sixth Street in Allentown.
Read More »PPL Corp. to sell U.K. utility business, focus on U.S.
PPL Corp. plans to sell its United Kingdom utility business, Western Power Distribution, to focus on the U.S. market.
Read More »A Conversation With: Rebecca Warren of Norris McLaughlin in Allentown
The Honorable Rebecca Warren (Ret.), a member at the law firm of Norris McLaughlin, devotes her practice to labor and employment, business and corporate matters, and general liability litigation. She was a former in-house corporate attorney and having counseled businesses for over 25 years and is a former prosecutor.
Read More »Good Shepherd plans to build, move to Center Valley facility
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network has announced plans to build a new state-of-the-art rehabilitation Hospital in Center Valley on land it owns across from the Promenade Shops – replacing its South Allentown rehabilitation hospital, which opened in 1983.
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