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Theresa Radtke, 52, has been active in television production for more than 10 years. She currently works for PBS 39 in Bethlehem, where she has a hand in many areas of programming and production.

Adel Mikhael is vice president and market manager of Provident Bank in Easton, where he is responsible for developing new business in the Lehigh Valley/western New Jersey market, working with businesses to meet their financial goals.

The housing market, which started the year slowly, is picking back up, according to bank and mortgage lenders.

A biotechnology company based in Warrington is redeveloping the home of a pharmaceutical giant into a massive co-working center for life sciences companies in the Philadelphia market.

The Lehigh Valley has professional hockey and baseball teams but no soccer.

Mimi Thomas-Brooker is a master connector. Through online searches, phone calls, word-of-mouth and a lot of grit, she coordinates farming apprenticeships for veterans seeking a second career.

Businesses in the Lehigh Valley can learn how to take their business to the next level, build value and plan for the long term at Lehigh Valley Business’ Business Growth Symposium at DeSales University in Center Valley on Thursday morning.

Friday is the big night for Theresa Radtke and Radtke Media Productions, the production company she started to produce a new local television program, “Your Music & More.”

The Pennsylvania Senate voted 49-0 to approve a bill sponsored by state Sen. Pat Browne (R-Allentown) that calls for the competitive-bid sale of the Allentown State Hospital property on Hanover Avenue in Allentown and the demolition of nearly all of the structures on it.