An East Stroudsburg student was the winner of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Startup Challenge Wednesday night.

A former local startup is expanding once again. EcoTech Marine, which began in Bethlehem as a small operation selling high-end aquarium pumps, is moving back to Bethlehem for its third expansion.

Five new early stage startup businesses have been accepted into the Lehigh Valley LaunchBox program at Penn State Lehigh Valley, where they will receive micro-grants, business development support and workspace to help them get established.

A little more than a year since opening Greater Good Legal, a law firm specializing in lower-cost legal services for startups and nonprofits, attorney Mark Aurand, said a third lawyer has joined the firm as of counsel, expanding the firm’s reach to the greater Philadelphia area.