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Malcolm J. Gross, who co-founded Allentown-based Gross McGinley, has announced his retirement from legal practice.  

The Harry C. Trexler Trust fund awarded nearly $6 million to Lehigh Valley charities and the City of Allentown in the latest round of grants.

ALLENTOWN (AP) — A moment of silence, please, for the good old auction. Oh, they’re still around. But the in-person auction, with its traditional patter and gavel-banging and crowd buzz, has been giving way in recent years to online business — a change accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic, which, according to one study, has advanced the pace of online commerce by two years. Advertisement Skip in 3s In the “before times,” as the prepandemic era is sometimes known, auction houses hos...

Going, going, not quite gone: How pandemic changed auctions DANIEL PATRICK SHEEHAN, The (Allentown) Morning Call April 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A moment of silence, please, for the good old auction. Oh, they’re still around. But the in-person auction, with its traditional patter and gavel-banging and crowd buzz, has been giving way in recent years to online business — a change accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic, which, according to one study, has advanced t...

Auction houses haven't been able to host in-person events during the pandemic, but they've found an expanded market online.

died from his wounds. >> at this time it appears to be a single individual that had issues. >> reporter: police say bedell drove cross country from california and left his car near this shopping mall garage near the pentagon, with more ammunition inside. >> reporter: investigators are searching the car and reviewing videotape of the shooting, which lasted less than a minute. theyre also combing the suspects internet trail for a motive. >> a person with the same name posted several anti...