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Most Allentown residents believe the city is a good place to live, but those who say it’s headed in the wrong direction outnumber those who think it is improving, according to a new Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll.

Allentown City Council President Julio Guridy and Vice President Cynthia Mota on Wednesday will introduce a proposed referendum question for the November general election ballot asking whether a provision in the city’s Home Rule Charter designating English as the city’s official language should be deleted.

Fun exhibits, timetable and naming sponsor revealed for new Da Vinci Science Center Updated 11:04 AM; Today 10:37 AM Renderings were released April 14, 2021, for the new Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown. Children can see a 60-foot-tall projection of the human body in Curiosity Hall.Courtesy Da Vinci Science Center Facebook Share Three years from now children will be able to see a 60-foot-projection of the human body, will be able to travel through the human digestive system and will get a...

PPL to be title sponsor of Da Vinci Science Center’s new downtown Allentown location April 14, 2021 10:56 am PPL Corp. will be the title sponsor of the new Da Vinci Science Center building in downtown Allentown. The science center, a science museum and nonprofit organization currently located off the campus of Cedar Crest College in Allentown, expects to move to the new expanded location in the spring of 2024. Da Vinci CEO Lin Erickson announced April 14 during a virtual p...

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Funding for the White House proposal would largely come from an increase in the corporate tax rate and closure of tax loopholes. In conjunction with the presidents announcement in Pittsburgh, Amtrak released its 2035 Vision plan — detailing a range of goals, from job creation and lowering carbon emissions to the addition of up to 30 potential new routes. A map released by the national passenger rail service includes proposed new routes — light blue lines — that would run from Philadelph...

Lehigh Valley to New York City train service part of Amtrak’s vision for 2035 Updated 11:59 AM; Today 9:15 AM Amtrak released a proposal on March 31, 2020 that would seek to add 20 million passengers, add new rail service and expand existing service. That would include passenger rail from Allentown to New York City.Image via Amtrak | For lehighvalleylive.com Facebook Share President Joe Biden’s proposed $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan unveiled Wednesday includes a longtime Lehigh Valley...

Allentown City Council on Wednesday sharpened its militaristic rhetoric against negligent landlords and searched for legislative crackdowns that city administrators have the means — and legal authority — to enforce.

Allentown mayoral candidate Ce-Ce Gerlach on Tuesday pitched her plan to help the city’s lower-income and minority residents reap the benefits of development.