Orefield News

For Italian Americans, Christmas Eve isn't just celebrated with family, but with a lot of fish! Tonight, many of them take part in the Feast of the Seven Fishes.

Marty Nothstein works on passing Mike Tillman as he makes his way through the pack of riders on the back stretch of the Lehigh Valley Velodrome Friday evening July 12, 2002 during the Madison Cup 50 Lap race.

Del Prete's Pharmacy and Gift Shop on Route 309 in Orefield has a new name. The business has dropped ''pharmacy'' from its sign because that portion of the business recently was sold to the CVS on Route 309 in Schnecksville.

Jacqueline Zupko's daughters Sammi, 4, and Cheryl, 6, had been looking forward to Sunday's ''North Pole Express Flight'' so much, and for so long, that they weren't even sure how many days there were until Christmas.

Outdoor Christmas decorations are something I recall fondly from my childhood. Most Christmas Eve nights found my family packed into our vehicle for a tour of the twinkling displays around town.

Angels wasted no time. Donations for the Be an Angel campaign started coming in Nov.

This week, fellow Cheapsters, we have two great tips to help you save money during the holidays.

Go on the vacation of a lifetime? Run up your credit card bills, knowing you'd never have to pay them off? This is the question members of two Lehigh Valley churches are answering this fall as they take on a challenge based on the book ''One Month to Live: Thirty Days to a No-Regrets Life.'' Written by Houston-area ministers Kerry and Chris Shook, ...

Each year since John F. Kennedy was president, Jaindl Farms in Orefield has been selected to send two of its finest turkeys to Washington for the first family to feast upon for Thanksgiving .

President Barack Obama, right, with daughters, Sasha Obama, 8, and Malia Obama, 11, reacts with Walter Pelletier, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, as Malia reaches to pet the turkey named Courage.

A priest who served in Emmaus until 2006 has been removed from his current assignments in Reading after admitting an inappropriate relationship with an 18 year-old woman, the Diocese of Allentown said in a statement Sunday.

Alonzo A. Williams, 18, of Washington, D.C. ; with disorderly conduct; allegedly ran away from Kidspeace Campus in Orefield at 10 a.m. Wednesday; cited by state police for creating potential hazard to public and motorists while running across Route 309.

They stomped and roared, but it was all about the message. Surrounded by a hand-decorated set of pumpkins and gourds, 45 students clapped and joined arms Wednesday and Thursday during the Thanksgiving-themed production of ''Bringing in the Harvest'' at St.

KidsPeace President & CEO William Isemann and 10 of his management team braved the wind and 44-degree temperatures as they stood outside on their Orefield campus on Monday, hoses and soapy rags in hand, ready to wash employees' cars.

ALLENTOWN Motorcyclists and car passenger injured in crash Three people were injured over the weekend when two motorcycles crashed into the side of a car on Lehigh Street in Allentown, police said.

Between 17 and 20 million Americans are affected by depression each year, but even as thousands of sites across the nation are gearing up to screen people and educate them about the condition on National Depression Screening Day , experts are warning America not to forget a largely overlooked part of our population: children.

NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP Unlocked vehicles opened, items stolen in darkness Cameras, GPS units, a computer and other items were stolen from several vehicles in North Whitehall Township on Monday morning, police said.

Since moving to Bethlehem in 1992, Marlene ''Linny'' Fowler has become one of the Lehigh Valley's most generous philanthropists.

The Rovers are undefeated no more. Kevin White hauled in a 72-yard pass from Brady Knerr, and the Emmaus Hornets stung Easton on Friday night by a 7-6 final at Cottingham Stadium.

Four young defendants who lured a man to a South Whitehall Township home in April and took part in the assault and robbery of the victim were sentenced to jail Thursday.