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Business reporter at The Morning Call. Focus on growth, development and transportation in the Lehigh Valley. mcall.com

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What will FAA reducing flights mean for passengers using Lehigh Valley airport? Airports facing air traffic cuts that have direct flights to and from LVIA include Atlanta, Charlotte, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Philadelphia and Chicago O’Hare.

Lehigh Valley International Airport braces for possible impact from air traffic reductions.

06.11.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Lehigh Valley manufacturer has a new name that goes back to its historic roots With the recent completion of FLSmidth Cement’s sale to Pacific Avenue Capital Partners, the company will be known as Fuller Technologies. The Fuller Co. operated for decades in the Lehigh Valley b…

The former FLSmidth Cement has a new name, which should sound familiar to the Lehigh Valley.

03.11.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nancy Dischinat, who championed the workforce in the Lehigh Valley, dies at 77. She made the Lehigh Valley β€˜a better place’ Those who worked alongside her over the past few decades spoke highly of the woman who helped shape the workforce system in the region.

Longtime Lehigh Valley workforce board leader dies at 77.

03.11.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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With food pantry shelves diminished and questions surrounding SNAP funds, Lehigh Valley nonprofits raising $500,000 to aid food access Riddle said people are stocking up on supplies because, come Saturday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will not distribute SNAP food benefits to people who qualify for them.

United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley and LV Community Foundation raising $500,000 to keep food banks stocked.

31.10.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Holiday jobs may be hard to find this year. Here’s why While Boscov’s is reporting a normal uptick in seasonal help, some of its competitors may be holding back a bit this year, according to Chicago-based Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., which ai…

An annual fall tradition, hiring extra workers for the holiday season, has been scaled back by some while others move ahead.

27.10.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lehigh Valley billionaire Jared Isaacman may be back in the running to lead NASA, report says It appears Lehigh Valley resident Jared Isaacman’s goal of heading NASA is still a possibility.

Is Lehigh Valley businessman and astronaut Jared Isaacman back in the running to lead NASA? A Wall Street Journal report indicates as much.

21.10.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amid federal, state budget standoffs, LANTA worried about furloughs, PennDOT not paying contracts In order to keep its bus and van services intact amid budget stalemate, LANTA requested permission to tap funds allocated for capital projects. It’s still waiting to hear back.

LANTA is waiting to hear if it can tap funds during budget standoff.

16.10.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜There was a lot of luck.’ Jared Isaacman, entrepreneur and astronaut, discusses business and space at Lehigh University Isaacman said part of the excitement of space exploration is that it’s so close β€œand we have not even begun to scratch the surface of what is the greatest adventure in human history.”

Shift4 founder and astronaut Jared Isaacman discusses business and space at Lehigh University community.

15.10.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That was me last night, especially when the Skook got some love.

08.10.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Truckers in the Lehigh Valley feeding the warehouse boom could get a little parking relief Pennsylvania officials announced that more than 1,200 parking spaces will be designated for truck parking, including 18 along one Lehigh Valley highway.

Legal truck parking spaces are in short supply in Pennsylvania. PennDOT will be adding more than 1,200 across the state, including 18 in the Lehigh Valley.

08.10.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An international food and beverage company is opening a coffee-roasting plant in the Lehigh Valley Kerry Group, which is based in Tralee, Ireland, will roast and extract coffee to create sustainable products for the food and beverage industry at the plant, which is located along Township Line Ro…

International food and beverage company is coming to the Lehigh Valley.

30.09.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another set of antique toys from late Allentown’s man collection up for auction. Here’s a look. About 300 additional toys from Tom Sage Sr.’s collection will be up for auction Oct. 30 at Morphy’s Auctions near Denver, Lancaster County.

Another batch of antique toys from the extensive collection of the late Tom Sage Sr. of Allentown is up for auction.

25.09.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gov. Josh Shapiro tours B. Braun near Allentown. Big announcement expected.

18.09.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Developer pays $3.3 million for Lehigh Valley farmland to build homes Keystone Custom Homes says it will develop the land along Neffs Laureys Road. It acquired the land from Jaindl Land Co. for $3.3 million in July, according to Lehigh County real estate records.

Yet another housing development coming to the Lehigh Valley.

29.08.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pair of hotels near Lehigh Valley airport are sold for $13.1 million The buyers are DC Hotels Airport LLC and DC Hotels Allentown LLC, respectively, both based at a private residence in Horsham Township, Montgomery County.

Two hotels near Lehigh Valley International Airport have a new owner.

27.08.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This ZIP code that includes part of Allentown is one of the hottest real estate markets in the US In the annual rankings of Realtor.com’s β€œhottest ZIP codes,” the 18104 ZIP code was ranked 10th in the Northeast, putting it in the honorable mention category for the national list.

Part of Allentown is in one of the hottest ZIP codes for home buyers.

22.08.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Historic Allentown building that was once the site of a Revolutionary War POW camp to get apartments The property includes a monument to the POW camp, which housed Hessian mercenaries that fought for the British.

An historic building in Allentown that is on the site of Revolutionary War POW camp will soon have apartments.

12.08.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why PPL Corp. could be the β€˜big winner’ in deal to boost power for AI, data centers PPL came out the β€œbig winner” of the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit focused on artificial intelligence, one analyst declared.

Allentown-based PPL Corp. makes bid to stay ahead in upcoming data center power surge.

04.08.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my all-time favorite baseball stories.

20.07.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜A really big and important project’: In the heart of Allentown, City Center Group plans its first offices since 2019 The $35.1 million project will convert the former Merchants National Bank Building into a 87,000-square-foot structure with ground-level retail, including a large restaurant with patio seating, and…

For developer J.B. Reilly and City Center, converting the former bank at Seventh and Hamilton streets has been a long time coming.

09.07.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What’s happening with the former Wells Fargo bank at Allentown’s Center Square? Here’s the latest plan. Plans for the former Merchants National Bank building at the corner of Seventh and Hamilton streets in the heart of downtown Allentown are getting yet another revision.

Plans are revised yet again for the historic bank building in the heart of Allentown.

01.07.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Candy company picks Lehigh Valley for manufacturing, will invest nearly $20 million for new headquarters In the not-too-distant future, a 16-acre patch of ground just off Hecktown Road on the border of Lower Nazareth and Bethlehem townships will be one of the sweetest places in the Lehigh Valley.

Candy company decides to expand Lehigh Valley presence.

27.06.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lehigh Valley warehouse to shut down, more than 700 to be laid off A North Whitehall Township warehouse is being shut down, affecting more than 700 jobs.

Grocer to shut down Lehigh Valley distribution center, lay off more than 700 workers.

11.06.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lehigh Valley manufacturer expands to provide U.S.-made power sources The company cut the ribbon on the facility on Wednesday and is looking to employ more than 50 when it’s fully up and running in upcoming weeks.

Lehigh Valley company brings manufacturing of power source into U.S.

05.06.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Plan for up to 268 apartments at former Lehigh Valley golfing landmark V-7 raise traffic concerns β€˜My recommendation is not to make a recommendation,’ Bethlehem Township commissioners hear their solicitor say after public hearing on application for about 265 apartments at the former…

High-traffic area may see even more traffic with proposed apartment complex.

03.06.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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North Whitehall planners give thumbs down to proposed warehouse After a mostly civil four-hour meeting with several public comments, the board voted 6-0 with two absences and one recusal, against the proposed Nexus 78 warehouse near the intersection of Route 30…

After a four-hour meeting with lots of public comment, a proposed 500,000-square-foot warehouse gets negative recommendation from North Whitehall planners.

30.05.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Antique toys from late Allentown’s man extensive collection up for auction. Here’s a look The late Allentown resident was known for his extensive collection of the relics, spending more than 50 years buying and selling them. It includes some early 20th century German-made classics, incl…

Toys, more than a century old, were part of an extensive collection in the Lehigh Valley.

29.05.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What happened to the plan to build warehouses on former Air Products headquarters? After a plan for warehouses fell through, the future of Air Products’ former headquarters property in Upper Macungie Township is still to be determined.

Warehouses were planned for the former site of Air Products' corporate headquarters. A few years later, little has happened.

22.05.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Memorial Day could have its biggest number of travelers in 20 years. What you need to know. GasBuddy says the national average price of gasoline will be $3.08 per gallon for Memorial Day, making it the cheapest since 2021.

The roads will be busy on Memorial Day weekend.

22.05.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

City Paper had some very entertaining stories back then.

21.05.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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