1+ hour, 41+ min ago   (397+ words) A Lower Towamensing Township business has been granted permission to install solar panels on its property. Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously agreed to grant a conditional use permit to AMPAL Inc., 2115 Little Gap Road, to place 10 solar arrays on the property....

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (509+ words) A zoning hearing regarding a proposed solar farm in Albrightsville drew a smaller-than-expected crowd at the Jim Thorpe Fire Company as Plainfield Solar LLC and Lynx Associates Ltd. presented a substantive validity challenge to the township’s zoning ordinance. Vice Chairman…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (349+ words) There is still time for current businesses within Summit Hill, Lansford, Coaldale and Nesquehoning to apply for the Panther Valley Blueprint Community’s PV Business Accelerator program that will take place beginning in September. Amber Finsel, a local business owner and…...

3+ mon, 20+ hour ago   (318+ words) A Lower Towamensing Township business has disclosed plans to install solar panels. Attorney Peter Wertz told supervisors Tuesday that AMPAL Inc., 2115 Little Gap Road, wants to install a solar system on the property. Wertz added they feel this accessory facility…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (444+ words) The Pleasant Valley School Board approved several business items last week. The school board approved of a donation to the Monroe Career & Technical Institute Sports Medicine Program for a whirlpool tub manufactured by Whitehall Manufacturing Hydrotherapy Equipment. “The donation is…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (871+ words) here’s been a lot of talk lately about rail service in Northeastern Pennsylvania. From Reading to Tamaqua and Jim Thorpe to Tunkhannock, over the last few years, the Reading and Northern has been a major factor in expanding area tourism…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (191+ words) Musikfest 2025 saw notably less traffic congestion despite record attendance, thanks to new partnerships with the Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority and Bethlehem Parking Authority. The growing #ParkOne and Ride initiative, coordinating BPA facilities with LANTA’s EBS Rapid Transit service, was…...