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Negotiations continue as Allentown School District custodians, maintenance workers seek new contract
Teamsters Local Union No. 773 represents the workers, whose last contract expired June 30.
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Vice President Vance serves lunch at Allentown Rescue Mission after Alburtis rally
Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife, Usha, dined with four Clean Team employees after they served lunch to Allentown Rescue Mission residents and staff.
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Fired Allentown HR employee alleges illegal retaliation in federal lawsuit
Karen Ocasio was fired from the city’s human resources department in November 2023. She had repeatedly called for an investigation into claims of racism and discrimination at City Hall.
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'Better able to save a life': New pre-hospital blood program makes EMS more equipped to help injured
A pre-hospital blood program cooperative between Allentown and Miller-Keystone Blood Center equips EMS to give blood — whole blood or components like red cells and plasma — to severely bleeding patients at the scene or in the ambulance.
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$100,000 in damages at Lights in the Parkway; display to reopen to cars Tuesday
Several signature displays — valued at more than $60,000 — were unsalvageable and declared “total losses" after vandals struck over the weekend at Lights in the Parkway, according to officials.
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