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'Hunger exists here': Parkland Cares opens new food pantry
Leaders of Parkland Cares cut the ribbon Thursday on the nonprofit's new food pantry in North Whitehall Township.
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Bethlehem gets $800k to turn blighted property into affordable housing
The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency awarded seven projects in the state with grants from its Community Revitalization Fund Program. Only one project in the Lehigh Valley received money — a remediation project for the Fourth Street Building in Bethlehem.
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Being paid to volunteer: A Lehigh Valley fire company is pulling out all the stops
To arrive at emergency scenes faster and well-staffed, Upper Macungie Fire & Rescue in Lehigh County has launched a staffing incentive program that will pay "qualified and trained" volunteers to cover 12-hour shifts.
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Former U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine to speak at Bradbury-Sullivan Health Summit
Dr. Rachel Levine, who as the first transgender person approved by the U.S. Senate served as U.S. assistant health secretary, will be keynote speaker for Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center's annual health summit.
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'Use it to be helpful': Member of exonerated Central Park 5 looks to address judicial system problems in speech at NCC
In 1989, Yusef Salaam and four other teenagers were imprisoned after being wrongly accused and convicted of raping a woman in Central Park in New York. At Northampton Community College on Tuesday night, he shared his story and the need to address inequities in the criminal justice system.
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