Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania)

UCLA gymnasts Zamarippa, Pritchett not done competing

2013-04-24 13:03:00

UCLA seniors Vanessa Zamarripa and walk-on Alyssa Pritchett, who helped lead the Bruins to a fourth-place finish at last weekend's NCAA national championships at Pauley Pavilion, will compete May 10-11 at the Pro Gymnastics Challenge in Bethlehem, Pa.�...

Brooklyn hit-and-run suspect waives extradition from Pennsylvania

2013-03-07 09:22:00

The man who surrendered to police in connection with a weekend hit-and-run accident that left an Orthodox Jewish family dead has waived extradition from Pennsylvania and will be heading back to New York to face charges, officials said on Thursday. Julio...

How the Peeps biz stays fresh (since the chicks don't have to)

2012-04-07 08:00:00

We’re not really sure why Sunday is referred to as “Easter.” It’d be so much more accurate to refer to it as “The Day Everyone Eats Far Too Many Peeps.” We kid. After all, that name probably applies to most days for...

Planning your trip to Bethlehem, Pa.

2011-12-25 00:00:00

THE BEST WAY TO BETHLEHEM, PA. From LAX, nonstop service to Philadelphia is offered on US Airways and United, direct service (stop, no change of planes) is offered on Southwest and US Airways and connecting service (change of planes) is offered on...

Bethlehem, Pa.'s German Christmas tradition

2011-12-25 00:00:00

"I'd love to go to Germany for Christmas," my mother often said when I was growing up, having visions of Kriss Kringle, the sparkle of candles on tannenbaum, carolers in the street and festive Christmas markets, all in a country where the season is...

Christmas Eve in Bethlehem: A hub of activity

2011-12-24 16:37:44

Ticket Replay: Joe Biden says he's campaigned for some 'real turkeys' over the years

2010-12-29 16:34:52

Wacky things that get dropped on New Year's Eve

2008-12-16 11:59:27

NEW YORK � Everyone knows about the ball that gets dropped on New Year's Eve in Times Square. Maybe you've even heard about the 800-pound peach that gets dropped in Atlanta at midnight on Dec. 31. But you may not have heard about the dropping of the...

Ivies poisoned

2007-05-17 00:00:00

Now I know how members of obscure occupations or ethnic groups feel when their existence is discovered by The New York Times. As a graduate of a small liberal-arts college, I sometimes wondered whether the Times thought that everyone attended an Ivy...

School daze: the whirlwind tour

2005-09-11 00:00:00

EXHAUSTED parents, collapsed on sofas in college admissions offices, tell one another this urban legend while waiting for the next campus tour. It's about one family who took their teenager to visit a dozen schools in Pennsylvania in three days. They...

Children's Day at Quiet Valley farm: games, wagon rides, more

2013-06-19 17:59:06

Kids can play old-fashioned games, go on wagon rides behind a pair of Clydesdale draft horses and learn how families coped during the Civil War at Children's Day. The event is part of the celebration of Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm's 50th...

Farm bill change would help food-makers, not farmers

2013-06-19 13:35:49

When you go to the supermarket, you may not realize that government protections for sugar-cane and sugar-beet farmers in the Southeast and Midwest influence how much you pay for a box of cereal, a jar of peanut butter and many other items in your cart....

LV IronPigs fans Halle Spalfitz, 14, left, of Northampton, and her mom Michelle Karol, of Bethlehem, get some tanning in as they take on the Charlotte Knights, at Coca Cola Park in Allentown Sunday June 9, 2013.

2013-06-09 00:00:00

Northampton Area High School holds their 2013 Commencement at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem on Saturday, June 8, 2013.

2013-06-08 00:00:00

Northampton Area High School holds their 2013 Commencement at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem on Saturday, June 8, 2013.

2013-06-08 00:00:00