Displaying items 73-84 of 546
» View wdbj7.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-46
•
Next >
-
State Theatre, Allentown Fair now adding repair and renovation fees to tickets
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGEaston's State Theatre and Allentown Fair, venerable Lehigh Valley concert venues that together have been offering music and other entertainment for 187 years, have started adding fees to their show tickets to cover repairs and renovations. The State... -
It's Bedlam Pronouncing Bethlehem
Blogging with Bill WhiteI mentioned in Saturday's column that I had written one time -- 16 years ago, actually -- about the proper way to pronounce Bethlehem. This has come up in some of the responses to my recent Grammar Police call for...... -
Difficult decisions
The Cambria-Somerset Authority is facing a challenging time. One of the two members, Cambria County, is having trouble paying its share of the costs for water impoundments. The authority owns five reservoirs, including the Quemahoning, which helps to... -
Louise V. Muhlbauer, sales associate
Louise V. Muhlbauer, a retired Hutzler's department store sales associate who enjoyed cooking and entertaining, died Wednesday of a stroke at Augsburg Lutheran Home and Village in Lochearn. The former longtime Parkville resident was 90.
The daughter of...Tags: Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Parkville, Recipes, World War II (1939-1945)
-
Saucon Valley asked to extend LERTA
Valley 610A representative from the city of Bethlehem, along with an officer with Majestic Realty Corp. which has land development interests along Route 412 behind the old Coke Works Diner, has asked the Saucon Valley School Board to extend by five years the... -
Sands Bethlehem Event Center says popularity prompts upgrades
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGLess than five months after opening, Sands Bethlehem Event Center is making renovations. But Sands Bethlehem Event Center officials say it didn’t do the improvements because it hoped to become a higher-profile venue. It did them because it already... -
The rise and fall of 'Mr. Cudahy'
George Perez started at the bottom of Cudahy city government, cleaning toilets as a $6.50-an-hour a janitor. He was ambitious, though, and in eight years was elected to the City Council. Six years later, with no college education or management training,...
Tags: Blackmail and Extortion, Government, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Crime, Law and Justice
-
Columbia law professor on Bethlehem, unions, free speech and a casino
Valley 610Some consider Bethlehem Steel the birthplace of the labor movement, the place where skilled workers and laborers rallied to get better working conditions and pay as the steelmaker grew in industrial might. So, it raised a few eyebrows last year when the... -
Sparrows Point steelworkers await their fate — again
Rodney Donald represents the third generation of his family to work at the Sparrows Point steel mill, and he's hoping this one won't be the last.
A mechanic in central maintenance, Donald learned last week that he's among workers in the first wave of...Tags: College Sports, Companies and Corporations, Layoffs and Downsizing, Labor Markets, Bankruptcy
-
James Karas, welder
James Karas, a retired Bethlehem Steel Corp. welder who also owned and operated a Northeast Market lunch counter, died Friday of prostate cancer at his Baldwin home. He was 88.
The son of Greek immigrant parents, Mr. Karas was born in Weirton, W.Va., and...Tags: Prostate Cancer, Baltimore County, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
-
Sparrows Point Country Club considers selling land to raise cash
Growing up in Dundalk, Kent Mosmiller knew about Sparrows Point Country Club. He spent summers on little boats along Bear Creek where he could check out the 40-foot cabin cruisers at the club marina and, beyond that, the green expanse of the golf course....
Tags: Metal and Mineral, Golf, Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Sports
-
Court gives Sparrows Point mill more time to find a buyer
The Sparrows Point steel mill will have more time to find buyers — two to four weeks extra — under an agreement hammered out Thursday in the bankruptcy case.
Owner RG Steel's unsecured creditors had contended that the July 27 deadline to...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Kinder Morgan Incorporated, Employees, Kevin J. Carey, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
Aug 27, 2012
| Allentown Morning Call
Jul 30, 2012
| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 8, 2012
|Story| Daily American
Jun 23, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Sep 14, 2012
| Allentown Morning Call
Oct 5, 2012
| Allentown Morning Call
Aug 29, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Oct 9, 2012
| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 11, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jun 15, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jun 23, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jun 25, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Original site for Bethlehem Steel topic gallery.