May 2016

Healing Through the Arts

Healing Through the Arts

The arts have power. Films and plays can bring us to tears – whether through comedy or tragedy. Photographs and paintings can hold us transfixed by their colors, composition, even their subjects. And playwright William Congreve knew that “Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast, To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.” … a place where those who are healing find st... »

Highway Marine

Highway Marine

“We like to say that our facilities are built for and designed to deliver the excitement of a boat show experience every day.” – Gary Wimmer Growing up near New Hope and Washington Crossing on the Delaware River, Gary Wimmer has never strayed too far from the water. With a hint of warm spring in the air, Wimmer, who has sold and serviced boats for most of his life, i... »

Everything You Need to Know About the Zika Virus

Everything You Need to Know About the Zika Virus

Ever since the first headline of a rapidly spreading virus hit news channels and Twitter feeds, all we’ve been worried about is Zika – especially with mosquito season right around the corner. We chatted with Dr. Jeffrey Jahre, Chief of Infectious Disease and the Senior Vice-President of Medical and Academic Affairs at St. Luke’s University Health Network, to learn the fact... »

Ye Olde Spring Valley Tavern

Ye Olde Spring Valley Tavern

The Spring Valley Inn was one of the popular go-to places when we first moved to the Lehigh Valley but it had been many years since I visited what is now called Ye Olde Spring Valley Tavern. Owners Warren and Donna Walters as well as Frank and Kim McCartney reopened the tavern in 2014, changing the name but maintaining much of the old charm. The outside of the stone buildi... »

Gear up for Travel

Gear Up for Travel

Photography taken on location at Butter Valley Golf Course: 3243 Gehman Rd | Barto 610.845.2491 | buttervalley.com Hot Ticket Index Apricot Lane 2032 Lehigh Valley Mall | Whitehall 610.266.9400 | apricotlaneboutique.com 1. The Hatter Company Floppy Hat – $20 2. Nature Breeze Fringe Peep Toe Heels – $48 3. Urban Originals Handbag – $89 4. Lovposh Maxi Dres... »

Allen Organ

Allen Organ Company

For more than 75 years, the Allen Organ Company has been on the cutting edge of invention and innovation. Located in Macungie, the company has installed more than 80,000 instruments in 80 different countries, and is currently the United States’ largest and best-known producer of church organs. An Inventive Founder Jerome Markowitz, the man who would eventually found Allen ... »

Bethlehem Steel Futbol

Bethlehem Steel Futbol Club

What has two thumbs and knows zip about soccer? Me. When I got the assignment to write about the new soccer team, the Bethlehem Steel FC, I was a bit apprehensive. I did a quick mental tally of soccer facts I DID know, and they amounted to four. Total. I know Brandi Chastain ripped her shirt off in some big game. I’m not sure how the unsmiling Posh Spice landed David Beckh... »

Faces of the Southside

Faces of the South Side

“Move to the left, move to the left, move to the left,” someone says. She has one hand on her 35mm digital camera, which is also secured with a strap around her neck, while her other hand is in the air, wildly gesturing along with her commands. She sighs, exasperated. “Ugh, you moved too much.” She pauses as she contemplates how to salvage her vision and moves around the m... »

Bob McLeod

Bob McLeod

Every town seems to have a comic book store, and every citizen seems to have wondered, at one point or another, how it manages to stay in business, seemingly immune to economic hardship and digital migration. (Somewhat easily, as it turns out: comic book and graphic novel sales hit a staggering $935 million in 2014, a 20-year high for the industry.) Many years later, he wo... »

Letter From the Editor May 2016

Dear Readers, Everyone who reads my letters knows how much I love the Lehigh Valley. I spent nearly 47 years of my life growing up here, living here and raising my family here. My family, those three people who I love and adore, who make my world complete… those same three people who drove me to a moment this morning in which I was shouting in desperation, “Calgon…Take Me ... »

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