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July 23, 2014Bethlehem Press on YouTubeCOVER STORYViews differ on immigrant childrenProtestors and counter-protestors traded barbs and slogans July 20 outside the KidsPeace Broadway campus in Salisbury...
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July 30, 2014Bethlehem Press on YouTubeCOVER STORYSame-sex marriage: Continuing point of discussionIn May, after a U.S. federal judge ruled as unconstitutional the state’s ban on same-sex marriages,...
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August 6, 2014Bethlehem Press on YouTubeCOVER STORYStudent loans: Paying the Price-Part 1A post-secondary education is the single most important investment that Americans can make in their futures but...
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Aug. 13, 2014Bethlehem Press on YouTubePAYING THE PRICE-PART 2College costs outpace incomes, state funding, aidStudent loan debt has nearly tripled in the last decade. The Federal Reserve Bank of New...
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August 20, 2014The Bethlehem Press onlineCOVER STORYMoving back homeStudent debt has long-term impact on graduates. As of early 2014, the amount of student loan debt in the United States reached $1.1...
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Aug. 27, 2014The Bethlehem Press onlineCOVER STORYMeals on Wheels gets a fresh lookMeals on Wheels of Northampton County chefs George Liros and Bob Adams, along with Nick Nonnemacher, MOW’s director of...
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September 3, 2014ON THE GROUNDSouth Bethlehem VegFestFirst-time VegFest visitor Christy Hume of Bethlehem Township tries a loaded vegan chili dog from Heavenly Hot Dogs at the festival which features...
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September 10, 2014Bethlehem Press onlineCOVER STORYSaluting the laborerThe 6th annual Steelworkers and Friends Labor Day parade stepped off Aug. 31 in downtown Bethlehem. According to Jerry Green,...
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September 17, 201413 YEARS LATERRemembering 9/11As it has done every year since terrorist attacks claimed 2,977 lives on American soil, Hanover Township remembered. Sept. 11 was just like any other...
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September 24, 2014COVER PHOTOFor a good causeHarrison Bailey does not coach a football team. He’s the principal at Liberty HS, but that does not mean he can escape the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Megan...
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October 1, 2014COVER PHOTOCelebrating fall’s arrivalFall display at the Moffo home in Bethlehem has an assortment of seasonal outdoor decorations. Paula Moffo and her daughter Alainna posed on the...
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October 8, 2014COVER STORYDancing in the streetsThe fourth annual Oktoberfest kicked off Friday with its special celebration of German culture and “much more” under the direction of ArtsQuest at its...
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October 15, 2014COVER STORYSome catching up to doWhen 15 former Bethlehem Steel waitresses gathered recently, there was much reminiscing and recollecting of their experiences serving many of the...
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October 22, 2014COVER STORYCasey: Increase hospital funding levelsU.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.) visited East Stroudsburg’s Pocono Medical Center (PMC) Monday afternoon to review the procedures put in...
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October 29, 2014COVER STORYEdgeboro Moravian’s 100thTina Giesler and former pastor the Rev. William Matz, who filled in for Pastor Chris Giesler, cut the cake.By Ruth GradySOUTH BETHLEHEMAmbassadors...
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MAY 7, 2014Bethlehem Press on YouTubeCover story‘A life-changing event’Freedom HS hosted the second annual Bethlehem Area School District mini-THON April 26. Students from Freedom and Liberty were...
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November 5, 2014COVER STORY A broomstick weddingA unique Halloween wedding ceremony was conducted at Bethlehem Memorial Park cemetery Oct. 31. Berks County Magisterial District Judge Kim Bagenstose was...
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November 12, 2014COVER STORY ‘A young, vibrant guy’Bethlehem native Dick Stiles remembers 1st Lt. Robert Pfeifle Wehinger’s World War II service well. Stiles, 87, has been researching Wehinger’s...
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November 19, 2014SOUTH BETHLEHEM Steelworkers Veterans Memorial to moveCity officials announced Nov. 11 that the Steelworkers Veterans Memorial at East Third and Fillmore streets will soon be moved to...
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November 26, 2014COVER STORY New star lights nightThis Christmas season a new star will light the skyline of Bethlehem: for the first time this year, a giant Moravian star will be hanging in the...
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