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Could Downtown Bethlehem Do Without Paid Parking? What Happened in the Towns That Tried
Bethlehem residents say parking prices and tickets are keeping them away from downtown, and point to towns that dropped paid parking. We looked at what actually happened in Naples, Perth, Sarasota and others, and what it would take in Bethlehem.
Things To Do
Fifth Street Cross: Inside Emmaus’s Thursday Night Race Where Fifth Place Wins
Born in a backyard on Fifth Street in 2005, the Thursday night run and cyclocross series now draws Olympians and first-time kid racers to the Emmaus Compost Center, and the leaders race for fifth place.
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Jefferson Lehigh Valley Classic 2026 Fan Guide: Parking, Tickets, Schedule and Who’s Playing
Free parking at Dorney Park, tickets from $15, the day-by-day schedule and the confirmed field, from Stewart Cink to Michael Block, for the Sept. 28 to Oct. 4 tournament at Lehigh Country Club.
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Wellness
Aardvark Sports Shop: Fitting Runners in Bethlehem Since 1984
Aardvark Sports Shop has been the Lehigh Valley's go-to running store since 1984. Located in downtown Bethlehem, this locally owned specialty shop analyzes your gait, measures your feet, and hosts free weekly group runs for all paces.
Wellness
Your Guide to the Lehigh Valley's Best Running Races in 2026
From the Bethlehem Running Festival to the D&L RaceFest presented by St. Luke's, the Lehigh Valley hosts dozens of running events throughout the year. Here are the races every runner in the valley should know about.
Wellness
South Mountain Preserve: 440 Acres of Forest Therapy in the Heart of the Valley
South Mountain Wildlands Preserve offers nearly 12 miles of woodland trails across 440 acres of untouched forest. For hikers, trail runners, and anyone who needs to unplug, it is one of the most accessible natural escapes in the Lehigh Valley.
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Book and Puppet Company: The Easton Shop Where Books Meet Puppets and Magic
Book and Puppet Company at 161 Northampton Street in Easton is part bookstore, part gift shop, and part puppet theater. Owners Andy Laties and Rebecca Migdal created a space that feels like stepping into a storybook.
Faces of Main Street
Meet the Couple Behind Centre Square Cheese, Easton’s Gourmet Destination
How Ron and Jennifer turned a 15-year dream into Centre Square Cheese, a specialty cheese, tinned fish and gourmet shop at the Easton Public Market.
Local Retail
Shopping Local in Easton: A Guide to Downtown's Independent Retail Scene
From the nation's oldest farmers' market to a three-story European-style bazaar, downtown Easton has quietly built one of the strongest independent retail corridors in the Lehigh Valley. Here is where to spend your Saturday.
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Culture
The Moravian Book Shop: America's Oldest Bookstore Still Turns Pages in Bethlehem
Founded in 1745, the Moravian Book Shop in downtown Bethlehem is the oldest bookstore in America. Predating the Revolution by 31 years, it remains a working bookstore and a connection to the Moravian heritage that shaped this city.
Culture
The SouthSide Film Festival: Independent Cinema Finds a Home in Bethlehem
For over 20 years, the SouthSide Film Festival has screened independent films from around the world in Bethlehem's intimate venues. With nearly 2,000 films shown from 107 countries, it is the Lehigh Valley's premier independent film event.
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50 Odd Years Comes Home: Big Poppa Brings a Live Rock Show to LehighValley.FM
Al Gilotti, known on the air as Big Poppa, is bringing 50 Odd Years to LehighValley.FM every Monday night from 8 to 11 p.m. It is three hours of deep album cuts, underappreciated bands and new music, hosted live from a Bethlehem home studio, and it is the first original show on the station we launched in August.
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Meet the Couple Behind Centre Square Cheese, Easton’s Gourmet Destination
How Ron and Jennifer turned a 15-year dream into Centre Square Cheese, a specialty cheese, tinned fish and gourmet shop at the Easton Public Market.
Food Scene
Fifty Years Behind the Oven: Dom Coppola and Westgate Pizza
Domenico "Dom" Coppola has been making pizza in Bethlehem for more than fifty years. He still mans the oven himself. Dom's Westgate Pizza is a Lehigh Valley institution.
Faces of Main Street
A Third-Generation Butcher Brings 150 Family Recipes to East Allen Township
For five falls Jeremy Scavazzo took his son to the pumpkin patch on Nor-Bath Boulevard. This summer he bought the building next door. Scavazzo's Gilded Cleaver opens with two smokehouses, a grandmother behind the counter, and more than 150 recipes handed down from the grandfather who taught him.
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Real Estate
Living Inside UNESCO: Historic Moravian Bethlehem
Bethlehem became a World Heritage Site in 2024. But you cannot buy a house inside it, UNESCO did not add a single rule, and the regulations that actually govern your front door have been on the books since 1961.
Real Estate
Steel Money on the Hill
Railroad men built it, steel men bought it, and the man who founded the American oil industry died in a brick twin halfway down the block. A walk through Fountain Hill mansion row and what became of it.
