Easton Public Market has been named the country’s best public market in a national contest. Readers of USA Today voted the market number one as part of USA Today’s 10 Best Readers Choice Awards. Easton Public Market is one of three Pennsylvania markets on the list. The others are the Philadelphia Reading Terminal Market and the Lancaster Central Market.
If you drive on I-78 late at night or during the overnight hours, your trip may be slower than normal all next week. PennDOT says there are two separate construction zones planned all week. The first is on I-78 between exits 49 and 54 with lane restrictions expected in both directions from 8pm to 6am every day through Friday. The second project is between Exit 55 and the Northampton County line. Lane restrictions on both sides of that stretch of 78 are planned from 9pm to 6am in this project.
Northampton County’s drug task force has released its numbers for the just-completed fiscal year. District Attorney Terry Houck says the task force seized more than $168,000, 11 firearms and four vehicles during the fiscal year that ended in June. Money seized is used for investigations and specialized police training, as well as supporting community organizations and safety initiatives like the county’s gun buyback program.
If you'd like to earn a couple late-summer bucks, the Great Allentown Fair is an option. The Allentown Fair is looking for people to work in various departments at the upcoming fair, which runs August 30 through Labor Day Monday, September 4. The Fair has positions available in parking, gates, maintenance, and competitive exhibits. Candidates must be 18 years or older to be eligible for these jobs. Find out more via email at www.info@allentownfair.com.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is reviewing its new online licensing system after an opening day fiasco two-and-a-half weeks ago. What was supposed to simplify the process of applying for and getting your license was anything but according to Game Commission spokesman Travis Lau. "There were people who waited, maybe, ten hours for a license and people the next day who were getting a license in five minutes," Lau says. About 166,000 hunters hopped online to get a license on day one and Lau acknowledges the system was not equipped to handle that kind of traffic. Lau hopes next year, hunters will realize they don't have to buy their license on the first possible day and that includes a doe license which is handed out on a first-come, first-serve basis.
State Treasurer Stacy Garrity is cutting fees again for account holders who use Pennsylvania's 529 Tuition Investment plans to save for college. Garrity says the change will save account holders about 579-thousand-dollars this year overall. There are currently some 286-thousand tuition accounts in Pennsylvania. Funds can be used for future education costs such as tuition, fees, supplies, and room and board. Garrity says overall, the 529 plans have let state families save an average of 24-thousand-dollars for future expenses.
Former Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Mike Stack says there's no question in his mind he could win elections again in the future. Stack was lieutenant governor until being voted out in the Democratic primary in 2018 after having virtually no relationship with then-Gov. Tom Wolf and amid allegations he treated his office staff and his state police security detail poorly. Stack says those tough times changed him. "I've had some great times and I've had some down times and the bottom line is it's made me a better person. I'm more open to what the plan is for me," the ex-lieutenant governor says. Stack says he has learned, he's tougher and a survivor.
Former Penn State star and Nazareth High School graduate Jahan Dotson returns to the Lehigh Valley today. Dotson, along with the Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute's sports medicine team is hosting the 'Jahan Dotson Impact Athlete Football Clinic' from 4-to-6 at the Chrin Community Center on Green Pond Road in Palmer Township. More than 250 youth football players entering grades five through nine have signed up for the camp.