The three Democratic candidates looking to be the next Northampton County Executive said the biggest issue may be the county's nursing home, Gracedale.

Paneras and pickleball got approvals Thursday night from Lower Macungie commissioners, who also began the process to hire crossing guards for Willow Lane Elementary School and briefly debated whether holding afternoon committee meetings stifles public participation.

The three Democratic candidates looking to be the next Northampton County Executive said the biggest issue may be the county's nursing home, Gracedale.

Allentown City Councilwoman Cynthia Mota has been released from a hospital in Venezuela, Mayor Ed Pawlowski said Friday.

The controversial 50-year-lease was the sole topic of a Monday night City Council committee-of-a-whole meeting that lasted four-and-a-half hours.