Bethlehem Press

06/08/2026

Bethlehem Police Department, City of Bethlehem

06/02/2026

June 3, 2026
The Bethlehem Press
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City of Bethlehem; County of Northampton; Bethlehem Downtown Rotary Club; Notre Dame High School Easton; Moravian Academy; Jefferson Health

06/02/2026

MEMORIAL DAY 2026
The last full measure
A light rain on Memorial Day morning canceled the traditional parade on Linden Street and moved the service indoors to Liberty High School’s Memorial Gymnasium. TAPS over Bethlehem continued as planned with 60 participants, and finished with the massed buglers gathered to play in the gym.
By Dana Grubb

A light rain on Memorial Day morning canceled the traditional parade on Linden Street and moved the service indoors to Liberty High School’s Memorial Gymnasium. TAPS over Bethlehem continued as planne...

06/02/2026

NAACP honors the fallen
Bethlehem’s NAACP Branch 2250 held a small Memorial Day gathering at noon next to the Third Ward’s War Memorial near the Litzenberger House on Fourth Street. Those attending learned about past minority community members who have both served and given their lives to protect America’s freedom.
By Dana Grubb

Bethlehem’s NAACP Branch 2250 held a small Memorial Day gathering at noon next to the Third Ward’s War Memorial near the Litzenberger House on Fourth Street. Those attending learned about past minorit...

06/02/2026

BASD
Fisher to head district’s HR office
The Bethlehem Area School District has named Georgiann M. Fisher as its new chief human resources officer.

The Bethlehem Area School District has named Georgiann M. Fisher as its new chief human resources officer. Fisher brings experience in public education and organizational human resources management, i...

06/02/2026

COMMUNITY
Rotarians tend Sand Island Children’s Garden
Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Bethlehem continued their stewardship of the Sand Island Children’s Garden May 2 by adding 145 plants to create a pollinators’ garden against the backdrop of mural art created by Vo-Tech students on a Fritch Fuel Company storage building. A crew of volunteers from the club prepared the soil and planted cone flowers, black-eyed Susans, Joe Pye w**d and bee balm among the plant species selected.
By Dana Grubb

Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Bethlehem continued their stewardship of the Sand Island Children’s Garden May 2 by adding 145 plants to create a pollinators’ garden against the backdrop of mural ar...

06/02/2026

NOTRE DAME GRADUATION
‘We will remember how it felt to grow up here’
The late Deacon Anthony Koury, a graduate of Notre Dame HS, retired in 2012 after 43 years at Notre Dame, where he put his heart into serving the school as athletic director and a theology teacher. Deacon Koury had also been a permanent deacon at Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, Easton, since being ordained in 1982. He passed in 2024 after a courageous battle with metastatic prostate cancer.
By Tami Quigley

The late Deacon Anthony Koury, a graduate of Notre Dame HS, retired in 2012 after 43 years at Notre Dame, where he put his heart into serving the school as athletic director and a theology teacher. De...

06/02/2026

MORAVIAN ACADEMY GRADUATION
‘Today is a day of beginnings’
Moravian Academy hosted the commencement for its Class of 2026 this brisk Saturday morning, May 30, celebrating the achievements of the 76 students who graduated this year.
By Gavin Cerco and Lou Wheeland

Moravian Academy hosted the commencement for its Class of 2026 this brisk Saturday morning, May 30, celebrating the achievements of the 76 students who graduated this year. Family and friends of the ...

05/26/2026

May 27, 2026
The Bethlehem Press
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City of Bethlehem; Bethlehem Area School District; Unesco World Heritage Sites; Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts; ArtsQuest; Lehigh Valley Health Network; Lehigh Valley IronPigs; Cops 'n' Kids Lehigh Valley

05/26/2026

COVER STORY
History lives at revived Heritage Day
Bethlehem’s Colonial Industrial Quarter hosted a free community festival in celebration of the induction to “World Heritage List” April 18, marking the return of an event that hasn’t been held since 2019. Historic Bethlehem Community Heritage Day showed dedication of preserving our history on a day of beautiful weather attended by all ages.
By Lori Patrick

Bethlehem’s Colonial Industrial Quarter hosted a free community festival in celebration of the induction to “World Heritage List” April 18, marking the return of an event that hasn’t been held since 2...