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5 days ago | 
mcall.com | Evelyn Blower
The Southern Lehigh School Board voted to oust its president Monday night in a contentious meeting that saw both sides hurling accusations against the other. In a 5-4 vote, the board removed Emily Gehman from the presidency. Board members Christopher Wayock, Stephen Maund, Melissa Torba, Mary Joy Reinartz and Nicole King voted in favor of Gehman’s removal, while Gehman, Eric Boyer, Timothy Kearney and Candi Kruse voted against it.
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1 week ago | 
mcall.com | Evelyn Blower
Billy Corgan, front man for the rock band Smashing Pumpkins, headlined a cloudy night Tuesday in Allentown — becoming the latest big act to make a stop at Archer Music Hall, which since opening in March has been taking its shot at being the next stop for hit bands on their tours.
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1 week ago | 
mcall.com | Evelyn Blower
A 14-year-old from Allentown died early Friday morning, a little more than a week after he was rescued from the Jordan Creek, Lehigh County Coroner Dan Buglio announced. The teenager was in critical condition after being rescued June 11 by firefighters called to Jordan Park, off Sumner Avenue, at 1:30 p.m. There, he received CPR and emergency medical services. According to Buglio, the teen reportedly jumped into the creek but then began having difficulty and did not resurface.
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1 week ago | 
mcall.com | Evelyn Blower
Xiaomin Fei, the man accused of killing his in-laws earlier this month in their Palmer Township home, waived his preliminary hearing on Wednesday and will appear in Northampton County Court on July 17 for a formal arraignment. Fei, 34, is accused of shooting his mother- and father-in-law at their home in Palmer Township after being served divorce papers. Robert Ackerman, 74, was found dead at the home; Gretchen Ackerman, 75, was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
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1 week ago | 
mcall.com | Evelyn Blower
Lin Erickson, CEO of the Da Vinci Science Center, has announced her retirement in June 2026, after serving for 12 years as head of the Allentown science museum. The Da Vinci Science Center Board of Trustees anticipates announcing her successor next spring, the center said in a news release Tuesday.
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2 weeks ago | 
mcall.com | Evelyn Blower
The rainy weather only slightly let up Saturday, but families and their children with special needs wore sunny smiles as they were treated to free admission, food and games at Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom. Their visit to the South Whitehall Township amusement park was sponsored by A Kid Again, a Columbus, Ohio, organization that offers cost-free experiences to children with life-threatening or debilitating conditions.
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2 weeks ago | 
mcall.com | Evelyn Blower
Amid the sights and sounds of interactive displays in the Da Vinci Science Center on Saturday, Jamie Malcolm and his husband, Alfred, carried a handful of Pride flags in their back pockets, ready to hand out at a moment’s notice. Their 6-year-old daughter proudly wore a rainbow dress. Showing their support for the LGBTQ community, the family gathered with the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center’s staff for an LGBTQ+ Family Day at the hands-on science museum on Hamilton Street in Allentown.
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2 weeks ago | 
mcall.com | Evelyn Blower
The Nurture Nature Center in Easton, dedicated to hosting educational and environmental-centered programming, is temporarily closing its doors for two years to construct an Earth & Sky Dome theater. The center will close Thursday, and begin construction Friday. It hopes to reopen to the public in summer or fall 2027; plans call for demolishing the back part of the building, the former Strand Theatre and backyard facing Pine Street.
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2 weeks ago | 
mcall.com | Evelyn Blower
The Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown has named Krista Brown-Ly as executive director. Brown-Ly has served as interim director since November 2024, when former executive director Ashley Coleman, who left after the board of directors announced a restructuring and pause in programming, amid a 50% decline in corporate and foundation contributions.
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2 weeks ago | 
mcall.com | Evelyn Blower
An artist-led documentary featuring prominent performing art figures in Bethlehem premieres this weekend, and seeks to draw attention to the long and storied history of performing and visual arts in the city. “Rooted” will have its inaugural showing at 2 p.m. Sunday at Baker Hall at Lehigh University’s Zoellner Arts Center. Afterward, the film will be housed at the Special Collections branch at Lehigh.
