The Allentown Department of Parks & Recreation and the Parkland Aquatic Club are teaming-up to present the 3rd Annual PAAC Firecracker Swim Meet this weekend at Mack Pool.

Property owners in the City of Allentown’s Old Fairgrounds Historic District can get information about how to obtain assistance with maintaining and repairing their buildings at a public meeting later this month.

6th Street in the City of Allentown from Hamilton Street to Walnut Street will be closed beginning at 9am on Thursday, July 6 until 5pm on Friday, July 7.

The City of Allentown Department of Parks and Recreation presents the next installment of its 2017 Movies in the Park Series with a Flick-n-Float for ages 13 through 18 on Friday, July 7 for the showing of “The Shallows” at Jordan Pool.

Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski, Police Chief Glen Dorney and Fire Chief Lee Laubach urge city residents and visitors to obey fireworks laws and take the proper safety precautions over the Independence Day holiday.

Due to the inclement weather forecast for the evening of Saturday, July 1, the City of Allentown is rescheduling its Independence Celebration & Street Festival for Sunday, July 2.

The Allentown Department of Parks and Recreation, the Allentown School District, Friends of the Allentown Parks and others are offering children a fun day in the park on Friday, June 30.

A $250,000 grant will pave the way for engineering design work for the redevelopment of the first building at the 17-acre site of the former Allentown Metal Works on South 10th Street.

The upcoming Independence Day Holiday is resulting in changes to the trash and recycling collection schedule in the City of Allentown for the night of July 4.

Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski received an Honorable Mention Large City 2017 City Livability Award Saturday during The U.S. Conference of Mayors’ 85th Annual Meeting in Miami Beach.