The threat of the spread of COVID-19 pandemic is resulting in the cancellation of another annual festival in the city of Allentown.

West Walnut Street will be closed from 8th Street to Seventh Street on Tuesday, July 7 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for a crane to set HVAC units on the roof of City Center building SVN Square East.

The city of Allentown will use a $347,500 state grant to reduce lead hazards in owner-occupied and rental housing.

The Department of Parks and Recreation announces their social media campaign “Water Safety Wednesdays” beginning on Wednesday July 8, 2020.

The Allentown Recycling Yard Waste Site at 1401 Oxford Drive will be closed on Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4 in observance of the Independence Day holiday.

Crews from the Allentown Department of Public Works collected more than 26-tons of trash from a recent one-day cleanup of illegal dumping.

Under the “green” phase of Governor Tom Wolf’s plan for reopening Pennsylvania during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Allentown Health Bureau is once again accepting certain appointments.

Allentown residents unhappy with Pennsylvania’s current fireworks law are encouraged to register their displeasure with state lawmakers. 

City government buildings will reopen to the public on Monday, June 22.

In a letter from Dominican Festival Association President Sandra Vargas, the Dominican Festival Association very sadly communicates the decision to cancel the Dominican Festival 2020.