Allentown Mayor Ray O’Connell administered the oath of office today to Police Chief Charles Roca and Assistant Chiefs Michael Becker and James Gress during a ceremony in City Council Chambers.

The City of Allentown and the Downtown Allentown Business Alliance will ring-in the new year starting at 9 p.m. this Friday, December 31 in the 700 block of Hamilton Street.

Front Street in the City of Allentown from Hamilton Street to Linden Street is now fully open. 

The Bureau of Recycling and Solid Waste is announcing its Christmas and New Year’s holiday trash and recycling collection schedule for the city.

The Da Vinci Science Center, Coca-Cola Park and the Allentown Housing Authority are recipients of the latest round of Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program Grants from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Allentown Chief of Police Charles Roca today announced the promotion of two department captains to the rank of assistant chief.

The following street closures and traffic restrictions will be in effect on Saturday, December 4 from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. for the Tree Lighting Ceremony at The Arts Park at 20 N Fifth Street…

The public is invited to the city’s Tree Lighting Ceremony from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, December 4 in the Arts Park at 20 N. Fifth Street.