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The city of Allentown has been awarded a $300,000 Environmental Stewardship and Watershed Protection Grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to manage stormwater in the West End.

Eighth Street in the city of Allentown from Hamilton Street to Linden Street will be reduced to one lane of traffic on Saturday, May 7 from 6am to 10am.

Allentown is one of six communities praised in an Urban Land Institute report entitled “Reaching for the Future: Creative Finance for Smaller Communities.”

The City of Allentown along with the Allentown Fire Department in partnership with the Allentown School District is rewarding the hard work of some elementary school students with a ride to school in a fire engine.

A public meeting to discuss the planned 2017 reconstruction of the Hamilton Street Bridge over Cedar Creek in the city of Allentown will be held on Thursday, April 28 from 6pm to 8pm in Allentown City Council Chambers.

Today, April 22, is Earth Day, and it has a special meaning in Allentown. The city began its successful and award winning curbside recycling program on Earth Day 1990.

City of Allentown Managing Director Fran Dougherty submitted his resignation today.

Volunteers from all sections of the city are encouraged to sign-up now to participate in Mayor Ed Pawlowski’s 10th Annual Great Allentown Cleanups.

Residents can safely get rid of expired or unused prescription and over-the counter medicines in their homes at a National Take Back Day drug collection event in Allentown on Saturday, April 30.

Mayor Ed Pawlowski is proclaiming Tuesday, April 12, 2016 Everyone Matters Day in the city of Allentown.