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The Allentown Police Department is seeking applicants for its 2016 Citizens Police Academy class.

The winners of the City of Allentown and the Allentown Presidents’ Council “Catch a Young Person Doing Something Right” campaign will be honored at a reception at Lincoln Leadership Academy campus.

Hamilton Street from Fifth Street to Law Street in the city of Allentown will be reduced to one lane of traffic in each direction from 8am to 3pm daily from Monday, February 29 to Thursday, March 3.

HBK Engineering of Norristown will be excavating test holes and borings on Union Street in the city of Allentown from Martin Luther King Drive to Eighth Street and Jackson Street from Eighth Street to 10th Street.

Allentown Fire Chief Lee Laubach has announced the promotion of Battalion Chief Jim Wehr to the position of deputy fire chief.

“The state of our city is and continues to be strong,” said Mayor Ed Pawlowski as he delivered his 2016 State of the City address today to members and guests of the Allentown Rotary Club at the Renaissance Allentown Hotel.

The city of Allentown will resume trash collection Wednesday night, January 27, in the Center City zone and also in part of east Allentown.

The city of Allentown and private contracting crews have removed snow from 46 stretches of streets in the city through Monday, February 1.

Trash and recycling pick-up is suspended both Monday night, January 25 and Tuesday night, January 26.

The Allentown Parking Authority is making its Community Deck at Sixth & Walnut streets available for free parking in the wake of Saturday's record snow storm.