Good morning, Bethlehem.

Belyea Company in Palmer Township was acquired by Integrated Power Services and will keep its operations refurbishing and repairing electrical equipment at its 150,000 sqft facility (with family leaders remaining as directors) as it joins the IPS Electrification division.

Air Products, headquartered in Lehigh County, announced Wednesday that it will build a new LNG-based separation unit as part of its expansion in Malaysia at the Pengerang LNG regasification terminal.

The facility will produce over 600 metric tonnes daily & is expected to be operational by early 2027.

State officials announced $81 million in grants for 306 statewide recreation and conservation projects, including a $160K effort to restore Monocacy Creek in Bethlehem + a $140K grant to expand a local nature preserve in Lehigh County.

The announcement was made last Wednesday.

South Bethlehem residents say that neglect and uneven investment underlie ongoing issues like trash buildup and unresponsive city services.

They call for community cleanups + landlord oversight to improve living conditions as repeated appeals to local officials remain unanswered.

The nonprofit Chemo Bag is hosting its 10th annual Rock the Bag fundraiser Saturday at Blue Ridge Winery in Saylorsburg from noon to 5 p.m. to provide Bag of Hope care bags that offer comfort to Lehigh Valley cancer patients.

Chef Steph—who is living with stage 4 breast cancer—visited the 69 News studio Wednesday to share her online series 'Cooking with Cancer' while preparing French onion soup in an instant pot.

First-year Amrinder Gill, a Lehigh student from Bethlehem, is balancing his civil engineering studies & cricket career while playing with his local club and the U.S. team in international tournaments.

He expects to join upcoming minor league camps and try out for the Olympic team in the future.