Northampton, PA: check out
the pre-show free wurlitzer
pipe-organ concerts on saturdays,
at the beautiful Roxy:
www.roxytheaternorthampton.com

Carmelcorn Shop: The best fresh
roasted goodies & chocolates @
Easton's Centre Square

darling Easton 'toos stickers, cards, shirts @ mercantile home:

"Certainly, the aesthetics are why droves of artists, furniture makers, animators, writers, photographers, nature lovers, painters–you name it, a whole mess of us earthy creative types–love a place like Easton."
see: Why I live in downtown Easton
~ Carrie Havranek O'Keefe

check out whats happening in easton, NOW! eastoNOW.com

. . . about the area: the lehigh valley is a just over an hour's drive from downtown NYC. Philadelphia is about 60 miles away. the lehigh valley; a great place to live!

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• demographics & economic stats for the lehigh valley: lehigh valley economic dev. corps. this site also has some comparative school district data for our area.
• bucks county: www.buckscounty.org
• easton's history, economic climate & more: www.easton-pa.com
• lehigh valley info: www.lehighvalleypa.org
• lehigh valley goings on: www.lehighvalleynow.com
  www.lehighvalleypa.org
• easton's 'main street initiative' website: www.eastonmainstreet.org
• more lehigh valley community info from local newspaper, the morning call.
  

Schools

• public: check PA school 'report cards': www.paprofiles.org
  • easton school district: www.eastonsd.org
  • bethlehem school district: www.beth.k12.pa.us           
  • allentown school district: www.allentownsd.org                         

Learning the area - things to do

• Easton's 30th Annual Easton House Tour: Saturday May 1, 2010, 10-4pm
• self-guided covered bridge tour of the lehigh valley is a really neat way to see some really charming nooks & crannies of the valley
• allentown art museum
• 'first weekends' in easton's historic downtown... each first weekend in the month, shops & galleries sponsor events and entertainment. see eastoNOW.com.
• 'first fridays' in bethlehem's fabulous creative section of town, starting each first friday at the wonderful banana factory... lovely art and funky shops cater to an enchanting night in south-side bethlehem: www.firstnightbethlehem.com
  
• lehigh valley's 'young professionals' group - great networking! http://www.netyp.org
• seasonal...
  don't miss local yummy goods & crafts every week at the Easton Farmers' Market! Every Sat. and Thurs. 8am-1pm in centre square, April-November.
  check out Farmers' mkts in Emmaus & Allentown too.
  bethlehem's kristkindlemarkt... every weekend till xmas.

• FESTS: plenty of wonderful 'fests' abound in our area...
  -Allentown: MAYFAIR, last weekend of May.
  -Bethlehem: huge  'Musikfest' in August.
       'Celtic Classic' in September: www.celticfest.org
       Holiday crafts at Chriskindlmarkt - late Nov-mid Dec.
       also, indie craft market in allentown: 1st saturday in Dec.
  - Wind Gap Bluegrass Festival (great!), 2nd weekend June
  - Easton: Riverside festival of the Arts, 3rd weekend of September.
        annual GARLIC FEST! first Saturday in October.
        Holiday Candle-lighting ceremony ~ last weekend, November.
        Heritage Day, 2nd weekend of July.
• excellent hiking & biking trails abound in our area.
  - delaware canal paths
  - lehigh valley biking paths
• january/early feb Eagle Watching along the northern Delaware! ...we saw NINETEEN eagles, in the 3rd week of jan, 2008: www.eagleinstitute.org
  
• www.crayola.com - the third most-visited childrens' museum in the US!
• excellent rollercoasters, rides, waterpark: www.dorneypark.com
  
• great skiing, so close by... www.skicamelback.com  / www.skibluemt.com
• artists in the lehigh valley -- see ace-easton.org (Arts Community of Easton) for local artists & info.
  
• SHOPPING - check out the great boutiques and locally-owned businesses in dowtowns easton, bethlehem & allentown... also, there's the lehigh valley mall; the lovely new promenade shops - an upscale outdoor mall in center valley; and with a quick zip up 33 north: the crossings factory stores.
• keepin' it local!
  sustainable business network of the lehigh valley: sbnlv.org
  

crime rates in the Lehigh Valley - crime statistics, by area