Lehigh Valley Zoo

They're calling it the Philadelphia Tough Mudder, but we're calling it the hometown Tough Mudder in the Lehigh Valley. According to Meghan Chisolm of DKC Public relations, Marketing & Government Affairs, which is promoting the event, about 21,000...

Q: As a covered bridge enthusiast, I enjoy visiting covered bridges throughout Pennsylvania. After driving by Schlicher Covered Bridge in June [2011] I was surprised to see it closed, and by chance a few days later I read a Morning Call article indicating...

It was a bad dose of tempus vernum febriculosa, aggravated by a thermometer that said 76 and windows that revealed unusual stretches of blue up in the sky. The only cure was out in The Morning Call's parking garage, so I grabbed a notebook (for the sake...

The smell of sizzling bacon and the taste of eggs over easy with buttered toast are as much a part of the opening day of fishing as casting that first line. Trout season kicks off in the 18-county Southeast Region of Pennsylvania at 8 a.m. Saturday, and...

Those who have felt that the Lehigh Valley has been underserved by the number of Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildlife Conservation Officers stationed here can take a huge sigh of relief. Shawna Burkett, a 24-year-old fresh out of the 29th — and...

Even though she did not make the U.S. Olympic team, Easton's Chanelle Price continues to make news in running. Price came within a whisker of breaking the 2-minute barrier in the 800-meters at the 2012 Flanders Cup Meet in Ninove, Belgium, last Saturday....

With all eyes still on the 2012 London Olympics, Theresa Buckley of Salisbury Township is having a hard time containing her excitement. The 15-year-old just returned from a summer training camp at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y.,and...

Andy Lee thought he was doing a nice thing in summer 2010 when he agreed to let some people stage their fundraising musical performance in his Braveheart Highland Pub, Hellertown. Little did he know that the group of bar patrons included a spy. Susan...

Andy Lee says that after he opened Braveheart Highland Pub in Hellertown several years ago, he occasionally featured live music. As a result, he has been contacted many times by all three of the major music licensing organizations — Broadcast Music...

No matter what the weather is this coming Sunday, it's National Get Outdoors Day, and Blue Marsh Lake is hosting its first America's Get Outdoors Day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with at least 45 confirmed exhibitors at the Dry Brook Day Use Area next to the...

Bass season kicks off in Pennsylvania on Saturday, and that means that summertime fishing will be in full swing as anglers can keep the bass they've been catching on the local waterways. Make sure you're up on the latest bass regulations, including the...

Trout season opens statewide in Pennsylvania on Saturday. The Southeast had a two-week jump start on the rest of the state, but that was somewhat mitigated by low water conditions and the high winds of late. A lot of area anglers are planning to head...