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Jai Smith

Jai Smith is the founder and editor-in-chief of Lehigh Daily, an independent, reader-funded news outlet covering Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton, Pennsylvania. Since launching it in June 2024, he has reported on Lehigh Valley government, development and community life, and he shoots the photos and video and builds the site himself. He has spoken on Lenfest Institute panels about local news, appeared on WHYY, and works with Free Press on Pennsylvania legislation to fund local journalism. He lives in Bethlehem.

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ArtsQuest picks 31 local artists for first Creative Factory studios in Bethlehem

ArtsQuest picks 31 local artists for first Creative Factory studios in Bethlehem

The $32 million, five-story building at 25 W. Third St. rose on the site of the former Banana Factory, and ArtsQuest broke ground in June 2025 on plans for 36 artist studios. Neither the release nor ArtsQuest's studio program page says what a studio costs, but on our May 14 tour of the building, rent was given as $1.40 per square foot per month, or about $420 for an average 300-square-foot studio.

Banana Ball returns to Allentown’s Jefferson Park in May

Banana Ball returns to Allentown’s Jefferson Park in May

It will be the third straight year the traveling show has stopped in Allentown, and the first time in spring. The two games are the earliest of the tour's four 2027 stops in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, months before it reaches Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on Aug. 27-28, according to the tour's online schedule.

Monday is the last day to register to vote in Pennsylvania

Monday is the last day to register to vote in Pennsylvania

Applications can be filed online at vote.pa.gov until 11:59 p.m. Oct. 19, according to a state Department of State release. Applications that are mailed or delivered in person must be received at a county elections office by close of business that day.

Kennedy says Shapiro refused federal help on Pa. measles outbreak

Kennedy says Shapiro refused federal help on Pa. measles outbreak

The exchange renews a dispute between Kennedy and Gov. Josh Shapiro over how the outbreak, the nation's worst in 30 years, is handled and counted. Pennsylvania has reported six measles deaths. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has acknowledged two of them.

Giant website and app stay down in Lehigh Valley after cybersecurity incident

Giant website and app stay down in Lehigh Valley after cybersecurity incident

The outage reaches every Giant in the Lehigh Valley. Giant's store locator, which still loads, lists 15 stores in Lehigh and Northampton counties: two in Allentown, three in Bethlehem, two in Easton and one each in Coopersburg, Coplay, Hellertown, Nazareth, Trexlertown, Walnutport, Whitehall and Wind Gap. The stores themselves are open.

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