Father’s Day weekend will be a great time for motorheads. The Mack Museum is teaming up with the 2012 Antique Truck Show at Macungie Memorial Park and the Mack plant in Macungie to offer a triple play for visitors.
The museum will be open Friday and Saturday this weekend and shuttle buses will run back-and-forth from the park to the museum and the Mack Macungie Assembly Plant where self-guided tours are available on Saturday. Visitors can board the buses on Walnut Street near the park
Buses will run from 10 a.m. to …

Pass the Corona and don’t hold the lime. Allentown is celebrating the arrival of spring (Finally!) with the return of the popular Deck parties at a “Cinco Deck Mayo” party from 5 to 7 p.m. May 5 on the roof of the 8th and Linden street parking deck.
“Cinco Deck Mayo,” will feature live music by Ola Latina or “LATINWAVE,” and salsa dancers from Lehigh Valley Salsa Connexion to entertain and educate for those who want to learn the moves.  Adult refreshments, food samples from local restaurants and a great view …

The last time I heard any real numbers, the Lehigh Valley was losing farmland at a rate of about 3 square miles a year. I’m sure the current recession has put a little hitch in that giddyap, but it’s still a concern. One of the attractions of the region is the rural, open nature that has long surrounded the cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton and their immediate suburbs.
But take a Sunday drive in the Valley these days and it seems the biggest cash crop over the past two decades …

Souderton, Pa. – Some of the best young cyclists in  North American are coming to the Univest Grand Prix on Sept 11-12 to face a strong contingent of rising international stars and a tough and technical new race course that will test them all in North America’s most prestigious Pro-Am cycling competition.
Ukranians Volodymyr Starchyk and Yuri Metlushenko – winners of the 2009 Souderton and Doylestown races, respectively – and Sweden’s Lucas Euser, the 2008 winner in Souderton are among the top international cyclists returning to challenge a roster of American riders …

Allentown, Pa – America On Wheels (AOW) introduces its new rotating “Mini-Exhibits” with a display of more than two dozen Soapbox Derby cars representing more than 70 years of the American youth racing tradition affectionately known as the “Gravity Grand Prix.”
The Mini Exhibits will be on display until Jan. 2 and are designed to increase the flexibility of the museum’s display space, allow for more frequent rotation of popular trends in transportation history and encourage repeat visits from AOW’s growing fan base. The Soapbox Derby exhibit includes some of the …