The Da Vinci Science Center’s plan to build a science and technology learning center in downtown Allentown received a $5.6 million funding boost from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Starting a new micro-brewery in the current competitive market would be a challenge for anyone, but throw in a global pandemic and there’s a whole host of obstacles to overcome. Those challenges aren’t dissuading Matt Andersen from his longtime dream of launching his own beer.

Since January 2019 he has been senior curator at the Aspen Art Museum in Aspen, Colo., where he was responsible for the museum’s exhibition program. Before that he was director and chief curator of the art galleries at the Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis.

A-Treat soda has had some unusual flavors during its more than 100-year history, with flavors ranging from grapefruit to blue. But its latest flavor isn’t a dig into its past, but a whole new treat.

Two Lehigh Valley health care providers have made the first ever Newsweek list of Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers. Good Shepherd Rehabilitation of Allentown and Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest both made the Top 10 list of providers of inpatient rehabilitation care in Pennsylvania for 2020.

HNL Lab Medicine of Allentown, formerly known as Health Network Laboratories, has acquired NLM Laboratories, Northeastern Laboratory Medicine of Hazleton.

The United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley is kicking off its 2020 campaign with an extra boost. City Center Investment Corp., the company behind much of the development going on in downtown Allentown, pledged a $1 million matching gift through its Building Community initiative.

Two Lehigh Valley companies that have partnered to develop and manufacture a pair of COVID-19 vaccines said they may have a vaccine to market by spring of next year.

The Allentown company, which makes point-of-sale ordering and payment processing solutions, primarily for restaurants, had its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in June.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s announcement Tuesday that restaurants can return to 50% seating capacity starting Sept. 21 is giving with one hand but taking away with the other, industry leaders complained.