Douglas Frederick has been in the real estate business for 38 yrs.  His father started the company in 1969 and he purchased it from him in 2006.  His personal involvement over the last 38 years has included managing, coaching, training but he still enjoys working directly with customers. A significant part of the business has ...

Whether from desire or necessity, gig workers, those defined as independent contractors, freelancers or part-time jobbers, continue to fill gaps or take ongoing work to meet employer’s needs in an evolving workforce landscape.

Easton’s Crayola Inc. tapped a former Yankee Candle executive as its new CEO. Rich Wuerthele, who has been in the consumer goods industry for more than 30 years, will take the helm of the crayon and art products company Jan. 16.

As president of Sage Design-Build Inc. of Upper Macungie Township, a firm he founded in 2009, Joe Landrigan has had his hand in the construction and renovation of many prominent properties in the Lehigh Valley, including most recently, his work to design and renovate the Swain School in Salisbury Township.

After more than 45 years as a practicing attorney and managing partner at Tallman, Hudders & Sorrentino in Allentown, and later, Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, the New York-based firm it merged into, Matthew Sorrentino switched gears.

Perhaps best known locally as the former CEO of Freshpet Inc., who brought fresh pet food manufacturing to the Lehigh Valley, Richard Thompson has a long and storied career in manufacturing, particularly in the food industry.

The year isn’t quite over, but Lehigh Valley International Airport in Hanover Township, Lehigh County said it has already surpassed last year’s passenger traffic.

Air Products of Trexlertown has made a $1.5 million grant to ArtsQuest of Bethlehem to help with its planned Third Street Cultural Center on the site of the current Banana Factory.

Though new housing permits rose 5 percent nationally in October to a new 12-year high, low levels of inventory continue to drag down the market.

Lehigh Valley Health Network broke ground Dec. 6 on its new hospital campus along Hecktown Road in Lower Nazareth Township.