News Archive

Five city of Allentown departments and bureaus are proving to Sheridan Elementary School third graders that Together Everyone Achieves More (TEAM).

The Allentown Bureau of Recycling & Solid Waste is urging residents to beware of persons offering to dispose of their junk.

A stray tan Pit Bull involved in a fight with a rabid skunk in the 1200 block of South Seventh Street has been located and is being quarantined at the Lehigh County Humane Society.

The city of Allentown Recycling Drop Off Center at 1400 Martin Luther King Jr. reopened late this morning.

The city of Allentown Recycling Drop Off Center at 1400 Martin Luther King Jr. remains closed today while crews clean the grounds and technicians assess flood water damage to an on-site electrical panel.

The Recycling Drop Off Center at 1400 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive is closed today due to flooding.

The Allentown Recycling Yard Waste Site at 1401 Oxford Drive will be closed on Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4 in observance of the Independence Day holiday.

Crews from the Allentown Department of Public Works collected more than 26-tons of trash from a recent one-day cleanup of illegal dumping.

N. Bradford Street will be closed from E. Allen Street to N. Dauphin Street on Wednesday, June 17 to cleanup illegally dumped construction debris, furniture, TVs and other trash along the roadside. 

The City of Allentown is resuming the curbside collection of bulk items effective Wednesday, May 13.