BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Former Bethlehem Mayor Ken Smith is being honored in a special way. Sand Island Recreational Complex was dedicated to him Wednesday, with an unveiling of his name on a new sign ...

The vision for a new Bethlehem city park on western Sand Island is crystal clear.Exactly where the city would get the $1.4 million needed to do it isn’t.Bethlehem officials Thursday unveiled a ...

Parks first began talking about a Sand Island venue in 1998 and compared it to “The Great Law”‘ in Louisville (Ky.) Waterfront Park. “Maybe we’ll call it the Big Meadow,” Hanna joked.

Along with Pi Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi's community service chairwoman, Olivia Fitzmaurice-Shean, '14, decided to adopt Sand Island Park on Bethlehem’s North Side.

Express-Times File Photo | SUE BEYERThe Musikfest fireworks are Sunday night.Bethlehem's Sand Island Park will be closed noon Sunday to 7 a.m. Monday for the Musikfest fireworks display. No one ...