Easton Farmers’ Market opens 269th year Saturday, but not in Centre Square
Posted Apr 29, 2021
A customer reaches aross a table to point to certain mushrooms she wanted to buy. The Easton Farmers Market kicks off its 268th year Saturday, May 2, 2020, in a new location, Scott Park instead of Centre Square. The move aims to better distance vendors and shoppers as Pennsylvania and New Jersey continue to see new cases of COVID-19 and deaths from the coronavirus illness.Tim Wynkoop | lehighvalleylive.com contributor
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When historians look back at 1752, two events stand out as landmark moments in the year: the first, and arguably lesser of the two, is Benjamin Franklin’s famous kite experiment where he used a key to harness electricity. The second, and much more important, is the very first Easton Farmers’ Market.
Owner of Genesis Bicycles in Easton to retire after 47 years
Updated Apr 01, 2021;
Posted Apr 01, 2021
Genesis Bicycles shop owner Tomias Hinchcliff of Easton poses in 2010 next to the iconic big bike on the roof of his shop.Matt Smith | lehighvalleylive.com file photo
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Genesis Bicycles owner Tomias Hinchcliff announced his decision on the store website and on Facebook.
“Every great ride comes to a fork in the road,” Hinchcliff wrote. “After years of consideration, my wife Stephani and I have decided that the time has come to take a new and exciting path.”
The store will become a Trek bicycle dealership, the announcement says.
Easton OKs $15M in contracts for new parking garage, set to open in May 2022
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
Posted Mar 10, 2021
This schematic design of the parking deck planned for North Fourth and Church streets in Easton was prepared in December 2019 by Alloy5 Architecture. The city has since pulled back on some of the plaza features, ahead of construction contracts approved March 10, 2021, by city council.Courtesy image | For lehighvalleylive.com
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The new parking deck proposed for North Fourth Street in Easton is officially a go, after city council on Wednesday night awarded more than $15 million in construction contracts.
Construction is expected to begin in late spring or early summer on the public garage planned for city-owned land adjacent to Church Street.
Expanded hours, new vendors coming soon to Easton Public Market
Updated Mar 01, 2021;
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The Easton Public Market is hoping to draw more visitors back to the city’s downtown as Gov. Tom Wolf loosens some restrictions on indoor capacity guidelines.
Since January, smaller indoor venues were limited to 10% capacity and larger ones capped at 500 people. Wolf Monday eased up on restrictions, now allowing up to 15% capacity at indoor venues where six-foot distancing can be observed. Masks, however, remain required.
Megan McBride, Easton Market District Director, said with the market having a full slate of food vendors and vaccinations beginning to roll out, there’s hope more visitors could soon frequent the building at 325 Northampton St. She said the market also plans to expand its hours but exactly what and when remains to be ironed out.