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PREVIOUS OPENINGS AND CLOSINGS

– The Cadillac Pub opens where Klingers used to be at 24 E. Main Street in Fleetwood

– II-VI Inc. (pronounced “two-six”) will become Coherent Corp., taking on the name of a company it recently acquired.

– ABEC, a company that provides services and products to the pharmaceutical industry, with headquarters in Northampton County, will invest in a new disposable-container facility in North Carolina.

– A new Lehigh Valley Martial Arts center will hold a grand opening starting at 11 am on Saturday, Sept. 10, with a ribbon-cutting shortly afterwards.

– Bethlehem Township’s planning commission has approved an Amazon parking lot with 248 spaces at Brodhead and Mowrer roads.

– The Bethlehem Zoning Hearing Board rejected variance requests that would have allowed multifamily homes to go up on the Southside properties at 508-512 Selfridge St.

– Northampton County Council voted 1-8 against a tax break for the development of a proposed warehouse at the Dixie Cup building on South 25 Street in Wilson Borough.

– The former Valley Farm Market, now known as Gerrity’s Valley Farm Market, will take on a new name as of Oct. 14: Gerrity’s The Fresh Grocer.

– Hamsa Exoticz is already open at the Lehigh Valley Mall, but it will hold a grand opening at 5 pm Sept. 16 with the Whitehall Chamber of Commerce.

– A new Home Depot will open a 136,048-square-foot building on about 21 acres of vacant land just off Hamilton Boulevard in Lower Macungie Township.

– Rocco Ayvazov’s Monocacy General Contracting received approval from the Bethlehem Planning Commission to put up a six-story building with 55 apartments and retail space on the first floor at 128 E. Third St.

– The old Allen Organ showroom building on Route 100 in Lower Macungie Township will come down and about 100 total apartment units will go up.

– Reading Hospitality’s Catering by DoubleTree will handle food at events at Reading Country Club, after Exeter Township supervisors approved a new agreement.

– Natural healing is the goal at Reike Balance, which will open Sept. 9. on Reading Avenue in West Reading.

– The Pocono Chamber of Commerce held a grand opening at the Bartonsville branch of Farmhouse Cafe.

– The reopening date for the historic Frenchtown Inn building overlooking the Delaware River in New Jersey remains unclear.

– River Paws, a pet-supply store, is across Race Street from the Frenchtown Pharmacy.

– The planned reopening date of Aug. 13 for Toby’s Cup was pushed back after ownership said a dispute about the occupancy of a home on the hot dog stand’s property delayed the reopening.