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Graduation
Salem Christian School Class of 2012 Commences Life's Journey
About 20 students graduated from Salem Christian School on June 10, 2012. They include: Front Row (left to right): Jennifer Lynn Cook, Ariel A. Kaiser, Salutatorian Jihyun Oh, ...
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Books
This Week at the Library: Dream Big This Summer!
The past week, I’ve been making my way through all the East Penn elementary schools, so hopefully, if you have an elementary school age child, I’ve seen your student! I know the highlight...
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The Neighborhood Files
Picture Perfect Opening Day for Macungie Farmer's Market
There are few more bucolic slices of Americana as the Macungie Farmer's Market on its opening day, June 7, 2012. With music by Bob Hafner of Reading playing softly in the background,...
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The Neighborhood Files
Cheap Trips: Jazz, Homesteads and Big Bird
Looking to save money and get away? Try one of these three trips you can enjoy on just one tank of gas: Jazz night at Milkboy Cafe in Ardmore, the Heller Homestead in Bethlehem and Sesa...
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The Neighborhood Files
Tips for Savoring Strawberry Season
Got a refrigerator drawer full of big, fat, red strawberries? Because June is a big time for fresh strawberries in the northeastern U.S., you’ll find great deals on strawberries at y...
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Business
Tell Us: Would You Ride Dorney Park's Stinger?
Riders were stuck 138 feet off the ground for 90 minutes Wednesday on Dorney Park's new Stinger coaster. A rescue was averted when the park got the coaster moving again. The Sti...
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Family
45 Ideas for Summer Fun with Kids
Ever struggle with the sense that your kids are growing up too quickly and far too much of their childhood is taken up by the drudgery of adulthood? In my life --and I’m sure in yours --...
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The Neighborhood Files
West Nile Risk Rises in Lehigh County
It's been a week since a mosquito carrying West Nile Virus was discovered in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County and risk of the illness is now higher because of recent heavy rains....