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Organizers at this year’s Allentown Fair asked visitors to help choose the best food at the fair. Fair-goers looked for crimson diamond signs, indicating the vendors had a fresh dish that was part of the contest. Maps were available to suggest some guidance to find the thirteen fresh foods spotlighted, which ranged.

Emmaus considers fresh ordinances to help fight blight

Easton Area School Board votes to cut most of its financial and administrative ties to the Easton Area Public Library

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Armando Jimenez was eight when his parents brought him to Allentown from Mexico so they could give him a better life. Now a student at Muhlenberg College with a Three.8 GPA, he wants to become a lawyer. Diana Torres was two when she was brought to the U.S. Twenty-seven years later, the.

Judge: Upper Macungie 'demolished' regional police department

Trucking facility clears very first hurdle in Palmer Township

PICTURES: Canines hit the pool during Doggie Dip in Allentown

PHOTO GALLERY: Denise Oldenhoff of Stroudsburg and her Fucktoy Poodles joins a dozen other dog owners in the Jordan Park Pool in Allentown during “Doogie Dip” day in Allentown.

PICTURES: Natural Food Group in Whitehall gives food to Houston flood victims.

PHOTO GALLERY: Natural Food Group in Whitehall gives food to Houston flood victims.

PICTURES: Tito Nieves, Ivy Queen and Jose Alberto perform in final display for Allentown Fair

PHOTO GALLERY: Hundreds see as Tito Nieves, Ivy Queen and Jose Alberto perform in the final grandstand showcase for the Allentown Fair during Mega 99.Five Summer’s Last Bash on Sunday, September Three, 2017.

PICTURES: Life of George Taylor Re-enacted

The life of George Taylor, signer of the Declaration of Independence, is told through volunteer actors on Sunday at the George Taylor House in Catasauqua.

PICTURES: Gas prices rise

PHOTO GALLERY – Gas prices rise in the Lehigh Valley

PICTURES: Rally to support Trump and Dump Dent in Allentown

PHOTO GALLERY: At Allentown rally, conservative groups call on Charlie Dent to back President Trump

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Fresh threat targets business owners' tax comebacks

There’s an old telling about one door opening when another door closes. It’s an adage about fresh opportunities that is meant to inspire. But not in this case. Swindlers who for years have duped the federal government into paying them tax refunds based on fraudulent comes back filed using individuals’.

Literary landmark named for this Bethlehem poet

Ernest Hemingway’s home in Key West. Pete’s Tavern in Manhattan, where O. Henry wrote “Gift of the Magi.” Mark Twain’s boyhood home in Missouri. Those are some of the one hundred sixty literary landmarks honored by United for Libraries, and now a spot in Bethlehem will be added to feast an significant poet.

Whitehall wrapping up yearlong celebration of storied MacArthur Road

In 1942, as Gen. Douglas MacArthur was leading Allied compels in the Pacific during World War II, a puny, relatively unknown township in Lehigh County was dedicating what was essentially its Main Street to the five-star general. MacArthur had only been serving for a month as the commander of the.

Paint a rock, hide a rock — it's the rage in the Lehigh Valley

Lucy Roberts plodded over a Macungie foot bridge, fingers clasped around her mother’s, eyes scanning the sidewalk. The 3-year-old can’t afford to lose concentrate. A masterpiece may be a stone’s throw away. The Roberts family is among hundreds in the Lehigh Valley and thousands across the country who.

Nine taken to hospital after crash on I-78 in Upper Macungie

Nine people, all from the same SUV, were taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest with serious injuries following a crash on Interstate seventy eight westbound in Upper Macungie Township on Monday afternoon, according to state police at Fogelsville. The crash happened at about 1:45 p.m. at mile marker.

Union supporters rally in Allentown for higher minimum wage

Union supporters celebrated Labor Day with a rally Monday in downtown Allentown, where they called for an enhanced minimum wage and an end to “corporate greed.” “Labor Day is not about barbecues. It is about labor, the working class,” said Maegan Munoz of Allentown, program director of Make the.

Union workers rally in Allentown for higher minimum wage

Union supporters celebrated Labor Day with a rally Monday in downtown Allentown, where they called for an enlargened minimum wage and an end to “corporate greed.” “Labor Day is not about barbecues. It is about labor, the working class,” said Maegan Munoz of Allentown, program director of Make the.

Mason on the Midway: Demolition derby do-over

Some guys have a need. A need for speed. Other fellows choose crashing. Put Kyle Cohen squarely in the 2nd category. The 26-year-old Hereford resident likes nothing better than the screech of metal gouging metal, and the sweet smell of smoking tires. “It’s indeed, truly joy to crash your car into.

Man dies eleven days after accident in Northampton County

A motorist died Monday morning from injuries sustained in an accident almost two weeks ago. John Woloszyn, 64, of Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, died at Five:Legal a.m. at St. Luke’s University Health Network — Fountain Hill, according to the Lehigh County coroner’s office. Woloszyn died of complications.

Mother's milk bank opens very first site in Lehigh Valley

Lactating women in the Lehigh Valley soon will have an chance to help nourish fragile babies. A Pittsburgh mother’s milk bank is opening the very first donation site in the area Tuesday, recruiting donors willing to contribute their excess breast milk. Mid-Atlantic Mothers’ Milk Bank, a nonprofit.

Dan Sheehan: About the Valley

Indulge me, please. I am a father who is growing old.

It’s no use pretending otherwise. The ladies I used to call Thing One and Thing Two after the mischievous creatures in Dr. Seuss are not figures from children’s literature anymore.

The older one will be a sophomore, and never tires of pointing.

Indulge me, please. I am a father who is growing old.

It’s no use pretending otherwise. The damsels I used to call Thing One and Thing Two after the mischievous creatures in Dr. Seuss are not figures from children’s literature anymore.

The older one will be a sophomore, and never tires of pointing.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

Last weekend’s outrages in Charlottesville were legion — none more shocking than the murder of Heather Heyer — and as chapters in American history go, this one took its place among the worst.

Think of past horrors: Civil rights marchers hammered on bridges. Black fellows suspending from trees, the strange.

Last weekend’s outrages in Charlottesville were legion — none more shocking than the murder of Heather Heyer — and as chapters in American history go, this one took its place among the worst.

Think of past horrors: Civil rights marchers hammered on bridges. Black boys dangling from trees, the strange.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

I met Russ Rentler seven years ago, not long after the terrible Haiti earthquake. He’s a doctor and had visited that sorrowful country many times to work at a missionary medical clinic, so I wished his insights about life there.

The story instead turned into a meditation on faith and how it molds.

I met Russ Rentler seven years ago, not long after the terrible Haiti earthquake. He’s a doctor and had visited that sorrowful country many times to work at a missionary medical clinic, so I dreamed his insights about life there.

The story instead turned into a meditation on faith and how it molds.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

When the subject line of an email is “BAD Fledgling WRITING,” it is tempting to turn off the computer and go back to bed. But a man must forge ahead even in the face of the greatest trials, so I opened the email and discovered that last week’s hummingbird column was accurately wrongheaded and misleading.

When the subject line of an email is “BAD Inexperienced WRITING,” it is tempting to turn off the computer and go back to bed. But a man must forge ahead even in the face of the greatest trials, so I opened the email and discovered that last week’s hummingbird column was accurately wrongheaded and misleading.

. (Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

Everyone loves hummingbirds. They’re more or less the size of your forefinger, their wings in movability are invisible and they are rather particular when it comes to feeding, so most of us don’t see them too often.

When we do, we call everyone over and say “A hummingbird!” and everyone smiles.

Everyone loves hummingbirds. They’re more or less the size of your forefinger, their wings in mobility are invisible and they are rather particular when it comes to feeding, so most of us don’t see them too often.

When we do, we call everyone over and say “A hummingbird!” and everyone smiles.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

Chancellor Frank T. Brogan said he will retire from Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education on Sept. 1, a decision coinciding with a consultant’s report that found the agency plagued by feeble leadership and dysfunctional management.

Brogan, 63, told PASSHE’s board of governors of his decision.

Chancellor Frank T. Brogan said he will retire from Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education on Sept. 1, a decision coinciding with a consultant’s report that found the agency plagued by powerless leadership and dysfunctional management.

Brogan, 63, told PASSHE’s board of governors of his decision.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

ALLENTOWN — Out along Sixth Street and Hamilton Street and elsewhere, the fresh face of Allentown has been emerging for years under the keen eyes of what a Fresh York Times reporter once described as “sidewalk superintendents” — those fellows (for most are boys) who idle away afternoons watching the bolt-by-beam.

ALLENTOWN — Out along Sixth Street and Hamilton Street and elsewhere, the fresh face of Allentown has been emerging for years under the keen eyes of what a Fresh York Times reporter once described as “sidewalk superintendents” — those dudes (for most are boys) who idle away afternoons watching the bolt-by-beam.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

The bod of the faithful keeps chugging along at Our Lady Help of Christians. The East Allentown church is as vigorous in its 90th year as it was in its very first, tho’ its cultural complexion has switched along with the city’s. Visitors can hear Mass in Spanish or English on Sunday, and when the.

The figure of the faithful keeps chugging along at Our Lady Help of Christians. The East Allentown church is as vigorous in its 90th year as it was in its very first, tho’ its cultural complexion has switched along with the city’s. Visitors can hear Mass in Spanish or English on Sunday, and when the.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

My father, Martin, was a quiet man. His father was also named Martin and I suspect he, too, was quiet, however he died before I was born. So did his mother, Johanna, who was called Annie.

I was always sad that I never knew my grandparents. They were from Ireland and it would have been nice to hear.

My father, Martin, was a quiet man. His father was also named Martin and I suspect he, too, was quiet, tho’ he died before I was born. So did his mother, Johanna, who was called Annie.

I was always sad that I never knew my grandparents. They were from Ireland and it would have been nice to hear.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

I wrote last year about Joseph Marlin of Hellertown, who founded the local chapter of the Plant A Row gardening program. He is gearing up for the 2nd season, and if you want to join him in that worthy venture, you can register now.

It’s a terrific idea. Participants dedicate one row of their.

I wrote last year about Joseph Marlin of Hellertown, who founded the local chapter of the Plant A Row gardening program. He is gearing up for the 2nd season, and if you want to join him in that worthy venture, you can register now.

It’s a terrific idea. Participants dedicate one row of their.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

You often hear how blind people have exceptionally well-developed senses of hearing and touch. It’s the stuff of superhero tales — Daredevil and so on — but I always wondered if it were true.

Then I heard about A.J. Moncman.

He’s an 11-year-old Southern Lehigh School District sixth-grader who was.

You often hear how blind people have exceptionally well-developed senses of hearing and touch. It’s the stuff of superhero tales — Daredevil and so on — but I always wondered if it were true.

Then I heard about A.J. Moncman.

He’s an 11-year-old Southern Lehigh School District sixth-grader who was.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

Running a half-marathon is raunchy. Running one as you shove an 11-year-old chick in a high-end jogging stroller is tougher, but that’s what Mike Connelly will be doing Sunday, and not for the very first time.

Connelly is from Bethlehem and he’s 54, which isn’t old for a long-distance runner but isn’t youthfull.

Running a half-marathon is harsh. Running one as you thrust an 11-year-old female in a high-end jogging stroller is tougher, but that’s what Mike Connelly will be doing Sunday, and not for the very first time.

Connelly is from Bethlehem and he’s 54, which isn’t old for a long-distance runner but isn’t youthfull.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

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PA National Guard troops deployed for Hurricane Harvey recovery

About two hundred Pennsylvania National Guard troops departed for Texas over the holiday weekend to help with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. The group is comprised of members of several units and includes mechanics, drivers and support personnel. They will assist with supply deliveries, recovery operations.

Keeping the memory alive: Former workers recall Alpha Portland Cement

Remnants of the Alpha Portland Cement Co. can be found everywhere near the village of Martins Creek, from the towering silos on Route six hundred eleven that now store grain to the concrete patios of the homes where former cement workers live. For some longtime residents of this community that lies just west.

Bethlehem steelworkers recall labor movement fight with annual parade

Joseph Oravec was driving a sit astride truck in Bethlehem Steel’s shipping yard when its blast of steel slats crashed to the ground. The influence propelled Oravec into the roof of the truck’s cab, injuring his spine and sidelining him from the job, he recalled Sunday morning, waiting for the United.

Retail Witness: A pub revival in Palmer

Before Palmer Township was incorporated in one thousand eight hundred fifty seven and before the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, the Seipsville Inn was a hot spot for locals and travelers looking to ease off, eat and catch up with old friends. Via much of the 20th century, the one thousand seven hundred sixty stone building at two thousand nine hundred twelve Old.

Here's a fresh one: Now thieves are fishing checks from big blue mailboxes

Nothing is safe anymore. It’s bad enough that you have to be careful answering emails and phone calls because of scams. Now you must see what you put in public mailboxes, too. Two guys were arrested a few weeks ago for allegedly using something goopy to “fish” envelopes out of a mailbox in Whitehall.

Jerry Lewis' work pays off in fresh drugs for muscular dystrophy

For more than four months, Bethlehem blogger Shane Burcaw waited anxiously for a call about his future. “Whenever my phone rings with the hospital’s number, my figure goes into accomplish scare — jumpy sweats, rapid heart rate — as I prepare for what could either be the best or worst news of my entire.

Mason on the Midway: Princess Parade takes over Allentown Fair

Scanning the Allentown Fair schedule on Saturday I spied the chance of a lifetime. Fair Queen Zaren Kerper was set to lead a parade of youthful ladies through the fairgrounds, and they were each going to be given the title of — get this — princess for a day. My mind whirled with the possibilities.

Allentown police react to car into store

Allentown police were investigating a two-car accident Saturday afternoon that sparked reports of a natural gas odor at the intersection of 13th and Chew streets, according to police radio accounts. Police responded to the crash around 12:30 p.m. One of the cars appeared to have hit or grazed the.

Newsmaker Q&A: Thomas Lubben, charter school founder

Thomas Lubben, who began four Lehigh Valley charter schools, including the fresh Easton Arts Academy, recently wrote a book on lessons learned — “The Charter School Wars: Insight from a Charter School Innovator.” Lubben, 76, of Allentown, is the subject of this week’s Q&A. Q: Which charters have.

Tropical Storm Harvey: How you can help

Officials at disaster ease agencies expect to be sending money, supplies, donated blood and volunteers to the areas affected by Tropical Storm Harvey for months. The storm pelted the Houston regional with more rain Tuesday, driving some totals above fifty inches since very first coming ashore Friday.

Bethlehem students sell bracelets as fundraiser for Houston

The students at Bethlehem Area School District kicked off the school year with dry books, a fact that in most semesters would go overlooked. But not this year, as Harvey left the Houston area with ruined homes and flooded streets just as schools opened their doors for the fresh year. Sopping books.

Mason on the Midway: Hay bales away

The very first rule of hay bale-throwing club: Don’t talk about hay bale-throwing club. I’m kidding. The very first rule of hay bale-throwing club is limber up. Because, ouch, if you don’t, you’ll wind up like I did Friday night after the Allentown Fair, with a sore back and strained shoulders. These injuries.

Former Allentown resident reflects on late comedy legend Jerry Lewis, subject of his two thousand eleven documentary

The comedy world lost a legend with the death of Jerry Lewis at age ninety one on Aug. 20. Fortunately, his slapstick humor is immortalized in movies such as “The Nutty Professor,” “The Ladies Man” and “The Bellboy,” as well as hilarious sketches with former comedy playmate Dean Martin. The icon’s storied.

Lehigh Valley-shot 'Getting Grace' to debut at Fresh Jersey film festival

Bethlehem native Daniel Roebuck has had a long and successful career as a character actor in television and movies — he’s now in the Amazon drama series “Man in the High Castle” and is known for roles in ABC’s “Lost” and NBC’s “Matlock” and the movies “The Fugitive” and “The Late Shift.” What he.

Rent your home like a hotel, you could be taxed like one

Using the internet to rent out a room for extra bucks, may lose some of its financial lure for entrepreneurial homeowners in Pennsylvania. Rep. Doyle Heffley, R-Carbon, introduced a bill Wednesday that would require online home sharing and short-term rental companies to remit the state’s six percent.

Sentencing hearings for three Allentown pay-to-play defendants postponed

ALLENTOWN — Sentencing hearings for three defendants who have pleaded guilty for their roles in an Allentown pay-to-play scheme have been rescheduled. The hearings for former city Finance Director Gary Strathearn, engineer Matthew McTish and developer Ramzi Haddad were slated for Wednesday and.

UGI temporarily loses its eight hundred phone service lines

UGI Utilities, a gas and electrical company that serves most of Lehigh and Northampton counties, has improvised lost its eight hundred phone lines. The outage includes the regular phone numbers for UGI Gas, UGI Penn Natural Gas, UGI Electrified and UGI Central Penn Gas. The UGI Call Center is still in operation.

Cool nights, sunny days a recipe for early fall foliage in Lehigh Valley

The temperature outlook from the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center has some good news hidden in its very colorful, routinely updated maps. The cooler weather pattern we’ve been experiencing means the Lehigh Valley’s fall colors could come earlier than in latest years. Weather.

Witness: T-Rex joins Lutheran Manor seniors in protest of speeding drivers

Residents at Lutheran Manor Apartments in Bethlehem have taken to the Westgate Drive crosswalk daily since May, armed with signs urging drivers to slow down and a petition to City Council to reduce the speed limit on the road, which is presently thirty miles per hour. This week, they had a little help.

Bishop Alfred A. Schlert becomes fifth leader of the Diocese of Allentown

ALLENTOWN — Vowing to serve the Catholic Church until death, Bishop Alfred Schlert ascended to the episcopacy Thursday, a remarkable moment in the life of an unassuming Lehigh Valley native who has calmly served God as a priest for thirty years. In an elaborate Mass at the Cathedral of St. Catharine.

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Organizers at this year’s Allentown Fair asked visitors to help choose the best food at the fair. Fair-goers looked for crimson diamond signs, indicating the vendors had a fresh dish that was part of the contest. Maps were available to suggest some guidance to find the thirteen fresh foods spotlighted, which ranged.

Emmaus considers fresh ordinances to help fight blight

Easton Area School Board votes to cut most of its financial and administrative ties to the Easton Area Public Library

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Armando Jimenez was eight when his parents brought him to Allentown from Mexico so they could give him a better life. Now a student at Muhlenberg College with a Three.8 GPA, he wants to become a lawyer. Diana Torres was two when she was brought to the U.S. Twenty-seven years later, the.

Judge: Upper Macungie 'demolished' regional police department

Trucking facility clears very first hurdle in Palmer Township

PICTURES: Canines hit the pool during Doggie Dip in Allentown

PHOTO GALLERY: Denise Oldenhoff of Stroudsburg and her Fucktoy Poodles joins a dozen other dog owners in the Jordan Park Pool in Allentown during “Doogie Dip” day in Allentown.

PICTURES: Natural Food Group in Whitehall gives food to Houston flood victims.

PHOTO GALLERY: Natural Food Group in Whitehall gives food to Houston flood victims.

PICTURES: Tito Nieves, Ivy Queen and Jose Alberto perform in final display for Allentown Fair

PHOTO GALLERY: Hundreds witness as Tito Nieves, Ivy Queen and Jose Alberto perform in the final grandstand demonstrate for the Allentown Fair during Mega 99.Five Summer’s Last Bash on Sunday, September Three, 2017.

PICTURES: Life of George Taylor Re-enacted

The life of George Taylor, signer of the Declaration of Independence, is told through volunteer actors on Sunday at the George Taylor House in Catasauqua.

PICTURES: Gas prices rise

PHOTO GALLERY – Gas prices rise in the Lehigh Valley

PICTURES: Rally to support Trump and Dump Dent in Allentown

PHOTO GALLERY: At Allentown rally, conservative groups call on Charlie Dent to back President Trump

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Fresh threat targets business owners' tax comes back

There’s an old telling about one door opening when another door closes. It’s an adage about fresh opportunities that is meant to inspire. But not in this case. Swindlers who for years have duped the federal government into paying them tax refunds based on fraudulent comes back filed using individuals’.

Literary landmark named for this Bethlehem poet

Ernest Hemingway’s home in Key West. Pete’s Tavern in Manhattan, where O. Henry wrote “Gift of the Magi.” Mark Twain’s boyhood home in Missouri. Those are some of the one hundred sixty literary landmarks honored by United for Libraries, and now a spot in Bethlehem will be added to feast an significant poet.

Whitehall wrapping up yearlong celebration of storied MacArthur Road

In 1942, as Gen. Douglas MacArthur was leading Allied coerces in the Pacific during World War II, a puny, relatively unknown township in Lehigh County was dedicating what was essentially its Main Street to the five-star general. MacArthur had only been serving for a month as the commander of the.

Paint a rock, hide a rock — it's the rage in the Lehigh Valley

Lucy Roberts plodded over a Macungie foot bridge, fingers clasped around her mother’s, eyes scanning the sidewalk. The 3-year-old can’t afford to lose concentrate. A masterpiece may be a stone’s throw away. The Roberts family is among hundreds in the Lehigh Valley and thousands across the country who.

Nine taken to hospital after crash on I-78 in Upper Macungie

Nine people, all from the same SUV, were taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest with serious injuries following a crash on Interstate seventy eight westbound in Upper Macungie Township on Monday afternoon, according to state police at Fogelsville. The crash happened at about 1:45 p.m. at mile marker.

Union supporters rally in Allentown for higher minimum wage

Union supporters celebrated Labor Day with a rally Monday in downtown Allentown, where they called for an enlargened minimum wage and an end to “corporate greed.” “Labor Day is not about barbecues. It is about labor, the working class,” said Maegan Munoz of Allentown, program director of Make the.

Union workers rally in Allentown for higher minimum wage

Union supporters celebrated Labor Day with a rally Monday in downtown Allentown, where they called for an enlargened minimum wage and an end to “corporate greed.” “Labor Day is not about barbecues. It is about labor, the working class,” said Maegan Munoz of Allentown, program director of Make the.

Mason on the Midway: Demolition derby do-over

Some guys have a need. A need for speed. Other studs choose crashing. Put Kyle Cohen squarely in the 2nd category. The 26-year-old Hereford resident likes nothing better than the screech of metal gouging metal, and the sweet smell of smoking tires. “It’s indeed, truly joy to crash your car into.

Man dies eleven days after accident in Northampton County

A motorist died Monday morning from injuries sustained in an accident almost two weeks ago. John Woloszyn, 64, of Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, died at Five:Eighteen a.m. at St. Luke’s University Health Network — Fountain Hill, according to the Lehigh County coroner’s office. Woloszyn died of complications.

Mother's milk bank opens very first site in Lehigh Valley

Lactating women in the Lehigh Valley soon will have an chance to help nourish fragile babies. A Pittsburgh mother’s milk bank is opening the very first donation site in the area Tuesday, recruiting donors willing to contribute their excess breast milk. Mid-Atlantic Mothers’ Milk Bank, a nonprofit.

Dan Sheehan: About the Valley

Indulge me, please. I am a father who is growing old.

It’s no use pretending otherwise. The ladies I used to call Thing One and Thing Two after the mischievous creatures in Dr. Seuss are not figures from children’s literature anymore.

The older one will be a sophomore, and never tires of pointing.

Indulge me, please. I am a father who is growing old.

It’s no use pretending otherwise. The women I used to call Thing One and Thing Two after the mischievous creatures in Dr. Seuss are not figures from children’s literature anymore.

The older one will be a sophomore, and never tires of pointing.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

Last weekend’s outrages in Charlottesville were legion — none more shocking than the murder of Heather Heyer — and as chapters in American history go, this one took its place among the worst.

Think of past horrors: Civil rights marchers hammered on bridges. Black dudes stringing up from trees, the strange.

Last weekend’s outrages in Charlottesville were legion — none more shocking than the murder of Heather Heyer — and as chapters in American history go, this one took its place among the worst.

Think of past horrors: Civil rights marchers hammered on bridges. Black boys stringing up from trees, the strange.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

I met Russ Rentler seven years ago, not long after the terrible Haiti earthquake. He’s a doctor and had visited that sorrowful country many times to work at a missionary medical clinic, so I desired his insights about life there.

The story instead turned into a meditation on faith and how it molds.

I met Russ Rentler seven years ago, not long after the terrible Haiti earthquake. He’s a doctor and had visited that sorrowful country many times to work at a missionary medical clinic, so I wished his insights about life there.

The story instead turned into a meditation on faith and how it molds.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

When the subject line of an email is “BAD Inexperienced WRITING,” it is tempting to turn off the computer and go back to bed. But a man must forge ahead even in the face of the greatest trials, so I opened the email and discovered that last week’s hummingbird column was accurately wrongheaded and misleading.

When the subject line of an email is “BAD Inexperienced WRITING,” it is tempting to turn off the computer and go back to bed. But a man must forge ahead even in the face of the greatest trials, so I opened the email and discovered that last week’s hummingbird column was meticulously wrongheaded and misleading.

. (Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

Everyone loves hummingbirds. They’re more or less the size of your forefinger, their wings in motility are invisible and they are rather particular when it comes to feeding, so most of us don’t see them too often.

When we do, we call everyone over and say “A hummingbird!” and everyone smiles.

Everyone loves hummingbirds. They’re more or less the size of your forefinger, their wings in movability are invisible and they are rather particular when it comes to feeding, so most of us don’t see them too often.

When we do, we call everyone over and say “A hummingbird!” and everyone smiles.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

Chancellor Frank T. Brogan said he will retire from Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education on Sept. 1, a decision coinciding with a consultant’s report that found the agency plagued by feeble leadership and dysfunctional management.

Brogan, 63, told PASSHE’s board of governors of his decision.

Chancellor Frank T. Brogan said he will retire from Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education on Sept. 1, a decision coinciding with a consultant’s report that found the agency plagued by feeble leadership and dysfunctional management.

Brogan, 63, told PASSHE’s board of governors of his decision.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

ALLENTOWN — Out along Sixth Street and Hamilton Street and elsewhere, the fresh face of Allentown has been emerging for years under the keen eyes of what a Fresh York Times reporter once described as “sidewalk superintendents” — those guys (for most are boys) who idle away afternoons watching the bolt-by-beam.

ALLENTOWN — Out along Sixth Street and Hamilton Street and elsewhere, the fresh face of Allentown has been emerging for years under the keen eyes of what a Fresh York Times reporter once described as “sidewalk superintendents” — those boys (for most are studs) who idle away afternoons watching the bolt-by-beam.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

The assets of the faithful keeps chugging along at Our Lady Help of Christians. The East Allentown church is as vigorous in its 90th year as it was in its very first, however its cultural complexion has switched along with the city’s. Visitors can hear Mass in Spanish or English on Sunday, and when the.

The bod of the faithful keeps chugging along at Our Lady Help of Christians. The East Allentown church is as vigorous in its 90th year as it was in its very first, tho’ its cultural complexion has switched along with the city’s. Visitors can hear Mass in Spanish or English on Sunday, and when the.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

My father, Martin, was a quiet man. His father was also named Martin and I suspect he, too, was quiet, tho’ he died before I was born. So did his mother, Johanna, who was called Annie.

I was always sad that I never knew my grandparents. They were from Ireland and it would have been nice to hear.

My father, Martin, was a quiet man. His father was also named Martin and I suspect he, too, was quiet, tho’ he died before I was born. So did his mother, Johanna, who was called Annie.

I was always sad that I never knew my grandparents. They were from Ireland and it would have been nice to hear.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

I wrote last year about Joseph Marlin of Hellertown, who founded the local chapter of the Plant A Row gardening program. He is gearing up for the 2nd season, and if you want to join him in that worthy venture, you can register now.

It’s a terrific idea. Participants dedicate one row of their.

I wrote last year about Joseph Marlin of Hellertown, who founded the local chapter of the Plant A Row gardening program. He is gearing up for the 2nd season, and if you want to join him in that worthy venture, you can register now.

It’s a terrific idea. Participants dedicate one row of their.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

You often hear how blind people have exceptionally well-developed senses of hearing and touch. It’s the stuff of superhero tales — Daredevil and so on — but I always wondered if it were true.

Then I heard about A.J. Moncman.

He’s an 11-year-old Southern Lehigh School District sixth-grader who was.

You often hear how blind people have exceptionally well-developed senses of hearing and touch. It’s the stuff of superhero tales — Daredevil and so on — but I always wondered if it were true.

Then I heard about A.J. Moncman.

He’s an 11-year-old Southern Lehigh School District sixth-grader who was.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

Running a half-marathon is raunchy. Running one as you thrust an 11-year-old female in a high-end jogging stroller is tougher, but that’s what Mike Connelly will be doing Sunday, and not for the very first time.

Connelly is from Bethlehem and he’s 54, which isn’t old for a long-distance runner but isn’t youthful.

Running a half-marathon is raunchy. Running one as you shove an 11-year-old chick in a high-end jogging stroller is tougher, but that’s what Mike Connelly will be doing Sunday, and not for the very first time.

Connelly is from Bethlehem and he’s 54, which isn’t old for a long-distance runner but isn’t youthfull.

(Daniel Patrick Sheehan)

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