August 21, 2019
High hopes at Broughal
You can’t
have a strong South Bethlehem without a strong Broughal,” asserts Dr. Jack
Silva. Bethlehem Area School District assistant superintendent. Silva is
clearly proud of the recently upgraded facilities at Broughal MS, as well as
the school’s partnerships with the South Side community, including Lehigh
University, the Hispanic Center, and the Bethlehem Area Public Library. Principal
Rick Amato points to the school’s success in implementing a “trauma-informed”
social and emotional health plan. Both also recognize that there is an
opportunity for Broughal to improve the quality of the education it offers all
students.
By
Theresa O’Brien
Liberty alumni, students jam
Any other
time of year, the street between Broad and the Central Moravian Church is known
as Main Street. However, during Musikfest, the street becomes a venue named
Provident Bank Main Street. It has all the fanfare that Main Street
traditionally has plus performing stages for concerts, street vendors, buskers
and music as far as the ears can hear. One of the groups performing routinely
on Provident Bank Main street this year, was a group of current Liberty HS
students and alumni who called themselves the Orbital Drumline. Photo: Orbital
members Camryn Cobos and Jacob Mello toss drumsticks back and forth, while
playing, during their performance at Musikfest.
By Nicholas Rolland
Musikfest has record-setting year
They came
from Australia and Aruba, Texas and Tennessee.When all was said and done, more
than 1.2 million guests visited Bethlehem and the Lehigh Valley for Musikfest,
setting an all-time attendance record for the festival.
BML title goes to Bulls
Limeport head coach Mike Cudwadie and plenty of other Bulls
remember when Northampton swept them in the championship series in its first
season of the Blue Mountain League (BML). That was back in 2014. Jorge Montes
doesn’t recall the deflating feeling five years ago. Montes is from Puerto
Rico, and recently moved back to the Lehigh Valley area in 2017. He came up
with the biggest hit in Game 5 of the championship series in his first season
with the Bulls. Montes blasted a three-run home run in the fifth inning, and
Limeport held on down the stretch for a 5-3 victory over Northampton and the
Bulls’ fourth BML title in five seasons.
By Todd Kress
Getting ready for the fair
Get ready for “Fair Fresh Fun” at the 167th Great Allentown Fair, Aug. 27 - Sept. 2, Allentown Fairgrounds,
17th, Liberty and Chew streets, Allentown. The Lehigh County Agricultural
Society, nonprofit owner and operator of The Allentown Fairgrounds and The
Great Allentown Fair, brings the country to the city for seven days of
agricultural exhibits, entertainment, rides, games, food and concert headliners
at the 45-acre West End Allentown site. This year’s Fairgrounds Grandstand
lineup is: Live and Bush, Aug. 27; Impractical Jokers, Aug. 28; Brooks &
Dunn, Aug. 29; Miranda Lambert, Aug. 30; Why Don’t We, Aug. 31; Hall &
Oates, Sept. 1, and J&J Demolition Derby, Sept. 2.
Bethlehem: HARB-Neighbor slamproposed gate
Musikfest: Cast of ‘Blood Queens’ visits for meet & greet
Northampton County: Voting machine demos schedule
Report: Many Pa. families
struggling
Woodstock 50th: Hey, let’s go to a Joan Baez concert
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