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Week in review: Feb. 19-25, 2023

TNT recovered by Allentown Bomb Squad
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Allentown Bomb Squad
This is one of three crates of TNT recovered by the Allentown Bomb Squad from a home in Upper Macungie Township.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Welcome back to our Week in Review. We have chosen several stories, in no particular order, to take you back on the week. Test your knowledge of these stories and more from this week with our weekly news quiz. Enjoy, and thank you so much for reading.

1. What were those loud booms in Allentown and Bethlehem? Wait til you get a load of this

TNT recovered by Allentown Bomb Squad
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Allentown Bomb Squad
This is one of three crates of TNT recovered by the Allentown Bomb Squad from a home in Upper Macungie Township.

2. Dress to impress: Banana Factory at ArtsQuest to hold People’s Ball, fashion show

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LehighValleyNews.com
Bethlehem-based designer Barbara Kavchok will present her designs at the People's Ball on May 6.

3. Ice cream shop near Calypso Elementary gets Bethlehem zoners' approval

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Plans to open Memory Lane Jane’s Ice Cream Parlor have been approved by the Bethlehem Zoning Hearing Board.

4. Parking tickets in Allentown are subject of resident frustration, anger

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Phil Gianficaro
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LehighValleyNews.com
Allentown resident Melissa Rogers expresses her concerns about being issued parking tickets during a meeting of the Allentown Parking Authority on Feb. 22.

5. Is the Lehigh Valley's burning appetite for Trader Joe's about to be satisfied?

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Damian Dovarganes
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AP
The Lehigh Valley is still waiting for a Trader Joe's.

6. How not to host blood-sucking bugs

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Natalie Kolb
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Commonwealth Media Services
Blacklegged ticks are pictured during a press conference, which discussed the prevalence of ticks in Pennsylvania, highlighted the numerous diseases that ticks can carry, and reinforced the need for everyone to take steps to protect themselves from getting tick bites, at Boyd Big Tree Preserve and Conservation Area in Harrisburg on Tuesday, March 8, 2022.

7. Saucon Valley school shutdown linked to Satan Club decision

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Saucon Valley Middle School

8. Parkland High School freshman recognized for recycling app

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Olivia Marble
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LehighValleyNews.com
Student Tushar Mehta with Parkland High School Principal Nate Davidson during Tuesday's school board meeting.

9. Lehigh Valley Health Network says it was target of Russian ransomware gang BlackCat

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