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    Week in review: Feb. 18-24, 2024

    LehighValleyNews.com | By Mariella Miller
    Published February 24, 2024 at 1:00 PM EST
    Musikfest sign
    Will Oliver
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    LehighValleyNews.com
    All signs point to the 40th Musikfest setting a single-festival attendance record around 1.25 million.

    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. Enjoy, and thank you so much for reading.

    1. Ska-punk godfathers say they'll play Bethlehem, just as Musikfest headliner announcement looms

    Rome Ramirez
    MediaPunch/IPx
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    The Associated Press
    Rome Ramirez of Sublime with Rome performs during day 2 of Audacy's Riptide Music Festival 2023 at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park on December 03, 2023 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Credit:

    2. Record-setting hard rock band will return to Musikfest's headline stage

    Shinedown
    Courtesy
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    Musikfest
    Hard rock band Shinedown will headline Musikfest's SteelStage

    3. Reunited 2000s boy band to headline Musikfest

    Big Time Rush
    Courtesy
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    Musikfest
    Big Time Rush will headline Musikfest's main stage

    4. Macungie Pub signs lease for restaurant, looks for a summer opening and a name
    Steve Misti Slaski
    Jay Bradley
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    LehighValleyNews.com
    Steve and Misti Slaski at the former site of the Macungie Pub on Main as renovations continue

    5. ‘Without farms we don't eat’: 5 Lehigh Valley farms preserved from development

    A field of corn is seen on a farm, Wednesday, July 11, 2018, Lancaster County, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
    Matt Slocum
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    AP
    A field of corn is seen on a farm, Wednesday, July 11, 2018, in Lancaster County.

    6. Art deco theater, borough street: Two Lehigh Valley sites join National Register of Historic Places

    19th street theater.jpg
    Olivia Marble
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    LehighValleyNews.com
    The front of 19th Street Theatre.

    7. Meteor streaks over skies from Virginia to New York, with sightings near the Lehigh Valley

    Meteor
    Distributed
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    American Meteor Society
    This photo, taken from a video submitted to the American Meteor Society, shows a fireball racing through the sky Wednesday night.

    8. Taiba Sultana makes primary ballot, but legal issues over phony signature may not be over

    Taiba Sultana.jpg
    Courtesy
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    Taiba Sultana for Pa.
    Taiba Sultana

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    Mariella Miller
    I am senior digital news content producer for LehighValleyNews.com. I joined Lehigh Valley Public Media’s news department as assignment editor in 2018 after working in journalism for more than 30 years. Named a National Press Foundation fellow three times for my work in print journalism, I’ve also been recognized by the Pennsylvania Women’s Press Association and with several Keystone Press Awards from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. During my 27 years at The Morning Call in Allentown, I worked business, features and municipal beats. I’ve taught college journalism throughout the Lehigh Valley and managed a local digital news platform for AOL/Patch for several years. I’m a graduate of Marywood University and I’ve discovered that grandchildren are life’s best gift. Contact me at MariellaM@lehighvalleynews.com or 610-984-8222.
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