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Week in review: June 4-10, 2023

American kestrels
Molly Bilinski
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LehighValleyNews.com
Five American kestrels, four male and one female, were banded Thursday afternoon at Grand Central Landfill in Pen Argyl.

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. Why is it so smoky and hazy? An eerie shroud envelops the Lehigh Valley

Outside the SteelStacks, in Bethlehem.
Stephanie Sigafoos
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LehighValleyNews.com
Outside the SteelStacks, in Bethlehem.

2. The Lehigh Valley has the worst air quality in the nation right now

An image of Easton, covered in thick smoke and haze.
Brian Myszkowski
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LehighValleyNews.com
An image of Easton, covered in thick smoke and haze.

3. Brush fires burn in 2 counties, close Route 33 Southbound in Wind Gap

Brush Fire License Plate
Jay Bradley
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LehighValleyNews.com

4. Allentown mayor predicts 'second act' for PPL building sale

PPL building in Allentown, Pa
Donna S. Fisher
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For LehighValleyNews.com
This is the PPL tower building on Hamilton Street in Allentown, Pa.. In the background is Whitehall Township and North Whitehall Township. Picture made January 21, 2023.

5. Wind Creek's dazzling $160M upgrade makes it Lehigh Valley's biggest convention space

Wind Creek Hotel and Resort Bethlehem shows off $160 million dollar expansion on Thursday, June 8, 2023
Donna S. Fisher
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For LehighValleyNews.com
Stephanie Bryan, Tribal Chair & CEO of Poarch Band of Creek Indians, enjoys a pool on the top floor of Wind Creek Thursday. Wind Creek Hotel and Resort, Bethlehem, shows off $160 million dollar expansion on Thursday, June 8, 2023.

6. 'We get a bunch of information': 5 American kestrel chicks make landfill property their home

Kestrel baby.jpg
Molly Bilinski
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LehighValleyNews.com
Grand Central Landfill's Wildlife Habitat Team bands American kestrels

7. New Bethlehem schools assistant superintendent candidate named; sees pushback from head of local NAACP

Leeson
Courtesy
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Bethlehem Area School District
Maureen Leeson

8. Lafayette to plant 100 trees after College Hill stripped without approval

Lafayette College deforestation
Molly Bilinski
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LehighValleyNews.com
Work on Lafayette College's deforested slope, which runs from behind the William E. Simon Center for Economics and Business on campus to the Karl Stirner trailhead at North Third Street, can continue, but the college must submit new plans.