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    Week in review: March 17-23, 2024

    LehighValleyNews.com | By Mariella Miller
    Published March 23, 2024 at 1:00 PM EDT
    wood frog
    Carolyn Kaster
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    AP Photo
    A wood frog looks out from the clover in East Waterford, Pa., on June 6, 2021.

    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. Hear those peepers? Northampton Co. closes road to protect mating, singing frogs

    spotted salamander
    Sean D. Elliot, The Day
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    AP Photo
    In this April 3, 2014 photo, Dennis Quinn, a herpetologist with the DEEP shows a male spotted salamander in Nehantic State Forest.

    2. Homegrown actor Daniel Roebuck makes waves on ABC's '9-1-1'

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    Chris Willard
    Peter Krause and Daniel Roebuck on ABC's "9-1-1."

    3. Pines Dinner Theatre announces its new location

    Pines dinner theatre.jpg
    Screengrab
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    Facebook
    The Pines Dinner Theatre has relocated to the Shops at Cedar Pointe in South Whitehall Township.

    4. If you're looking to experience totality during the 2024 solar eclipse, don't stay in the Lehigh Valley
    Eclipse map
    Distributed
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    NASA
    This graphic shows the path of totality for the 2024 total solar eclipse. Those outside the 120 mile-wide path will not see or experience the same total eclipse those inside the path will see.

    5, South Whitehall Township Police Chief Glen Dorney resigns

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    South Whitehall Township Police Department
    South Whitehall Police Chief Glen Dorney is resigning.

    6. Emmaus defends inspection of Nowhere Coffee Co. in landlord-tenant dispute with council president

    Lauren Vargas Emmaus
    Jay Bradley
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    LehighValleyNews.com
    Lauren Vargas addresses Emmaus Borough Council on Monday, March 18

    7. Watchdog group forms as Bethlehem residents decry mysteriously steep water bills

    Running water, sink
    Sarah Kovash
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    90.5 WESA
    Water customers in Bethlehem say they want more transparency from the water and sewer department following some lofty and unexplainable charges over the past year.

    8. Easton environmentalists call on Lafayette to repair College Hill, deforested for $1.2M walkway project

    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.

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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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