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Week in review: March 26-April 1, 2023

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The Satanic Temple
A logo for the After School Satan Club, from The Satanic Temple's website.

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. ACLU sues Saucon Valley School District for shutting out After School Satan Club

Saucon Valley Middle School
Donna Fisher
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Saucon Valley Middle School

2. The Battle at Burnside: Vintage ball clubs head north for 1864-style matchup

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Matt Albertson
Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia

3. Race relations: Community Action Lehigh Valley to host roundtable talk at Da Vinci Science Center

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Stephanie Sigafoos
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LehighValleyNews.com
Whole-body plastinates and organs are displayed at the BODY WORLDS RX exhibition at Allentown's Da Vinci Science Center. The exhibition opens Dec. 26 and runs through April 23.

4. UPDATE: Silva's appointment to BASD superintendent was long-term plan, some say

Jack Silva
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Bethlehem Area School District
The Bethlehem Area School Board intends to appoint Jack Silva as the school district's next superintendent. Silva is now the assistant superintendent and chief academic officer. He will replace Joseph Roy, who plans to retire in July. The school board will vote to approve Silva at its April 24, 2023, meeting, according to a district news release.

5. Lehigh Valley food banks prepare for surge as SNAP emergency payments end

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Second Harvest Facebook Page.
Photo from 2019 of one of the warehouses at Second Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania

6. 'It's amazing to go back there now': Palmerton superfund site gets another round of aerial seeding

Aerial seeding at Palmerton Zinc Pile Superfund Site
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Lehigh Gap Nature Center
As part of that effort to remediate the Palmerton zinc pile superfund site, for the first time in more than 10 years, aerial seeding is scheduled through April 7.

7. 40 years later, Billy Joel's 'Allentown' still elicits strong emotions in Lehigh Valley

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Billboard.com
The cover art for the 1982 Billy Joel single, "Allentown."

8. Tears, longing tell the story as Vietnam War veterans honored at DeSales

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Phil Gianficaro
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LehighValleyNews.com
Vietnam War veterans and their family members were honored during a ceremony at DeSales University on Wednesday. March 29 has been designated as National Vietnam War Veterans Day.