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Week in review: May 14-20, 2023

LehighValleyNews.com | By Mariella Miller

Published May 20, 2023 at 1:00 PM EDT

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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. Full Lehigh Valley 2023 primary election roundup

I_Voted_Sticker — Two Senate District races still have candidates neck-in-neck. Photo by Element5 Digital from Pexels

2. Missing Whitehall voting machine found locked in a closet with Christmas tree

Spring-Election-voting-machine — Voting machines are at the center of a state Senate inquiry.

3. WATCH AGAIN: Looking back on the 4-year anniversary of Martin Tower’s implosion

thumbnail_tower implosion.png — Martin Tower implodes on May 19, 2019

4. Funeral Mass held for Bishop Emeritus Edward P. Cullen

Visitation Ceremony For The Late Bishop Edward Cullen — Ceremonies of Reception of the Body and Visitation for The Most Reverend Edward Peter Cullen, D.D., third Bishop of Allentown, were held at the Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena, Allentown, on Thursday, May 18, 2023. Photography by Donna Fisher

5. Surviving trauma: How one man came close to death and lived to tell about it

trauma 1.jpg — Northampton resident Matthew Urban in a hospital bed following a near fatal crash.

6. Pulling a plane: Special Olympics athletes kick-off fundraiser by towing aircraft

7. Lehigh Valley passenger rail project chugging along; update set for October

Passenger Rail Proposal — A new study will review the potential of rail travel from the Lehigh Valley to New York, Philadelphia and Harrisburg.

8. Silk in the Valley: Exhibit explores the shimmering fabric's ties to Bethlehem

SILK DRESS.jpg — On display at the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts is a parachute dress circa World War II on loan to the museum by Megan Miller.

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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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