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Lehigh Valley News: Earthquake and iPhone Cause Valley Stir

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Such unlikely events as an earthquake in Canada and the arrival of the latest Apple marvel stirred up the Valley recently as a local TV station reports on a distant tremor and the shakeup it caused here and a long, long line develops for the latest tech candy from Steve Jobs and company.

Local

Valley Apple fanatics line up for iPhone. The crowd was captured by someone standing in line in the sweltering heat and reported on by local media. mcall.com

Ottawa earthquake felt in the Valley? A local television station is reporting the tremor from a 5.0 magnitude quake near Canada's capital was felt here. (You be the judge.) WFMZ

What do young people want? Jon Geeting speaks at length with Andy Po of Homebase Skateshop in Bethlehem about the good, the bad and the ugly in the Lehigh Valley and what it will take to make young people stay. Lehigh Valley Independent

Wine war heats up in Warren. Will a plan to permit direct mailing of wine to customers in New Jersey help or hurt the burgeoning wine industry there? LehighValleyLive.com

Business

Green jobs heading for Lehigh Valley? A New Jersey-based leader in the design and installation of solar electric power systems announces plans to open an office in Bethlehem to serve growing Pennsylvania demand. PR Newswire

Arts & Leisure

Art-in-the-Park. A recent Saturday arts festival in Allentown's West Park was followed by a well-known local pottery exhibit now in its 23rd year. Read more from Discover Lehigh Valley, a local tourism promotion agency. Tips from the T-List

Food

Strawberry Fields Forever(Not). We follow the last of the succulent berries from the Easton Farmer's Market to a final destination as ingredients in everything from stawberry salad to popsicles to margaritas as their season wanes. Feaston

The big cheese. Lehigh Valley culinary blogger Ann Coleman recently discovered her great grandfather was a cheese maker and marked the occasion with this post. Cooking With Anne

Sports

Pius X senior hopes for blaze of glory. Quarterback Anthony Casciano looks forward to a final challenge in an all-star classic match before leaving high school football behind. LehighValleyLive.com

Dobbs coming to Lehigh Valley. Phillies infielder and pinch hitter Greg Dobbs is on his way here to play with the Triple-A Lehigh Valley team (Iron Pigs). A report says he's cleared waivers and should be in LV by Friday. The Zo Zone

Lehigh Valley News: County Dems Elect Leadership

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Lehigh County Dems meet tonight to organize and at least one blogger voices dissatisfaction with the status quo. Also read musings on recently spared Bicentennial Field in Allentown and other important news from around the Lehigh Valley in this Lehigh Valley News roundup from Lehigh Valley Source.

Local

Dems vote tonight. And Chris Casey tells us who will get his support...and who will not. But one reader takes him to task. Lehigh Valley Political Blog

Lanta announces Bicentennial Field will be spared. And 13 months later, Michael Molovinsky revisits his politically incorrect lament of the mentality he says was at the heart of it all. Molovinsky on Allentown

Lehigh Valley foreclosure crisis looms. Check out the pdf report claiming that between now and the end of 2012 more than 172,000 additional foreclosures are anticipated locally. Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley

Arts & Leisure

Easton's Lafayette Inn has gone through many changes. But the latest metamorphosis has created a unique hideaway in this secluded and beautiful nook of the Lehigh Valley. Valley View

In case you missed it. Highlights from the Freddy's 2010 at the State Theatre celebrating outstanding achievements in local high school musical theatre. To be sure, it was history in the making. WFMZ

Education

2010 Home-school Rally. From earlier this month, here are excerpts from a graduation and rally at Lehigh Valley Baptist Church. For those who continue to classify the home-school movement as fringe check out an interview with Venture Capital investor Fred Wilson (It's near the end!) about how the web may empower this movement and disrupt mainstream education. Purposed Coaching

Outdoors

Lehigh Valley Fun Fly. A visitor to the recent event captured this footage with takeoff and a few seconds' flight of this Gee Bee model Y Sportster. Watch! YouTube

Local fishermen swallow the lure of local season hook, line and sinker. Valley sportsmen (and women) take the bait and head for area rivers and streams. Lehigh Valley InSight

Sports

Oakland A's pick Notre Dame senior. Tyler Vail, who has distinguished himself as a pitcher, hitter and a second base man for the crusaders, was picked up in the latest draft round. See the link to original draft footage from the MLB. Varsity Blog.

Lehigh women's volleyball welcomes six new recruits. Coach Jenny Maurer announces new athletes, members of the Class of 2014. LehighSports.com

Lehigh Valley News: Allentown mayor under fire

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Allentown's mayor Ed Pawlowski is under assault for both his management style and for seeking a controversial post. More details on today's Lehigh Valley Source news roundup:

Local

Should his honor really have sought this post? Allentown council VP Michael Donovan first raised issue with the mayor seeking a second elected position in apparent defiance of the city charter. Inclusion

And yet another attack. Donovan vents frustration over the mayor's management style and failure to attend council meetings as covered and linked to with additional comments from another of Pawlowski's critics. Lehigh Valley Ramblings

The mayor's response. Here it is in full and then later reprinted in Donovan's blog with some additional comments. Alas,  in neither case here did Pawlowsky answer complaints about his additional elected office. Valley 610

Business

Have you tuned in to "Tech Wednesday?" Presented regularly on the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce blog, a new weekly post brings news of tech developments to all chamber members and the world. This week's topic, Poll Everywhere. Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber blog

Government pumping up job numbers? Hear the story of this census worker who claims the government is using census hires to artificially inflate job growth for political purposes. Anyone know if this is happening here in the Lehigh Valley? Real Clear Politics

Arts & Entertainment

Allentown Art Museum to hold ground breaking. The event celebrating an expansion and modernization project will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the art museum's sculpture garden, 31 North Fifth Street, Allentown. AllentownArtMuseum.org

Splice lacks DNA of great thriller. This sci-fi flick may be created out of the same genetic material as old sci-fi horror classics, but reviewer Tom Coombe says the result is an unsatisfying mutation. Tom on TV

Lehigh Valley News: To Blog Or Not To Blog

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An Allentown city councilman was exonerated today of a charge of ethics violations connected with his personal blog. But that didn't stop the local blogosophere from being electrified with reaction to the results.

News

Is blogging unethical? Title searcher, journalist and blogger Bernie O'Hare may have good reason to ask. O'Hare covered the Allentown Ethics Board hearing where the board cleared Allentown city council vice president Michael Donovan of a complaint concerning his blog. Lehigh Valley Ramblings

"A whitewash sham." That's how Bill Villa, who filed the complaint, chose to describe the decision on his own blog later in the day. Villa says Donovan used his blog to libel him and his family. Lehigh Valley Somebody

No reply at all. Meanwhile, Donovan's own blog, which started all the fuss, contained no mention of the hearing (except for a comment which wished him good luck) choosing instead to focus on an ongoing debate between Donovan and Allentown Mayor Ed Pawloski. Read the comments and related links for more on this. Inclusion

Politics

Campaign autopsy. The body of state Rep. Karen Beyer's political career is barely cold after its sudden death two weeks ago at the hands of a 23-year-old newcomer. But already some political junkies are beginning a post mortem for clues about what went wrong. The Lehigh Valley Political Blog

Wall Street reform or bust? Bethlehem mayor and 15th district candidate John Callahan calls upon voters to petition his opponent U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, urging him to embrace financial reform. Lehigh Valley Independent

Arts & Entertainment

Thank God Lost is no more. OK, complain about it if you want, but so long as that show ran it kept Lehigh Valley TV blogger Tom Coombe from writing about other cool shows the same night. Thankfully, this issue has now been rectified.Tom On TV

Food

The real dish on healthy eating. Lehigh Valley blogger Anne Coleman talks with author and business woman Mireille Guilliano about her new book The French Women Don't Get Fat Cookbook...and manages to snag a recipe to share. Cooking With Anne

Business

LV business leaders to be honored. Lehigh Valley Economic Development will sponsor an event at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown June 23. lehighvalley.org

Real Estate

Are there bats in your belfry? If you're considering buying a house in the near future here in the Lehigh Valley, realtor Joe Finnerty suggests some easy to miss problems in your prospective home's attic that are likely to creep you out! Lehigh Valley Estate Blog

Sports

Iron Pigs slaughter Mud Hens. No, this isn't some horrendous barnyard brawl, but the hometown team was victorious. Check out the details. Iron Pigs Baseball

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Lehigh Valley News: Lehigh Valley Safer?

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Local

A-town crime on the decline Numbers show the Queen City is now a slightly safer place. 69 News

Easton man faces six years in shooting. Shooter says he hopes his victim can forgive him. LehighValleyLive.com

Dog thrown from a roof? A pit bull named Wally is recovering after his ordeal and the attack is under investigation in Allentown. Channel 6 Action News

Opinion

The Sestak SNAFU. One Lehigh Valley Democrat reacts to the cloud of uncertainty around a White House job offer that may still have campaign ramifications. The Lehigh Valley Political Blog

Arts & Entertainment

Allentown Art Museum goes green (house). Bethlehem native Elena Douvanis visited for the first time (in a long time) and found her hometown art museum...delightful. laini's little pocket guide

Lehigh Valley drive-ins open for business. Of the 35 drive-ins remaining in Pennsylvania, two (including the nation's first) are here. Lehigh Valley InSite

Around Town

Ladies night out. Here are some photos from a recent Southern Lehigh Education Foundation outing. Lehigh Valley Style

Kids on the run. See local youngsters participating in the 2010 St. Luke's Lehigh Valley Half Marathon and PC 5K kids run Photos By John

Food

Asparagus the cream of the crop. A sonnet to a summer vegetable favorite...with some dairy and mushrooms. Feaston

Sports

The Liberty Hurricanes clinch second Memorial Day win. For the second year in a row, the local team brings home victory from the 11th Annual ECTB Memorial Day Invitational. Lehigh Valley Ramblings

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