I’m not sure I could go a day without listening to music. I don’t just mean a song or two, but hours of music. What kind of music, you ask? Name it — I probably have it on my playlist. Growing up, my mom and dad constantly had music playing in the house. Their favorite […]

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Donnie Black – Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:19:00 +0000

Strikeouts may be sexy, but Chase Pullen finds quick outs even more appealing. And that comes from constantly pitching to contact.  “My game plan mostly is to try and let the hitters hit my pitch and get weak outs,” the Allentown High junior said. “We had a really good defense behind me. Especially at the […]

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Rich Fisher – Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000

As I was thinking about this month’s column, I thought about the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. If we traveled back, we would find ourselves in an unsettled moment in time for the colonies. Great Britain had been increasing taxes and duties on the colonies to pay off […]

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Mayor Christopher Bobbitt – Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:57:33 +0000

I’ve devoted most of the past year’s columns to looking forward to this moment: our nation’s semiquincentennial and our area’s connection to the nation’s founding. But now that it’s here — it might even be “today” as you read this — I’d like to take a moment to look back and reflect, and share something […]

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Helen Kull – Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:25:55 +0000

A year of improvement helped Angel Johnson finish just where she had hoped. The Ewing High School sophomore reached the pinnacle of the state track and field scene when she qualified for the Meet of Champions in the girls 100-meter hurdles with a 14.69-second personal record at groups. It capped a season in which Johnson […]

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Justin Feil – Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:59:11 +0000