Jai Smith is the founder and editor-in-chief of Lehigh Daily, an independent, reader-funded news outlet covering Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton, Pennsylvania. Since launching it in June 2024, he has reported on Lehigh Valley government, development and community life, and he shoots the photos and video and builds the site himself. He has spoken on Lenfest Institute panels about local news, appeared on WHYY, and works with Free Press on Pennsylvania legislation to fund local journalism. He lives in Bethlehem.
The 4 p.m. screening is the first of three Halloween events the theater, at 19 S. Fourth St., listed in an announcement Monday. A burlesque show follows on Oct. 23, and a "Rocky Horror Picture Show" screening on Oct. 31 honors Tim Curry, who died in August.
The Swiss company Bolliger & Mabillard built both coasters, and parks across the U.S. and Canada have closed similar rides since Monday's death. As of Wednesday, Hersheypark had not said whether Candymonium will run when the park reopens at 5 p.m. Friday, according to its calendar.
The gatherings come two days before Pennsylvania's deadline to register, and in a state that has no early voting, as Lehigh County's elections office puts it on its website. Voting ahead of Election Day here means a mail ballot, which a registered voter can request, fill out and hand in during one visit to a county elections office, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.
The bill, sponsored by Councilwomen Ce-Ce Gerlach and Natalie Santos and filed Sept. 30, would add Chapter 130 to the city code. It is the third version of clearing rules council has taken up in a year, and it gives residents less time than the first version did.
The plan would hand hunters a fight that two Lehigh Valley lawmakers want settled by law, in favor of the Monday opening day that was tradition for generations until 2019. Nothing changes this fall: the bill has not been filed, and the season opens Nov. 28, the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
The closing ends the Colvers' four years carrying on a store that has sold lumber, hardware and kitchen and bath design in the Easton area for generations. The Colvers took over in 2022, according to the store's website, which said they knew the importance of keeping the store open; their Monday post gave no reason for the closure.
Cameron County Justice of the Peace Cyndi Hinojosa told The Associated Press she declared Mitte dead at about 1:30 p.m. at what she believed was his home in Brownsville. She said she could not provide a cause, and an autopsy will be performed.
Shalon Buskirk, the mother, directed "in love, in memory" with filmmaker Drew Swedberg. They say they worked on it in Allentown for seven years. In that time Buskirk lost a second son to gun violence, and the last of three men charged in that killing was sentenced Tuesday, one month before the film comes home.
The department gave the explanation Thursday, answering questions Lehigh Daily sent after reporting on the errors Oct. 5. Also Thursday, PennDOT reported another outage of its online services, the second it has confirmed in 10 days. Its answer does not say how many drivers were affected or what those whose registrations have expired should do.