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Prince Zimeray, 11, of Williams Township competes during the blueberry pie eating contest Saturday, July 13, 2024, at the Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites Blueberry Festival and Market to Go at Burnside Plantation in Bethlehem. This year’s Blueberry Festival returns July 19 and 20, 2025. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Bethlehem’s Blueberry Festival is back, with sweet treats and new attractions. What you need to know

What to know about the Blueberry Festival at Burnside Plantation in Bethlehem.

Ryan Rodriguez of Bethlehem kayaks along the Lehigh River near the Sand Island Access Point in Bethlehem. (Rebecca Villagracia/The Morning Call)

How to beat the heat: Here are some of the best boating, kayaking spots in the Lehigh Valley region

The family-owned Coplay Eatery in Lehigh County, pictured here on Friday, July 18, 2025, will open a sister restaurant later this month. (Graysen Golter/The Morning Call)

Lehigh County eatery ‘very excited’ to open new sister restaurant this month

This image released by Warner Bros. Discovery shows Jamie Ferguson interacting with a shark in a scene from “Dancing with the Sharks.” (Warner Bros. Discovery via AP)

Discovery ‘Shark Week’ has breaching great whites, looks back at ‘Jaws’ and starts with some dancing

FILE – Tourists pose for selfies in Niagara Falls, Ontario on July 16, 2021. (Peter Power/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

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Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer and creator of the award-winning Broadway musical, Hamilton, offers a message of gratitude after receiving a standing ovation at the end of the play’s premiere held at the Santurce Fine Arts Center, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jan. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, file)

Lin-Manuel Miranda will turn ‘Hamilton’ 10th anniversary into a fundraiser for immigration services

The special show aims to raise $3 million for immigration services.

Music and Concerts

FILE – Singer Connie Francis performs during the dress rehearsal of the German TV show “Summer Party of Folk Music” in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, June 5, 2004. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz, file)

Connie Francis, whose hit songs included ‘Who’s Sorry Now?’ and ‘Pretty Little Baby,’ dies at 87

Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and 1960s whose hits include “Pretty Little Baby” has died at age 87.

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Panzanella is a great way to use up stale bread, and get your fill of tomatoes. (Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS)

Recipe: Panzanella is a fresh and tasty answer to stale bread

Panzanella is a rustic, traditional Italian salad made with stale bread, cucumbers and tomatoes.

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Lehigh Valley high school drama students perform the opening number at the 2025 Freddy Awards on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at the State Theatre in Easton. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Freddy Awards 2025 at State Theatre in Easton | PHOTOS

See photos from the 2025 Freddy Awards at the State Theatre in Easton.

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Rose Ayling-Ellis as Alison Brooks in “Code of Silence.” (BritBox)

‘Code of Silence’ review: A deaf woman helps police crack a jewel heist

In the BritBox series, detectives analyzing surveillance footage recruit the help of a deaf woman who can read lips.

Pets and Animals

Victoria Conway, of Walnut Creek, gets some kisses from her dog Clyde, a five-year old Goldendoodle, while on a walk with her dogs at Shell Ridge Open Space in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Thursday, May 1, 2025. According to a paper recently published by researchers from the University of California, Davis and Berkeley, knowing when and where dogs got sick with valley fever could give us clues to where humans might also contract the disease. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

Dog data may help track dangerous disease for humans

New research from UC Berkeley and UC Davis suggests that knowing when and where dogs get sick can help us know when humans are at risk.

Legislation that will fully repeal Pennsylvania’s Sunday hunting ban was signed into law last week by Gov. Josh Shapiro, marking a historic day for Pennsylvania hunters and the future of wildlife conservation in the Commonwealth.

Pets and Animals

This image provided by Skylar Young-Bayer shows a trail camera catching a glimpse of the dog Jackie near a trap on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska. (Skylar Young-Bayer via AP)

Cheeseburgers and chicken so far fail to entice a rescue dog who’s spent weeks on the run in Alaska

The German shepherd-husky mix slipped her collar on the first day with her new family.

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