Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 1st of August.
Good morning, Bethlehem.
Local union workers surprised teen cancer survivor Carter Boyle with a custom bike after he rode 31 miles in honor of the group that supported him.
Boyle will ride his new bike tomorrow + marking a moment of community strength.
The Salvation Army (Bethlehem) will begin collecting donated items tomorrow to stuff a bus with school supplies for local kids.
The drive will help prepare students for the upcoming school year.
Entrepreneur George Awad will launch his food cart Sook Airways on August 9 from a retired MD-90 fuselage parked at Wooden Match in Matchplatz, serving Thai sticky rice dessert with mango.
He transformed the aircraft using skills learned during his travels (with support from family).
Musikfest officially kicks off today with stages opening across Bethlehem (providing live local entertainment).
The Lehigh Valley Music Teachers Association will host its Musikfest Recital tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. at the Musikfest Café, ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem, featuring 25 student performers.
The Bethlehem Municipal Band will perform a concert at 7 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Bethlehem Rose Garden.
Legally Blonde The Musical runs at the Pennsylvania Playhouse from July 31 until Aug.
16 with shows at 7:30 p.m., while Crowded Kitchen Players stage The Perfect Fit from today through Aug. 9 at Between The Lines Studio Theatre in Allentown.
The Great Allentown Fair will host its third annual scrapple eating contest on Sept.
5 at 3 p.m. at Farmerama Theater, where competitors must register online to join the two-minute challenge for cash prizes sponsored by Stoltzfus Meats.
On July 15, Lehigh-Bethlehem’s David Dunham hit a game winning RBI double in the 12th inning to give his team a 3 to 2 win over Forks Township, & they later lost 6 to 0 to Northampton in the tournament semifinal on July 17.
On Friday, Jul. 31, the Wanderers lost a three-game semifinal to Nazareth, ending their bid for a fourth straight NORCO Legion championship.
They won 11-1 in Game 1 but lost the next two games while Head Coach Paul Walsh praised the team's season-long effort.
Bethlehem teams participated in the annual A-Town Throwdown at Cedar Beach over the weekend + local teams like Liberty, Bethlehem Catholic, and Freedom faced close losses as Malvern Prep won the boys title and Bensalem secured the girls crown while competing against other schools.
Hurricanes A, Liberty’s varsity soccer team, advanced to the Lehigh Valley Summer Soccer League Junior Division championship game on July 31 but lost to top-seeded All Stars 16’s, capping a summer run with wins over Phillipsburg and New Tripoli Bank.
AJR Concert at Musikfest
7 p.m. — Musikfest — Tickets from $94.60 — Experience the energetic performance of AJR in the beautiful setting of Bethlehem Musikfest.
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