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Burnt Orange Trio to perform free concert in Catasauqua Borough Park June 21
Burnt Orange Trio will perform live in a free concert at Catasauqua Borough Park at 7 p.m. Friday, June 21. Families are encouraged to attend and bring blankets, lawn chairs and a picnic dinner, according to the borough's website. The concert will...Tags: Catasauqua
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Lehigh Valley companies accept challenge
Businesses are known for making a buck, but 14 area companies recently proved they can also make a difference. By participating in the Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley's fourth annual Volunteer Challenge, employees improved parks, buildings and the...Tags: Riegelsville, Career and Workplace, Diabetes, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Whitehall
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UPDATE: Community playground destroyed by arson in Mount Joy
Content ManagerA state police fire marshal determined that a fire which destroyed a playground in Lancaster County on Friday night was intentionally set. Firefighters were dispatched around 9:45 p.m. to the Mount Joy Borough park along the 300 block of Manheim Street...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics
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Family's 3-Foot Stolen Menorah Is Returned
pix11.com | @jaydownycRabbi Yehezkel Zion walked back into his Borough Park, Brooklyn home Monday evening with his hand full – and his mind at ease. The family’s three foot menorah – stolen last Tuesday night, by a not too bright cat burglar who walked in...Tags: International Law, Theft, Judaism, Extradition, Ritual and Sacred Objects
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Leiby's Killer Sentenced: 40 Years To Life
pix11.com | @jaydownyc40-years to life in prison. That’s what Borough Park, Brooklyn resident Levi Aron has to look forward to for kidnapping, murdering – and then dismembering 8-year old Leiby Kletkzy last July. The sentence – handed down today in...Tags: Lawyers, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Dismemberment, Punishment
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Music Spectacular At Lorain Borough Park
Our Town EditorFor the past decade, George Licastro has brought local bands together for an afternoon of diverse bands taking to an outdoor stage. The tradition will continue on Saturday, Aug. 25 with A Summer Spectacular of Fine Music from 1 to 9 p.m. at Lorain...Tags: Services and Shopping, Entertainment, Music
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Former Butcher Sentenced in Dismemberment Murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky
KTLA NewsBROOKLYN, NY (KTLA) -- A former butcher who plead guilty to kidnapping, killing and dismembering an 8-year-old Orthodox Jewish boy was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on Wednesday. The 36-year-old Aron admitted killing the child after the boy...Tags: Leiby Kletzky, Hydrocodone (drug), Judaism, Levi Aron, Christian Orthodoxy
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Sex Offender Who Snuck into Sleepaway Camp
pix11.com | @murphypixPIX 11 tried demanding answers Monday from a food company in Spring Valley, about a registered sex offender who was allowed to deliver orders to a "sleepaway" camp for Orthodox Jewish boys in Sullivan County. 31 year old Yoel Oberlander was arrested...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Brooklyn (New York City), Judaism, Christian Orthodoxy, Abusive Behavior
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Bizarre Motives Suspected In Brooklyn Shop Store Murders
@HilaryWhittierPolice spent the weekend warning shop owners in several Brooklyn neighborhoods that there is a killer on the loose. Officers also believe he may be targeting stores with addresses that include the numbers 1,7 and 8. Police have released a sketch showing...Tags: Bensonhurst, Sunset Park, Brooklyn (New York City), Ridge, Bay Ridge
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Plea Deal On Table In Leiby Kletzky Murder Case
@MurphyPIXThe parents of murdered 8-year-old, Leiby Kletzky, are ready to accept a plea deal that would send their son's accused killer to prison for 40 years. State Assemblyman, Dov Hikind - a family advisor - confirmed to PIX 11 Wednesday that "a deal is on...Tags: Dismemberment, Leiby Kletzky, Levi Aron, Injuries and Wounds
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Johnstown All Class Reunion
The Greater Johnstown High School Alumni Association is hosting its Fourth Annual All Class Reunion at Lorain Borough Park on July 22. The idea for the reunion began about four and a half years ago after Richland hosted a similar picnic. The...Tags: Entertainment, High Schools, Schools, Music
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Another Baby Gets Herpes After Controversial Circumcision
pix11.com | @murphypixRabbis in the city’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities are resisting a possible change to the city and state health code, which would require parents to sign a consent form, before their infant boys undergo a controversial type of circumcision. ...Tags: Immune System, Brooklyn (New York City), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Judaism, Orange County (New York)
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