Here's your local news at a glance for Monday, the 17th of August.
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🏘️ Community
Pocono Organics in Blakeslee will wind down its farm, market, research and café operations on Sept.
7 after nearly nine years, as organizers cite long-term funding challenges (the decision does not affect their belief in regenerative organic agriculture).
🏛️ Government
State court officials said data from 2021 to 2025 shows Lehigh County recorded 268 school bus and school zone violations and Northampton County 132, both above the state average + the report totals 25,136 infractions statewide as the school year nears.
Lehigh County’s longest-serving district attorney Jim Martin died at home of natural causes on Aug.
15 at age 81. He served over 25 years (his funeral services will be handled by Heintzelman-Stephens Funeral Home).
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