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The Southern Lehigh School Board approved separation agreements with Superintendent Michael Mahon, offering a payout that included $110,000 to settle "mutual claims against each other that could lead to litigation" and another $135,000 in remaining salary and vacation days.
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Bucks County dedicates Quakertown bridge to Vietnam veteran killed in action
With an initiative to dedicate as many bridges to Vietnam War veterans as possible, Frank Claveloux Parker III received his bridge donation on his home street of North 9th Street in Quakertown Tuesday afternoon.
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![City Center Group President J.B. Reilly and Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk along with other local dignitaries raise shovels Tuesday, July 29, 2025, during a groundbreaking celebration to mark the official start of construction of the Standard, City Center Group’s 15th residential building in downtown Allentown. The Standard will be a four-story, 196,498-square-foot building with 257 residential units on Sixth Street between Linden and Turner streets, on the former site of The Morning Call office. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-TheStandard-01")
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![A bridge dedication ceremony Tuesday, July 29, 2025, honors Air Force Maj. Frank Claveloux Parker III, who was on a secret mission when he and 10 others were killed during the Vietnam War. Parker lived on Ninth Street in Quakertown, where the bridge is. The memorial is funded by the Pennsylvania Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. (Oliver Lois Economidis/The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-qtownvietnambridge-0729018")
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![Twin Rivers Tubing owner Mike Prieto rides a Jet Ski while supervising customers tubing Monday, July 28, 2025, on the Delaware River in Easton. The company said about 100 people tubed down the river Monday, when the real-feel temperature reached the high 90s. The Lehigh Valley is under a heat advisory for Tuesday and Wednesday, when the heat and humidity could feel like 103 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)]( "tmc-L-Weather-Art06")
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![Stoke Restaurant chef Abe Lopez cooks a summer squash risotto with chicken thighs during a cooking competition with Easton chefs Sunday, July 27, 2025, at the Summer Squash Festival at Easton Urban Farm at the Neighborhood Center in Easton. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-SummerSquashFestival-09")
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![Northampton’s Jake Raysely scores on Saturday, July 26, 2025, during the A-Town Throwdown basketball tournament at Cedar Creek Parkin Allentown. (Oliver Lois Economidis/The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-cedarbeachhoops-0726013")
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![James McKenzie of Nazareth plays a song on a Martin Guitar instrument Saturday, July 26, 2025, during the Martin on Main festival in Nazareth where the company has its headquarters. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-MartinOnMain-09")
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![Monique Thomas cuts picked sunflowers Friday, July 25 2025, at Seiple Farms in Allen Township. The farm’s sunflower festival began Friday. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)]( "tmc-L-Sunflower-Festival07")
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